Tag: Electricity in Rural India

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Even After Seven Decades of Independence, Villages of India Yet To Be Electrified

 
/ September 18, 2020

The Union government's Soubhagya Jyoti scheme aimed to electrify every Indian village by Mar 2019. But that ambition is yet to be realised.

Impact Story

Woman Changemaker lits up dark lives in rural Odisha

 
/ April 23, 2020

The story effectively depicts as to how change is triggered with mere presence of a Citizen journalist in the most media dark region of India.

Impact Story

Fixing India| Lightning Up A Ray Of Hope In Laxmanpur Bathe

 
/ January 21, 2020

In the 10th episode of Fixing India, we feature, S M Zafar Iqbal from Bihar, who has left no stone unturned to make to difference. 

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Fixing India: Lighting Up the Villages

 
/ December 24, 2019

In this episode of our community correspondents are making significant strides in electrification. 

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Electricity in India – Can Someone Turn on The Lights? | India Loud & Clear...

 
/ November 29, 2019

This week in India Loud & Clear we travel to literally the dark places of our country.

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“Full Electrification” Still Leaves Out Many in Rural India

 
/ July 8, 2019

The central government claimed India had achieved “full electrification” in April 2018, but evidence from VV’s network of correspondents proved otherwise. In this piece, we revisit our #Battigul (no electricity) campaign to see if the situation has changed.

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Since Ten Years a Village in Katihar, Bihar Is in Darkness.

 
/ April 26, 2019

While PM Narendra Modi claimed to supply electricity in every household, Marwa village, in Bihar still lurks in darkness.