2.63 Cr houses electrified, Govt hunts for competitive power prices: Energy Min
Union Minister of State (IC) Power R K Singh said that since the launch of the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana – Saubhagya in October 2017, about 2.628 crore willing un-electrified households were electrified by 31 March 2019 across India.Under this yojana, 7,980,568 households of Uttar Pradesh, 3,259,041 of Bihar and 2,452,444 households of Odisha were electrified. 1,35,881 households of Bulandshahr district, Uttar Pradesh and 1,83,744 households of Balangir district, Odisha were electrified. Ministry of Power, Government of India, has formed a high-level group to study the present system of power purchase and sale under the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) including power trading.The group will also explore the system of power ma.....