Funds under Gram Jyoti Yojana remain underutilised, deadlines missed

As many as 5,000 households in Sirsa, Fatehabad, Hisar and Bhiwani, considered to be affluent districts of Haryana, are still without electricity in this era of technology.

Energy and development experts from across Africa and beyond have called for renewed urgency in the drive to light up and power the continent.

State-run Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) is targeting to increase the exposure to the renewable energy segment in its total loan book to 4-5 per cent by 2022, a top company official said.

For around 3,00,000 households in eight districts of south Odisha, a power connection still remains a dream.

Tripura government has embarked into a plan to provide power connection to 52,000 odd remote tribal families tapping solar energy by six moths under Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (Saub

Undergoing the initial stages of the Saubhagya scheme, discoms of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh have already flagged rising rural supply as key a contributor towards mounting aggregate technical

11,988 villages provided electricity in nearly four years since BJP came to power

The African Development Bank, (AfDB) says that no fewer than 650 million Africans currently live without electricity.

Koraput: Residents of at least 20 villages in Laxmipur block in the district have demanded resumption of bauxite mining at the Kodingamali hill situated in the area.