Target date for electricity for all likely to be brought forward to Dec 31

The government estimates 28,000 Mw additional power is needed to meet the demand created through electrification

With the government providing power connectivity to all villages in the country, the next step would be to supply electricity under the Saubhagya programme.

Union power minister R K Singh says this requires consumer willingness to take connections. And, that the government might advance the target date for achieving 24x7 power for all by three months to December 31. The initial deadline under the Rs 163 billion Saubhagya scheme was March 31, 2019.

“We signed agreements with the states in 2015 that we want 24x7 supply and all states are signatories,” he recalled at a press conference on Tuesday.

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