Free power may cost Karnataka exchequer Rs. 875 crore a year
B.S. Satish Kumar With tax cuts, Yeddyurappa will find it tough to fund poll promises Money for milk, rice subsidy remains a problem Escoms want quarterly payment of power subsidy BANGALORE: The promise of supplying free power to irrigation pumpsets of farmers will be an expensive affair for the B.S. Yeddyurappa Government as it may have to find an additional subsidy of about Rs. 875 crore a year. This will push up the power subsidy to Rs. 2,575 crore from Rs. 1,700 crore now.