Energy

Political economy of distribution reforms In Indian electricity

Despite sustained efforts to reform the sector, electricity distribution in India remains amidst complex problems, manifested in the form of loss-making distribution utilities, poor quality of service, governance ambiguities, and absence of basic data.

Publication Date: 
19/08/2016
Ashwini K Swain
Centre for Policy Research
Tags:
Electricity, Power Transmission, Power Industry, India, Rural Electrification, Finance, Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana
Energy

Power yet to reach 42.64 lakh homes

BHUBANESWAR: Even after a decade of launching of the rural electrification programme under Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY), 42.64 lakh households of the State are still out of the

Publication Date: 
21/06/2016
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Electricity, Rural Electrification, Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana, Power Transmission, Energy
Energy

1.2 Lakh Houses in Rural Areas Electrified'

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Electricity Minister Aryadan Muhammed said the state could not achieve total electrification due to the proliferation of houses and because of the peculiar geography of the sta

Publication Date: 
09/12/2015
New Indian Express (Thiruvananthapuram)
Tags:
Kerala, Rural Electrification, Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana, Rural Energy, High Court, State Electricity Board (SEB), Energy
Energy

Question raised in Lok Sabha on electrification of villages, 03/12/2015

Question raised in Lok Sabha on electrification of villages, 03/12/2015. The details of un-electrified households/villages in the country are placed at Annex-I. For providing electricity to agriculture sector and electrification of un-electrified villages to give electricity access to un-electrified households, during the 12th Plan, projects amounting to Rs. 63,810 crores has been sanctioned so far under DDUGJY including the subsumed Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY). The state-wise amount sanctioned is given at Annex-II.

Publication Date: 
Thursday, December 3, 2015
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Rural Electrification, Statistics, India, Parliament, Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana, Electricity
Energy

Renewed project for village electrification across Cachar

A review meeting on centrally sponsored schemes for the district was held in the conference hall of DC office on Monday.

Publication Date: 
23/09/2015
Sentinel (Guwahati)
Tags:
Assam, Rural Electrification, Cachar, Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana, Electricity, Energy, Power Transmission
Energy

Contours of Inequality : What census 2011 tells about India's energy poverty

Access to energy is an important determinant of quality of life. Inequality of access to energy for cooking, lighting and livelihood purposes has engaged the attention of researchers, policy planners and activists in recent years. In 2005, India

Publication Date: 
11/03/2015
Centre for Science and Environment
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Tags:
Energy, India, Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana, Electricity, Renewable Energy, LPG, Punjab, Kerosene, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir
Energy

Question raised in Lok Sabha on electrification of villages, 26/02/2015

Question raised in Lok Sabha on electrification of villages, 26/02/2015. Also includes: State-wise Target & achievement of un-electrified villages, intensive electrification of electrified villages and release of free electricity connection to BPL households under RE component of DDUGJY; Details of projects Sanctioned under RE component of DDUGJY under XI Plan; and State wise details of projects sanctioned under RE component of DDUGJY under XII Plan.

Publication Date: 
Thursday, February 26, 2015
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Rural Electrification, India, Statistics, Parliament, Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana, Electricity
Energy

Odisha asks NTPC, PGCIL to float tenders for RGGVY

The Odisha government has urged central PSUs — NTPC Ltd and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) to go ahead with the task of floating tenders for implementation of projects under the Rajeev

Publication Date: 
30/09/2014
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), National Thermal Power Cdarliorporation (NTPC), Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana, Rural Electrification, Electricity
Energy

State mapping areas to tap wind energy

SHILLONG: Power-starved Meghalaya is preparing “wind energy density maps” to identify regions in the mountainous state where wind energy could be tapped to meet the power requirement.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2014
Shillong Times (Shillong)
Tags:
Meghalaya, Wind Energy, West Khasi Hills, Energy Policy, Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana, Renewable Energy, Energy
Energy

APDA constituted to implement RGGVY

Arunachal Pradesh Power (Electrical) Minister Tanga Byaling today informed that the government had constituted the Arunachal Power Development Agency (APDA) on suggestion from the State Finance Dep

Publication Date: 
31/07/2014
Sentinel (Guwahati)
Tags:
Arunachal, Electricity, Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana, Rural Electrification, Energy

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