KATHMANDU, May 31 -- Around 800,000 households who are Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) consumers are likely to get electricity for free.

In the recent budget speech for the fiscal year- FY 2020/21 by Finance Minister Yuba Raj Khatiwada, the government announced that the households that consume less than 10 units will get electricity for free. According to the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, of the total 4.1 million household consumers, NEA has about 800,000 household consumers who use less than 10 units of electricity monthly.

The arrangement has been made with the aim of providing relief to the poor, according to the Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Barshaman Pun. NEA had been cutting off lines ...