PM Narendra Modi reviews the implementation of micro credit scheme for street vendorsThe PM Street Vendor's AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) aims at facilitating a collateral free working capital loan of up to Rs 10,000 of on...
25 Jul, 2020, 08.34 PM IST
India needs USD 1.4 tn infrastructure spend in 2020-25 to become a USD 5 tn economy: Economy SurveyInvestment in infrastructure is necessary for the economy, as power shortages, inadequate transport and poor connectivity affects overall g...
31 Jan, 2020, 03.42 PM IST
All identified 2.5 cr unelectrifed households to be energised by March: FM Piyush Goyal in Budget 2019As many as 28,594 households including 8,460 in Rajasthan and 20,134 in Chhattisgarh are yet to be electrified.
01 Feb, 2019, 12.10 PM IST
Government to approve power tariff policy soon: R K Singh"The policy provides for penalty for unscheduled power cuts except in the case of technical faults or act of God (natural calamities)," Sin...
22 Jan, 2019, 07.45 PM IST
India to achieve universal household electrification by January-endIndia is all set to achieve 100 per cent household electrification by this month end.
20 Jan, 2019, 05.37 PM IST
PM slams previous UPA regime for shoddy work on electrificationThis is the tenth interaction in the series by the Prime Minister through video conference with the beneficiaries of various government sch...
19 Jul, 2018, 04.24 PM IST
Power Ministry mulls Rs 50 crore reward for discoms under SaubhagyaThe move is aimed at incentivising state discoms to compete against each other to give a push to achieve the objective of 100 per cent hous...
08 Jul, 2018, 03.00 PM IST
Electrifying villages: UP, Bihar to be big test for Saubhagya schemeSharma said while 6.5 lakh electricity connections had been provided in the past 14 years in UP, the BJP govt led by Yogi Adityanath had gi...
01 May, 2018, 09.57 AM IST
How performance-based rankings are shaking up the rigid world of governmentA competitive wave is shaking up the government. An intense race is on at virtually every level -- from cities to panchayats, universities ...
28 Jan, 2018, 10.27 AM IST
Government to use mobile app for on-the-spot power connectionsAs far as village electrification is concerned, the task is almost complete as the number of villages remaining to be electrified will be 1...
12 Jan, 2018, 03.05 PM IST
Government to push prepaid, smart meters in universal electrification drivePrime Minister Narendra Modi in September launched the Saubhagya scheme to electrify four crore un-electrified households in the country by...
17 Nov, 2017, 01.01 AM IST
Saubhagya scheme to be in spotlight at power ministers' meetPM Narendra Modi had launched the Saubhagya scheme in September to achieve 100 per cent electrification of households by December, 2018.
06 Nov, 2017, 04.14 PM IST
Postmen to collate data on homes still without electricityIndia Post through its network 1.73 lakh outlets has begun collecting data on un-electrified households spread over three states of Odisha,...
05 Nov, 2017, 11.44 PM IST
Nearly six-fold jump in electrification pace needed to meet Saubhagya targetsThe government will have to electrify about 2.7 mn households every month to cover more than 40 mn households in the next 15 months, as per...
30 Sep, 2017, 11.57 AM IST
Fairly confident 80% of REC book may never see NPAs: PV RameshOverall, there is a sustainable growth in the power sector, says CMS of REC .
27 Sep, 2017, 01.57 PM IST
Government weighs measures to ensure 24x7 powerBringing about changes to the Electricity Act of 2003 or the recently amended national tariff policy are among the ways being looked at to ...
26 Sep, 2017, 11.51 PM IST
Electricity for all by December 2018, all villages to be electrified this year: Power ministerGovernment had set the deadline for electrifying all villages by May 1, 2018. Similarly, it was aiming to provide 24X7 power to all by Marc...
25 Sep, 2017, 08.21 PM IST