116 villages have been electrified across the country during last week (from 28^th  March to 03 April 2016) under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna (DDUGJY). Out of these electrified villages, 11 villages fall in Arunachal Pradesh, 27 in Assam, 4 in Bihar, 46 in Chhattisgarh, 12 in Jharkhand, 4 in Madhya Pradesh, 1 in Manipur, 6 in Odisha and 5 in Rajasthan. The progress of ongoing electrification process can be tracked on http://garv.gov.in/dashboard

 An update on ongoing electrification process

In view of the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi’s address to nation, on Independence Day, Government of India has decided to electrify remaining 18,452 un-electrified villages within 1000 days i.e. by 01^st May, 2018.  The project has been taken on mission mode and strategy for electrification consists of squeezing the implementation schedule to 12 months and also dividing village electrification process in 12 Stage milestones with defined timelines for monitoring.

During 2015-16, 7,128 villages have been electrified till date. Out of remaining 10,890 villages, 7,357 villages are to be electrified through grid, 3093 villages are to be electrified through off- grid where grid solutions are out of reach due to geographical barriers and 440 villages are to be electrified by State Govt own. Total 1654 villages were electrified during April 2015 to 14^th Aug 2015 and after taking initiative by Government of India for taking it on mission mode, 5474 additional villages have been electrified from 15^th August 2015 to 03^rd April 2016.   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.

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