Tag: Rural Village Electrification
Community Survey
Even After Seven Decades of Independence, Villages of India Yet To Be Electrified
The Union government's Soubhagya Jyoti scheme aimed to electrify every Indian village by Mar 2019. But that ambition is yet to be realised.
Scheme After Scheme Fails the Electricity Dream
Salgadih Village, Khunti District, Jharkhand | Amita Tuti A majority of Jharkhand, the coal centre of India, comes to a standstill each evening as the sun fades away. Most villages and cities see electricity for only about 5-6 hours a day. There are still other villages where there is no...