Saubhagya: This is how Modi govt's many 'power for all' schemes have fared

As govt launches the Rs 16,000-crore Saubhagya scheme for complete electrification of India by Dec 2018, we look at the many old schemes on this with many different price tags

Earlier, you had GARV, GARV-II, IPDS, DDUGJY, UDAY and UJALA. And now, SAUBHAGYA has joined the long list of schemes promising ‘power for all’. Right since the government under Narendra Modi took charge at the Centre in May 2014, energy access has been the clarion call.

 
In the first Union Budget that the Modi government presented in 2014, rural and urban electrification had seen a major thrust, along with a name change and allocation boost. Strict targets were part of these two schemes – Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS) and Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY).
 
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