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
Jammu and Kashmir government to electrify all villages by 2018-19 endJammu and Kashmir Minister of State for Power Asiea Naqash said the government had engaged a consultant for the preparation of DPR for 16 M...
06 Feb, 2018, 07.58 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh plans light for all in one year to power 2019 pollsOut of the 4.12 crore un-electrified households to be covered under the Saubhagya scheme by December 2018, 1.56 crore households are in Utt...
16 Dec, 2017, 01.02 AM 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
12,033 un-electrified villages provided power: Piyush GoyalDDG comes under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) -- which is meant for providing electricity access to villages and habitati...
09 Feb, 2017, 07.06 PM IST
Power Ministry to launch GARV-II app to ensure power access to allUnder this facility, village-wise; habitation-wise base line data on household electrification for all states provided by them has been inc...
18 Dec, 2016, 03.56 PM IST
Government decides to electrify 5.98 crore un-electrified households by December 2018The Centre will soon launch an extension of its existing dashboard and mobile app ‘Garv’ on rural electrification to provide real-time data...
20 Jun, 2016, 03.17 AM IST
Parliamentary panel picks holes in government's electrification driveThe panel picked holes in electrification of villages, saying that there are cases where electrification of the villages has been done only...
02 May, 2016, 11.24 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
Government does its math to fast-track rural electrificationThe govt is exploring ways to fast-track rural electrification in Odisha, Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh, Jharkhand and Assam, which are home to ...
03 Apr, 2016, 10.51 AM IST
Government meets target of electrifying 7,000 villages in FY16Total 1,654 villages were electrified during April 2015 to August 2015 and 5,358 villages have been added in this list during August 15, 20...
28 Mar, 2016, 03.19 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
Govt fixes target of electrifying 7,000 villages by MarchCentre has fixed a target of electrifying 7,000 un-electrified villages by March-end, Power and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal today said.
23 Feb, 2016, 11.19 PM IST
Government electrified 13 Assam villages last week under DDUGJY"13 villages electrified in Assam last week under Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana," Power and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal said in a tw...
04 Jan, 2016, 12.43 PM IST
Electrification works in 3,286 villages completed so farElectrification works in 3,286 villages out of 18,452 unelectrified villages in the nation have been completed so far, Parliament was infor...
04 Jan, 2016, 12.40 PM IST
12 villages in Bihar got electricity last week: Piyush Goyal"We electrified 12 villages in Bihar last week. After 68 years, they finally have power," Goyal said in a tweet.
03 Dec, 2015, 04.57 PM IST
30,000 MW of stalled power generation capacity revived: Piyush GoyalOver 30,000 MW of stalled power generation capacity has been revived in the last 18 months, the government said in Lok Sabha today.
03 Dec, 2015, 01.57 PM IST