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Electrification works in 4,066 villages completed so far out of 18,452 villages.

  • It has been decided to electrify all un-electrified villages by 01.05.2018.
  • Electrification works in 4,066 villages out of 18,452 unelectrified villages in the nation have been completed so far.
  • As on 01.04. 2015, there were 18,452 unelectrified villages in the country.'
  • Electrification works in 4066 villages out of those mentioned above has been completed so far,"
  • Under Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), he said, there is a provision for providing electricity access to un-electrified villages/habitations through micro-grid and off-grid distribution network where grid connectivity is either not feasible or not cost effective.
  • "So far, 1,849 villages have been sanctioned under off-grid distribution for electrification in 13 states," he said.
  • In a separate reply he said, that in Uttar Pradesh, 1,529 villages were still to be electrified as on April 1, 2015.
  • All these un-electrified villages have been sanctioned for electrification under DDUGJY.

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