Saubhagya Scheme

India likely to achieve 100% household electrification by month-end; 2.44 cr households get power connections under Saubhagya scheme

Achieving 100 percent household electrification was one of the aims of the present government.

All households to be electrified by December-end against earlier target of March 2019, says power minister R K Singh

The Union and the state power ministers in a meeting in July had decided to provide electricity connections to all families by December 2018 against the earlier target of March 2019.

Adani Power's net loss widens by 82% to Rs 825 crore in Q1; total income declines to Rs 3,959.40 crore

Adani Power's consolidated net loss stood at Rs 452.84 crore in the quarter ended June of the previous fiscal, a BSE filing said

Power ministry mulls Rs 50 crore reward for discoms under Saubhagya scheme

The power ministry is mulling a reward of Rs 50 lakh for state utilities employees and a grant of Rs 50 crore for discoms which will meet household electrification target under Saubhagya scheme at the earliest.

Gap between skilled and unskilled, rural and urban, online and offline is reducing; Bharat no longer backbencher of growth story

Proactive and agile policy frameworks have already played a key role in India’s growth based on utilising its technological framework and are now leading to an empowered Bharat.

Govt clarifies no free power for poor under Saubhagya; demand to rise by 28GW

The govt on Wednesday said power will not be provided free of cost to any category of consumer under the recently launched Saubhagya scheme, which aims to provide electricity to all

Saubhagya scheme may help BJP in 2019 polls, but is another instance of Modi govt repackaging UPA's ideas

Saubhagya will revive the UPA scheme from 2005, leaving Narendra Modi open to the charge that his government has done little beyond repackaging the previous government's schemes

Saubhagya scheme: Electricity to all households a positive move, but can Modi govt resist subsidy?

It would be interesting to see if any state decides not to subsidise this power supplied to the poor

With Rs 16,320cr-Saubhagya scheme, Narendra Modi's pro-poor move electrified BJP's chances at polls

Keeping with traditions of the BJP's National Executive meetings, proceedings were not telecast live. An astute politician like Modi wouldn't like to announce populist, big money schemes when they aren't being publicised or broadcast live

Narendra Modi launches Saubhagya free electricity scheme for 24x7 power in all rural households

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched the Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana 'Saubhagya' electricity scheme to provide 24x7 power to all families in India.