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India set to complete village electrification before targetBy : sustainabilityo..., Jan 30, 2018
The Union government's ambitious plan to complete rural electrification by May 1, 2018 is set to be achieved before target with the rural electrification corporation of India (REC) in the last... Read more.. Subject Tags: power for all , Rural Electrification |
All villages in Bihar are now electrified: Chief Minister Nitish KumarBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 28, 2017
All 39,073 villages of Bihar were now electrified, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said here today. He added that every household in the state would have a free power connection by the end of the... Read more.. Subject Tags: power for all , Rural Electrification |
India to fine firms for blackouts, crackdown on electricity theftBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 8, 2017
India plans to fine electricity distributors from April 2019 for power cuts deemed avoidable and to make it mandatory for the companies to install prepaid or smart meters to prevent electricity... Read more.. Subject Tags: DISCOM , power , power for all , Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (Saubhagya) |
Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) camps for new connections from second week of DecemberBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 4, 2017
Camps to give power connections under the Saubhagya-Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana will be held from the second week of December, said officials of the UP power department. The Uttar... Read more.. |
Saubhagya scheme targets to cover 175,000 households in ManipurBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 29, 2017
Union Power Minister R K Singh and Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh today launched Saubhagya scheme in the north eastern state to provide electricity connections to 1.75 lakh families.... Read more.. |
Government to push prepaid, smart meters in universal electrification driveBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 17, 2017
Prepaid and smart meters are going to get greater thrust from the government as India moves towards the target of achieving universal household electrification as part of the Saubhagya scheme by... Read more.. Subject Tags: electricity , electrification , power , power for all , prepaid meters , sector news , smart metering |
Yogi Adityanath assures electricity will be available at cheaper ratesBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 13, 2017
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inspected Anpara Power Plant in Uttar Pradesh's Sonbhadra district and said that the state government aims to make electricity available to citizens... Read more.. |
Saubhagya scheme: Postmen to collate data on homes still without electricityBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 6, 2017
The power ministry has engaged postmen for door-to-door survey to expedite the Saubhagya scheme launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for complete household electrification by December 2018... Read more.. Subject Tags: power for all , Rural Electrification , Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (Saubhagya) scheme |
Bihar seeks Rs 1,100 crore from Centre for power connectionsBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 2, 2017
The state energy department is to submit within a week a detailed project report to the Centre to seek Rs 1,100 crore for providing household electricity connections under Saubhagya scheme that... Read more.. |
No free power for poor under Saubhagya; demand to rise by 28GWBy : sustainabilityo..., Sep 28, 2017
The government today said power will not be provided free of cost to any category of consumer under the recently launched Saubhagya scheme, which aims to provide electricity to all. ... Read more.. Subject Tags: electricity , energy sector , power for all , Rural Electrification , Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (Saubhagya) scheme |