The survey underlined that access to electricity is necessary for making growth inclusive and for promoting ease of living.

Among thermal plants, coal would contribute around 79%, while the rest would come from lignite, natural gas and liquid fuels.

As many as 28,594 households including 8,460 in Rajasthan and 20,134 in Chhattisgarh are yet to be electrified.

India is all set to achieve 100 per cent household electrification by this month end.

R K Singh asserted that the target of 100 per cent electrification would be achieved by December 31.

The 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...

As far as village electrification is concerned, the task is almost complete as the number of villages remaining to be electrified will be 1...

The new year will see the government accelerate efforts to achieve the mammoth task of reaching power to more than a quarter of a billion p...

The government has presented the second supplementary demand for grants seeking nod for additional spending in the current fiscal.

Major spending heads include Rs 1,033.8 crore towards grants for creation of capital assets, subsidies and other charges for Pradhan Mantri...

The biennial conference would be chaired by Minister of State for Power R K Singh.

PM Narendra Modi had launched the Saubhagya scheme in September to achieve 100 per cent electrification of households by December, 2018.

India Post through its network 1.73 lakh outlets has begun collecting data on un-electrified households spread over three states of Odisha,...

The meeting will discuss the present status of household electrification, state-wise existing schemes, states' preparedness and implementat...

The 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...

Former cabinet secretary and member (energy) of the erstwhile PC, BK Chaturvedi said the scheme will require the infrastructure and financi...

There will be requirement of additional power of about 28,000-mw and additional energy of about 80,000 million units per annum.