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Rural Electrification Corporation Limited electrifies 13,685 villages
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his Independence Day address to the nation on August 15, 2015 pledged to electrify all 18,452 un-electrified villages within 1,000 days. Thereafter REC has taken up village electrification on a mission mode targeting completion by May 2018,” REC said in a release.
Hyderabad: Rural Electrification Corporation Limited (REC), a Navratna Central Public Sector Enterprise, said it electrified 13,685 villages till Tuesday. REC is the nodal agency for Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram JyotiYojana(DDUGJY), which is an integrated scheme covering all aspects of rural power distribution such as feedersegregation, system strengthening and metering. The scheme is aimed at transforming the lifestyle of villagers and bringing in overall socio-economic development in rural areas.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his Independence Day address to the nation on August 15, 2015 pledged to electrify all 18,452 un-electrified villages within 1,000 days. Thereafter REC has taken up village electrification on a mission mode targeting completion by May 2018,” REC said in a release.
DDUGJY has an outlay of Rs 43,033 crore with a grant of Rs 33,453 crore from the Indian Government. New projects for 32 states/UTs worth Rs 42,553.17 crore have been approved.
