Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines Shri Piyush Goyal expressed confidence that 100% rural electrification, including villages in LWE districts and dense forests, would be achieved by 1st May, 2017, one year ahead of schedule as set by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. Further, the Minister informed that the Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) is in the process of drawing up a scheme for extending long term basis soft loans to the states at a flat rate to achieve 100% household electrification across the states for both APL & BPL population.
Shri Goyal gave this information while talking to the media on the conclusion of the two-day conference of State Power, New & Renewable Energy & Mines Ministers held in Vadodara, Gujarat on Saturday. It was attended by Ministers and senior Officials from the 20 participating States and 2 Union Territories, Secretaries and officers of the Union Ministries of Power, Coal, New& Renewable Energy and Mines, along with the Chairpersons of Central and State PSUs.
