Ministry of Power electrifies 276 Villages across country under DDUGJY

Ministry of Power has announced that it has electrified 276 villages across the country between 11th to 17th January 2016 under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna ( DDUGJY). Out of these electrified villages, 139 villages belong to Assam, 25 villages to Bihar, 21 to Jharkhand, 60 to Odisha, 30 to Uttar Pradesh and one village fall in the state of Rajasthan. The progress of ongoing electrification process can be tracked on http://garv.gov.in/dashboard

In view of the Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi’s address to nation, on Independence Day, Government of India has decided to electrify remaining 18,452 unelectrified villages by 1st May, 2018.  The project has been taken on mission mode and strategy for electrification consists of squeezed implementation schedule of 12 months with 12 Stage milestones for village electrification monitoring with defined timelines.

For providing real time updated data of ongoing electrification process to all users and stakeholders, 'GARV' Mobile App was launched by Mr. Piyush Goyal recently