Electrification of villages

PM Modi wants BJP MPs, ministers to highlight govt's schemes like LPG coverage, electrification of villages

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday is believed to have asked BJP MPs to highlight schemes of the government and take them to the people. 

May 03, 2016, 18:50 PM IST

All villages to be electrified by next March: Piyush Goyal

Government will meet its target of electrifying 18,452 villages by March next year, much ahead of the May 2018 deadline as over a third of the task has been completed already, Power Minister Piyush Goyal said.

Mar 04, 2016, 10:02 AM IST

Electricity in every Indian village by May 2018: FM Jaitley

Presenting the Union Budget 2016-17 in the Parliament, Jaitley said the government was committed to achieve the target of 100 percent village electrification by May 2018.

Feb 29, 2016, 12:00 PM IST