NEW DELHI, Jul 25:Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, Piyush Goyal, said that as per information provided by the States, 13,872 un-electrified census villages have been reported to be electrified up to 30^th June 2017, out of 18,452 un-electrified villages in the country as on 1st April, 2015. The time-frame to electrify all the villages is 1st May, 2018, the Minister added.

Goyal also informed that the Decentralized Distributed Generation (DDG) scheme, under DeenDayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), has been initiated by the Government to provide access to electricity to un-electrified villages and habitations where grid connectivity is either not feasible or not cost effective including the villages located in backward, remote, inaccessible and forest areas. DDG can be from renewable sources such as biomass, biofuels, biogas, Mini hydro, solar etc. Under the scheme, 4,220 projects have been sanctioned with the total project cost of Rs.1354.60 crore, covering 3,285 un-electrified villages in various States across the country, as on 30.06.2017, the Minister added.

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