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UNIVERSAL HOUSEHOLD ELECTRIFICATION
Share of private sector in power capacity addition dwindling: Eco SurveyThe survey, tabled in Parliament by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday, showed that about 60% of the nearly 7,000-mw added in th...
All households, except some in naxal affected Bastar, electrified: Economic SurveyThe survey underlined that access to electricity is necessary for making growth inclusive and for promoting ease of living.
India to achieve universal household electrification by January-endIndia is all set to achieve 100 per cent household electrification by this month end.
India must ensure steady power supply for electrification drive to be successful: World BankThe World Bank said in the report that India lost a massive $86.1 billion, or around 4% of its GDP, because of distortions in the power sec...
Reliability of power supply is crucial, merely adding households to electricity grid not enough: World BankEstimated at 1.42& of GDP per year, the impact of power shortages on downstream rural households and firms is the second largest economic c...
Power-for-all target shrinks in India as Narendra Modi's deadline nearsThe target has been narrowed after on-the-ground surveys revealed large numbers of families that had left their villages and migrated to ur...
Electricity Act to be amended so that discoms sign PPAs: MinisterBriefing reporters on the achievement of bringing electricity to all villages in the country, RK Singh said the changes to the law were bei...
India nears power success, but millions are still in the darkThe current level of electrification will keep almost 32 mn homes in the dark: govt deems a village 'electrified' if 10% of its households ...
Electricity to all: India racing to connect thousands of villages with powerThe 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...
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...
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,...
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...
Saubhagya rollout may pose challenge: Ex-cabinet secyFormer cabinet secretary and member (energy) of the erstwhile PC, BK Chaturvedi said the scheme will require the infrastructure and financi...
Saubhagya scheme to create additional power demand of 28,000 MW in the countryThere will be requirement of additional power of about 28,000-mw and additional energy of about 80,000 million units per annum.
Tata Power DDL to set up two pilot solar microgrids in BiharThe proposal envisages setting up of two 15 KWp solar projects in Tayabpur and Behlolpur village in the first phase, followed by capacity a...
No socioeconomic benefits in rural India after electrificationA team of four academics conducted an experiment to estimate the effect of off-grid solar power on electricity and development of 1,281 rur...
Electricity can be a clean cooking alternative, says Arvind PanagariyaThe comments come at a time when the Narendra Modi-led government is preparing a clean cooking strategy for the country.