104 villages electrified in past week; See rural electrification process in real-time

Ministry of Power has said 104 more villages have been electrified across the country during the week of May 30 to June 5 under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna (DDUGJY). 

"Out of these electrified villages, 7 villages belong to Arunachal Pradesh , 17   in Assam, 23 in Jharkhand, 6 in Rajasthan,8 in Madhya Pradesh , 13 in Bihar, 3 in Chhattisgarh,  and 27 in Meghalaya," it said in a statment. 

The live progress of ongoing electrification process can be tracked here.

It said, "8,095 villages have been electrified till date. Out of remaining 10,357 villages, 455 villages are uninhabitated. 6,652 villages are to be electrified through grid, 2,897 villages to be electrified through off- grid where grid solutions are out of reach due to geographical barriers and 353 villages are to be electrified by State Govt own."

"In order to expedite the progress further, a close monitoring is being done through Gram Vidyut Abhiyanta (GVA) and various actions are also being taken on regular basis  like reviewing the progress on monthly basis during the RPM meeting, sharing of list of villages which are at the stage of under energisation with the state Discom, identifying the villages where milestone progress are delayed," Ministry of Power concluded.