Out of 18,452 un-electrified villages, 11,931 villages have been electrified as on 30.01.2017 under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY). This was stated by Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today. Remaining villages are targeted to be electrified by May, 2018.

The progress of electrification of un-electrified villages during the last two and half years, as informed by the State Power Utilities, is as under:

Shri Goyal further informed that upto 15^th January 2017, 5,775 projects have been sanctioned under DDUGJY for various rural electrification works, including electrification of un-electrified villages. 4.27 crore Below Poverty Line (BPL) households have also been sanctioned under the scheme.

“The project cost of DDUGJY is Rs.75,893 crore including its RE component”, the minister said.

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