New Delhi: Almost all Indian homes targeted under the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government’s marque Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana or Saubhagya have got electricity connections, according to the data available on the scheme’ website.
Of 26.04 million households targeted under the scheme, 99.93% or 26.02 million households have got electricity connections as on 31 March. The remaining 0.07% or 18,820 households yet to receive last-mile electricity connectivity are in Chattisgarh.
The ₹16,320 crore Saubhagya scheme funds the cost of last-mile connectivity to ‘willing households’ and was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2017. It was to provide electricity connections to 40 million Indian homes by March 2019. The target was reduced to 30 million rural and urban households after it was found that some households did not exist, or had already been electrified.
