After releasing 48,000 electricity connections till November during the current financial year, the Jaipur Vidyut Vitaran Nigam on Monday decided to release 15,569 new agricultural power connections till March 31, 2009.

Members cutting across party lines expressed concern over the slow pace of rural electrification under Rajiv Gandhi Gram Vidyutkaran Yojana (RGGVY).

Energy Minister SN Patro had a tough time in handling the members during question hour and passed the buck to the Centre for delay in sanctioning State projects and allocation of funds.

The Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) of the Central Government has approved power development schemes of Rs 93 crore for seven districts

A 33KV power substation under the Rajiv Gandhi Rural Electrification Scheme has been scrapped because of the inability of the North Dinajpur administration to acquire land for the purpose.

District magistrate Sukumar Bhattacharyya said the project, whose foundation stone was laid in January this year, had been shifted from Gadahat, 100km from here, to Kishenganj in Bihar.

Hyderabad,, Sept. 1: Houses in as many as 38,000 new colonies, which do not have electricity connection, will get electricity line within the next two years. The Union government has agreed to provide funds for the electrification of all the "power-less" houses

BHUBANESWAR: Energy Minister Surya Narayan Patro on Thursday announced in the Assembly that electrification of all villages and hamlets in the State will be completed by the Eleventh Five- Year Plan.

To a question from Arun Kumar Sahu of BJD, the Minister said 18,017 villages and 48,172 hamlets are without electricity. Out of this, 26 villages were given electricity under the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutkaran Yojana (RGGVY).

Besides, 1,629 villages/ hamlets were electrified under the Biju Gram Jyoti Yojana.

T. Ramakrishnan Total cost Rs.447 crore; plan is to complete work by September next year Initially, 26 districts (other than Dharmapuri, the Nilgiris and Tirunelveli) to be covered 5.25 lakh families under Below Poverty Line to be provided free power connections CHENNAI: Three years after its launch at the national level, the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) [scheme for rural electricity infrastructure and rural household electrification] is to be taken up in Tamil Nadu.

Equals Rs 6,000 A Year For Every Poor Man

Deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Hussain Beig today said that government was committed to provide basic amenities to the people especially in the rural and far-flung areas. He claimed "massive development has taken place in all sectors during the last five and half years and people can make feel the difference on ground". Beig was addressing a largely attended public meeting at Kalaroos in Kupwara today.

The supply of power is highly erratic in India. Even in a state like Maharashtra that claims to be one of the most progressive states, electricity supply is inconsistent. The Union government has promised to supply electricity to all the villages in India by 2012. Will the government be able to keep up its promise, is a moot point.