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Rural power supply duration rose to 18.5 hours a day: Union minister RK Singh
Singh explained that some of the major reform initiatives which the Ministry of Power has recently undertaken include Universal Access to Electricity.
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NEW DELHI: Average rural power supply duration increased from 12.5 hours in 2014-15 to 18.5 hours in 2019-20, Power Minister RK Singh has said.
A statement said that the minster was addressing the Power Ministry Parliamentary Consultative Committee in a meeting on Wednesday. RK Singh, Minister of State ( Independent charge), Ministry of Power has informed that the average rural power supply duration has increased from 12.5 hours in 2014-15 to 18.5 hours in 2019-20, it said.
Ministry of Power has informed that the average rural power supply duration has increased from 12.5 hours in 2014-15 to 18.5 hours in 2019-20. The 100% village electrification has been achieved 13 days before target while 100% Household electrification has been achieved under Saubhagya scheme.
The Electricity (Rights of Consumers) Rules were rolled out by Power Ministry in December, 2020, with emphasis that power system exists to serve consumers with mandated service standards and mandatory round the clock call center. The country has been transformed from a Power Deficit to Power Surplus Nation as at present the total installed capacity in country is 3.77 lakh MW as compared to Peak Demand of 1.89 lakh MW.
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.
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