Rural electrification programme on track

NEW DELHI. The meeting chaired by PM Modi lasted for about three hours, and was attended by top officials from PMO, NITI Aayog and all infrastructure Ministries of the Government of India, said a PMO statement.

 

The rural electrification programme is proceeding swiftly, with over 13,000 villages electrified out of a total of 18,452 and is on track for completion within the targeted 1000 days, a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi here was told today. 

 

The meeting was also told that the total renewable generation capacity has crossed 57 GigaWatts, with an increase of 24.5 per cent being registered in the last fiscal year. The figures were presented when the Prime Minister reviewed progress of key infrastructure sectors including petroleum and natural gas, power, renewable energy and housing.