Jammu and Kashmir Minister of State for Power Asiea Naqash said the government had engaged a consultant for the preparation of DPR for 16 M...

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

Surveys in many states indicated that many people didn’t want legal electricity connections to avoid rise in expenses, a senior government ...

According to the statement, as on April 6, a total of 13,174 villages have been electrified under the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojna ...

"Out of 18,452 villages, over 13,000 villages have been electrified as on date," Power Ministry said in a statement.

DDG comes under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) -- which is meant for providing electricity access to villages and habitati...

Under this facility, village-wise; habitation-wise base line data on household electrification for all states provided by them has been inc...

Under the rural electrification scheme, state governments and their discoms identify, plan and implement projects to electrify villages.

The govt is exploring ways to fast-track rural electrification in Odisha, Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh, Jharkhand and Assam, which are home to ...

The Centre has achieved its annual target of electrifying 7,000 villages in the current fiscal under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana...

Electrification has been done in 6,000 of the 18,500 unelectrified villages and the renewable energy capacity has reached 39.5 Giga Watts.

The government has expressed hope that all the unelectrified villages in the country will be energized by 2017-end.

Centre has fixed a target of electrifying 7,000 un-electrified villages by March-end, Power and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal today said.

The Centre has completed the electrification work in nearly one-third of 18,452 unelectrified villages, Power Minister Piyush Goyal said.

"13 villages electrified in Assam last week under Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana," Power and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal said in a tw...

Electrification works in 3,286 villages out of 18,452 unelectrified villages in the nation have been completed so far, Parliament was infor...

The Centre is committed to ensuring electricity supply to all in Odisha within 18 months where about 50 lakh households remain unelectrifie...