102 villages
have been electrified across the country during last week (from
19thto 25thDecember 2016) under Deen
Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna (DDUGJY). Out
of these electrified villages, 17 villages belong to Assam, 9to Bihar, 10 to Chhattisgarh,
29to Jharkhand, 5 to Manipur, 30to Odisha and1 each to Madhya Pradesh and 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 01stMay, 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.
11,429 villages
have been electrified till date. Out of remaining 7,023
villages, 698 villages are uninhabited. 3,775 villages are
to be electrified through grid, 2,502 villages to be electrified through off-grid where grid solutions are out of reach due to geographical
barriers and 48 villages are to be electrified by State Government.
Total 1654
villages were electrified during April 2015 to 14thAug 2015 and
after taking initiative by Government of India for taking it on mission mode, 9,775
additional villages have been electrified from 15thAugust 2015 to 25thDecember,
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 energization with the state DISCOM,
identifying the villages where milestone progress are delayed.
RM/VM