Contractors were given Rs 13.42 crore. However, the progress is not even worth Rs one crore.

This is the condition of ambitious Rajiv Gandhi Rural Electrification project in the district. The project aimed at supplying electricity to 30,000 BPL families in 293 villages.

Sudheer Pal Singh / New Delhi January 6, 2010, 0:43 IST

With states speeding up distribution reforms in the power sector, the requirement for Central funds has gone up by over a half in the next financial year.

The power ministry is seeking an over 56 per cent increase in the gross Budgetary support (GBS) for its planned outlay, at Rs 14,430 crore, for 2010-11.

ITANAGAR, Dec 28: Claiming that the tender process for implementation of the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) in Bameng CD block of East Kameng district was completed in February 2007, the All Bameng Khenewa & Lada Students

GANGTOK, Dec 10: The State Government has proposed to electrify 145 villages in South Sikkim this year at an estimated cost of Rs 148.81 crore by August next year under the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojna (RGGVY), according to the Power and Energy Department Chief Engineer G Targain.

Crores have been spent over the past three years under the Central government

ITANAGAR, Nov 24: Though the ambitious Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vaidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) was started early in the State, the actual progress of work at the ground is almost zero and the scheme is yet to start in many areas.

BHUBANESWAR: The rural electrification programme under Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyutkaran Yojana (RGGVY) is not making desired progress in the State due to Central apathy.

AGARTALA

Being built at an estimated cost of Rs 611 crore, the 45-MW Nimoo-Bazgo Hydroelectric Project in Leh district of the frontier cold desert region of Ladakh is scheduled to be completed by August next year.

The Kodagu district has received a gift from the government for the Independence Day.

The Centre has finally given its nod for the Rajiv Gandhi Rural Electrification Scheme in Kodagu district. The Government has approved Rs 38.39 crore for the rural electrification in the first stage.