by Swarajya Staff - Mar 5, 2021 03:26 AM
A power grid in India. (Indranil Bhoumik/Mint via Getty Images).
In a positive development, average rural power supply duration has increased from just 12.5 hours a day in 2014-15 to 18.5 hours a day in 2019-20, Union Power Minister RK Singh said on Thursday (4 March).
Addressing the Union Power Ministry's Parliamentary Consultative Committee, Singh informed about major reform initiatives undertaken by the government in the power sector.
Singh emphasised that the ministry achieved 100 per cent village electrification 13 days before target while 100 pet cent household electrification has also been achieved under Saubhagya scheme, reports
Economic Times.