10,079 villages electrified till date under DeenDayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna: GovernmentOut of these 28 newly electrified villages, four are in Assam, five in Chhattisgarh, three in Jharkhand, 10 in Meghalaya and 6 in Rajasthan...
22 Aug, 2016, 05.53 PM IST
Government electrifies 108 villages last week, total now at 7,874The government has decided to electrify the remaining 18,452 unelectrified villages within 1,000 days i.e. by May 1, 2018.
23 May, 2016, 04.14 PM IST
105 more villages electrified; total 7,654Of these, six belong to Arunachal Pradesh, 33 in Assam, 12 in Jharkhand, 9 in Rajasthan, 23 in Bihar, 5 in Chhattisgarh, 3 in Odisha , 1 ea...
09 May, 2016, 01.36 PM IST
Over 100 more villages electrified; total reaches 7,549As many as 104 more villages have been electrified across the country over the past few days, taking the total tally to 7,549, government s...
02 May, 2016, 01.53 PM IST
110 villages electrified last week under DDUGJYAs many as 110 villages were electrified in the country last week under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna.
18 Apr, 2016, 05.08 PM IST
Centre energises 7,000 villages week ahead of March 31 deadline under DDUGJYThe Centre has achieved its annual target of electrifying 7,000 villages in the current fiscal under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana...
23 Mar, 2016, 03.36 PM IST
258 village electrified last week258 villages across six states were electrified in the week to February 21 under its flagship rural electrification programe, the Deen Daya...
22 Feb, 2016, 03.35 PM IST
238 villages electrified last week under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti YojnaGovernment today said 238 villages were electrified across the country during last week under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram JyotiYojna (DDUGJY).
03 Feb, 2016, 02.46 PM IST
IL&FS Eng bags Rs 191-cr proj for rural electrification in UPIL&FS Engineering and Construction Company today said it has bagged Rs 190.88 crore project from MVVNL for rural electrification works in U...
25 Aug, 2015, 06.57 PM IST
Bihar polls: PM Narendra Modi, CM Nitish Kumar race to inaugurate pending projectsPolitical watchers believe many of the projects have been finished in a hurry, whereas some were inaugurated in half-finished state.
19 Aug, 2015, 10.18 AM IST
PM Narendra Modi to launch new power scheme in Patna on July 25A total of Rs 14,680 crore worth projects have already been approved out of which projects amounting to Rs 5,827 crore have been approved f...
23 Jul, 2015, 06.48 PM IST
Power projects worth Rs 1,700 crore approved in J&KThe Distribution Reforms Committee of Jammu and Kashmir government today approved projects worth Rs 1,700 crore to strengthen power distrib...
11 May, 2015, 04.57 PM IST
Maharashtra seeks Rs 10,000 crore from Centre for power infrastructureMaharashtra government has sought about Rs 10,000 crore from Centre to create infrastructure for improving efficiency in power generation a...
12 Feb, 2015, 10.14 PM IST
Government to clear $2 billion transmission projects in SouthThe government will soon clear transmission projects worth $2 billion in the Southern region and has sought greater private participation t...
07 Dec, 2014, 12.07 PM IST
Moving towards 24X7 power: Government approves 3 key schemesThe Cabinet has approved multiple schemes to improve transmission and distribution networks in the country.
05 Dec, 2014, 03.02 PM IST
Govt approves new Rs 43,033-cr rural electrification schemeGovernment approved Rs 43,033-crore rural electrification scheme Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana.
20 Nov, 2014, 11.11 PM IST
Power grid failure: Amid gloom, Gujarat supplies 24-hour powerA power surplus state with near 24 hour electricity supply not just in cities like Ahmedabad and Vadodara but in all the 18,000 villages.
01 Aug, 2012, 08.58 AM IST