Er.
Baldev Singh Sran CMD PSPCL said that with the support of electricity
consumers, on July 16,2018, PSPCL has achieved a landmark in digital
collections by collecting Rs. 220 crore on a single day.
During
July, 2018, 45.43% of total electricity collections of PSPCL has been received
through digital modes, which is the highest record of digital collection in
this segment in our country.
In
May 2017, PSPCL partnered with Paytm to allow its 90 lac+ consumers to pay
their electricity bills through the PAYTM APP.
This
digital payment mode was in addition to the facilities of ePayments on PSPCL website, through Debit Card, Credit Card, Net
Banking etc.
Speaking
on the partnership, Principal Secy.Power ,Punjab Govt.cum Chairman &
Managing Director of PSPCL & PSTCL Sh. A Venu Prasad, IAS said, PSPCL has
already given the facilities of E-payment on its website, through Debit Card,
Credit Card, Net Banking etc.
With the
view to further promote online collection of electricity bills, PSPCL is happy
to collaborate with Paytm to enable quick, seamless and easy bill payment
experience. Consumers can tap on the Electricity
icon in their Paytm App, choose Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL)
as their preferred electricity utility, enter their consumer number and can make
the payment instantly in few steps.
Taking
this partnership further, Paytm Payments Bank has assisted to PSPCL to join the
BBPS (Bharat Bill Payment System) channel.
The main
advantage of BBPS is ‘Anywhere, Anytime’, Bills Payments.
PSPCL
consumers need not search PSPCL collection centres to pay their bills, instead
they can visit any BBPS collection centre and pay their bills.
BBPS
counters accept cash payments too, this enables consumers to pay their bills in
cash too without any geographical restrictions.
A
wage-earner in Kerala can pay his/her family’s PSPCL electricity bill from
Kerala itself by visiting the BBPS counter. This reduces the friction in bill
payments and boosts bill payments within the due dates.
Speaking
on the partnership between Paytm Payments Bank, BBPS and PSPCL, Punjab’s
Minister for Power, New and Renewable Sources of Energy Sardar Gurpreet Singh
Kangar said: “We are happy to note that consumers of Punjab State would be
benefited with ease of bill payment service via Bharat BillPay.
This
gives power and control to the consumer to pay bills of PSPCL or any bill
across India via their preferred app/website enabled on Bharat BillPay at one
location. This will also facilitate the digital India initiative as consumers
will have access to all digital channels to make their payments.”
A Venu
Prasad, Principal Secretary, Power, Government of Punjab appealed all PSPCL
consumers to pay their electricity bills through BBPS channels and “enjoy the
convenience of easy online electricity bill payments”.
“We are
confident PSPCL consumers will find this service extremely convenient and
useful,” he said.
The Digital Collections Tag Line of PSPCL is :
All
payments exceeding Rs. 3 Lac in a billing cycle/month shall only be accepted
through e-banking, credit/debit card, RTGS/NEFT or any other approved digital
mode as per the CC no. 39/2018
The
various ways through which PSPCL consumers can pay their Electricity Bill is
highlighted here.
