Petrol,Electricity, Water Cross Subsidies Devastate Non Vote Banks.

Jalandhar  Thinkers feel that the crushing burden of taxes and cross subsidies on the common man( non-vote bank) has made the level of their exploitation worse than that under the British Colonial Rule.

PETROL
Costs only Rs.35/- per litre. Sold in Punjab for Rs.79/- .This is to cross subsidise Diesel , Kerosene etc.

ELECTRICITY

Costs Rs.3/- per unit in neighbouring Himachal Pradesh. In Punjab Paid category charged Rs.7/- per unit.
The difference of Rs.4/- per unit is to cross subsidise

Rural landlords(including those holding land worth hundreds of crores .

Urban vote banks(physically handicapped are given no concession in electricity because Punjab Government do not consider them to be a vote bank.Physically handicapped Indians should be given Deemed SC/ST  status.

WATER

Given free to smaller sized plot holders . To cross subsidise this free facility, the Municpal Corporation Jalandhar has put the entire cost on Paid Category. Some of these Paid Category have  received after the Municipal Elections water bills upwards of Rs.50,000/- .

TOLL PLAZAS

India has strange logic. Those who avoid toll tax are called VIPs .Those who pay are called " Aam Aadmi".
The real VIPs are those who pay and not vice versa .

CROSS SUBSIDY BURDEN IS THE MOST SILENT AND DRACONIAN FORM OF TAXATION.