Fifteen states have completed electrification while another eight are close to achieving complete household electrification, power minister R K Singh said on Thursday.
“Eight states have achieved 100% saturation in household electrification under Saubhagya namely Madhya Pradesh, Tripura, Bihar, J&K, Mizoram, Sikkim, Telangana and West Bengal. Thus total 15 States in the country now have 100 % household electrification,” he said after the review, planning and monitoring meeting with states.
Singh said since launch of the programme in October 2017 2.1 crore connections have been released. “More states like Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Chhattisgarh are left with small number of un-electrified households and expected to achieve saturation any time,” he said adding the government is confident of achieving the complete household electrification targets by December 31.
States completing 100% household electrification by Dec 31 will receive additional grant of 15% of the project cost sanctioned under Saubhagya besides awards.
