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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | 3 yrs of Modi govt: 73% of targeted villages electrified, but only 8% fully -Mukta Patil

3 yrs of Modi govt: 73% of targeted villages electrified, but only 8% fully -Mukta Patil

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published Published on May 29, 2017   modified Modified on May 29, 2017
-IndiaSpend/ Business Standard

In Uttar Pradesh, Nagaland, Jharkhand and Bihar, fewer than 50% of rural households have electricity

As many as 73% of the 18,452 villages that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government identified for electrification in 2015 now have power supply, but only 8% of these villages had all their households electrified, according to the government’s own data.

As of May 25, 2017, 13,523 villages have been electrified, but 100% household connectivity has been achieved in only 1,089 villages, according to data in the power ministry’s Grameen Vidyutikaran (GARV) dashboard.

Besides, 25% (45 million) of rural households across the country still have no electricity. In Uttar Pradesh, Nagaland, Jharkhand and Bihar, fewer than 50% of rural households have electricity, three years after the BJP was sworn in at the Centre having promised “electricity for all”.

Among the 43.5 million below-poverty-line households identified to be provided with free electricity connections under the Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana, 23.5 million (59%) have been covered, and many geographically remote locations have been connected with off-grid sources of power. However, this kind of basic energy access does not provide larger benefits to recipients, and is not a substitute for grid connections, studies show.

As the BJP government completes three years in office this week, IndiaSpend is analysing five of its key electoral promises–on employment, Swachh Bharat, roads, access to electricity and terrorism. In the fourth part of the series today, we look at how the government has performed on providing access to electricity.

Households remain without power


A village is considered electrified if electricity is provided in public places such as schools, panchayat offices, health centres, dispensaries and community centres, and at least 10% of households, according to the criteria used by the power ministry since October 1997. So, a village can be considered electrified if 90% of its households do not have electricity.

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IndiaSpend/ Business Standard, 26 May, 2017, http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/3-years-of-modi-govt-25-of-rural-households-still-have-no-electricity-117052600122_1.html


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