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Centre Sets Targets Of 8,360 Villages for Electrification

Aug. 04 Social Cause Comments

[New Delhi] Centre Sets Targets Of 8,360 Villages for Electrification
This was informed in Lok Sabha today.
Power Minister Piyush Goyal said during Question Hour that 8,360 villages are targeted for electrification during the current financial year.
Goyal said as reported by the states, as on April 1, 2015 there were
18,452 un-electrified census villages in the country. Of these,
9126 un-electrified villages are yet to be electrified as on July 31.
For electrification of all villages, a time-bound implementation schedule has been drawn up and divided into 12 ‘milestones’ which are monitored at multiple levels.
Minister Said
Under the Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna, free electricity connections to 7,59,377 and 14,39,144 below poverty line households have been released during 2014-15 and 2015-16 respectively,

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