In September 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced hundred per cent electrification of all households scheme under the ‘Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Ghar Yojana’.
Now as per a PTI report,the country is about to achieve universal electrification by January end with 2.44 crore families having received power connections out of the targeted 2.48 crore. An official said that 2.44 crore households had already been energised under the scheme till today.
While four lakh households are still awaiting electricity that will light up their homes, close to 30,000 families are being given electricity connection every single day. Around 16,000 crore was to be incurred to bring this monumental change. The current Modi led government had set December 2018 as the deadline for electrification of all villages also.