Rural electrification scheme to be launched in Patna

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Ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the government’s flagship Deendayal Upadhyaya Rural Electrification Programme on July 25 in Patna, Minister for Power, Coal and New and Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday.

“The Prime Minister will launch the Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) on July 25 in Patna. It is a national scheme and is open for all the States,” the Minister told reporters here.

The Rs. 43,033-crore rural electrification scheme, which will replace the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY), was approved by the Cabinet last November.