The rural electrification programme has also been a game changer with the government beating the deadline to provide electricity to all of India’s 597,464 census villages last month. The key initiatives to its rural outreach programme were to provide free cooking gas connections and electrification of rural households, besides creating a social safety net for the masses. Under the Ujjwala scheme, the centre provided free cooking gas connections to 30.98 million poor families, as on 23 May. The rural electrification programme has also been a game changer with the government beating the deadline to provide electricity to all of India’s 597,464 census villages last month. The Saubhagya scheme will also help provide the architecture, through which the government seeks to reduce import of fossil fuels.

Source: Mint May 26, 2018 11:15 UTC