After powering villages, PM Modi govt plans to light up rural homes
Close to fulfilling its promise of powering all un-electrified villages ahead of deadline, the government is scheduled to clear on Wednesday a plan to light up all homes in the hinterland over the next two years or so. Government sources said the plan, christened 'Saubhagya', is estimated to cost Rs 17,000 crore and is expected to be taken up by the Cabinet's economic affairs panel at its meeting on Wednesday.The scheme is a natural corollary to the village electrification scheme. PM Narendra Modi had on August 15, 2015 set a target for the power ministry to electrify all 18,452 unelectrified villages within 1,000 days. Today, there are only 3,046 inhabited villages that remain to be electrified, thanks to the brisk pace set by former power.....