‘Sub-village units will be powered too’

Centre says Saubhagya scheme will reach hamlets not covered by rural electrification programme

May 01, 2018 10:16 pm | Updated May 02, 2018 03:33 pm IST - New Delhi

In anticipation:  A torch hangs from a home with no household power in a village on the outskirts of Alwar, Rajasthan, on April 17.

In anticipation: A torch hangs from a home with no household power in a village on the outskirts of Alwar, Rajasthan, on April 17.

The government on Tuesday responded to allegations that its village electrification programme was still incomplete despite its claims of 100% electrification, saying that the few remaining “sub-village units” would be covered under its Saubhagya household electrification scheme.

“There are reports in some sections of media that some villages are still un-electrified, contrary to the government’s claim of achieving 100% village electrification,” the Ministry of Power said in a statement. “In this connection, it may be reiterated that the Government had taken up electrification of remaining un-electrified census villages, duly identifiable as per census code, reported by the States as on April 1, 2015, under ‘Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana’ (DDUGJY). Electrification of all these villages has been reported complete by all the concerned States.”

“Some of the households in sub-village units viz. habitations/hamlets/Dhanis/Majras/Tolas may not be having electricity as of now, and it is felt that certain news agencies are reporting about such habitations,” it added. “All the remaining households located in the habitations/hamlets/Dhanis/Majras/Tolas associated with the census villages and households attached to urban settlements would be covered under ‘Saubhagya’.”

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