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2 Villages On India-Pak Border Get Electricity Ending "75-Year Darkness"
- Wednesday January 3, 2024
- India News | Press Trust of India
Two remote villages along the Line of Control on the Keran Sector in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday were electrified for the first time in 75 years of independence.
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Electrification Of 19 Siachen Villages To Help Ladakh's Carbon-Neutral Target
- Friday June 18, 2021
- India News | Press Trust of India
As many as 19 villages in Siachen have been electrified with supply from the Chamshen micro-hydel project (MHP), a development that will help Ladakh inch closer towards achieving the carbon-neutrality target, officials said on Friday.
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Remote Ladakh Hamlet Gets Electricity For First Time Since Independence
- Monday November 30, 2020
- India News | Press Trust of India
Sandwiched between two major high altitude passes of the Union Territory of Ladakh, Photoksar village in Leh district got electricity for the first time, triggering lifetime joy and happiness among its residents.
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Remote Villages In J&K's Shopian Get Electricity For First Time In Almost 70 Years
- Friday July 17, 2020
- India News | ANI
Many remote villages in the Kellar area of South Kashmir's Shopian district received electricity connection after almost seventy years.
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Electricity-For-All Target Shrinks As PM Modi's Deadline Nears: Report
- Monday December 10, 2018
- India News | Rajesh Kumar Singh, Bloomberg
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is nearing his deadline to electrify every Indian home.
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This Village In Uttar Pradesh Has No Electricity
- Monday May 14, 2018
- India News | Indo-Asian News Service
Even as the Central government has said all villages in the country have been electrified, there is one village (could be more) in this Uttar Pradesh district that is still waiting for power lines.
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Manipur Village Electrified, But Miles To Go For Water, Usable Road
- Tuesday May 8, 2018
- India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury
Some 80 people at a village in Manipur have finally got power connection in their homes. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had claimed that Leisang village, 100 kilometres from Manipur's capital Imphal, was the last village in the country to get electricity.
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After Manipur Village Finally Electrified, TV Sets Carried Up Mountain
- Tuesday May 1, 2018
- India News | Vidhi Doshi, The Washington Post
For the past few months, the villagers of Leisang watched little dots of light appear on their mountain at night and wondered when it would be their turn to finally switch from kerosene lamps to electric lightbulbs.
- www.ndtv.com
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After Criticism, Centre's Clarification On Electrification Of "All Villages"
- Tuesday May 1, 2018
- India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal
Facing criticism and questions about the government's claim that all its villages had been electrified 12 days ahead of a deadline set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the government on Monday issued a clarification.
- www.ndtv.com
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Rockefeller Foundation's Indian-Origin President To Visit India On Monday
- Sunday February 11, 2018
- Indians Abroad | Press Trust of India
Rajiv J Shah, the Indian-American president of the Rockefeller Foundation, will visit India from Monday as part of the US-based philanthropic organisation's efforts to help the government electrify villages across the country.
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All Households In India To Be Electrified Before 2022: Power Minister Piyush Goyal
- Thursday August 10, 2017
- India News | Press Trust of India
All households in the country will be electrified before August 15, 2022 and all villages before May next year, the Lok Sabha was informed today.
- www.ndtv.com
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UK Student Clementine Chambon Uses Solar Power To Light Up Indian Village
- Friday July 14, 2017
- India News | Press Trust of India
Nearly 100 homes in Uttar Pradesh's Sarvantara village have been electrified, thanks to an initiative by a student from the UK's prestigious Imperial College.
- www.ndtv.com
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REC Says 13,685 Villages Electrified So Far
- Tuesday June 20, 2017
- Business | Press Trust of India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his Independence Day address to the nation on August 15, 2015, pledged to electrify all 18,452 un-electrified villages within 1,000 days.
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Only 1,089 Villages Fully Electrified In Last Two Years, Shows Study
- Monday May 29, 2017
- Indo-Asian News Service,IndiaSpend
By Mukta Patil/ IndiaSpend.org As many as 73 per cent of the 18,452 villages that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government identified for electrification in 2015 now have power supply, but only eight per cent of these had all their households electrified, according to the government’s own data. As of May 25, 13,523 villages have been electrifi...
- everylifecounts.ndtv.com
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In New Milestone, Centre Electrifies Over 13,000 Villages Out Of 18,452
- Thursday April 6, 2017
- India News | Press Trust of India
The government has managed to cross another milestone by electrifying over 13,000 villages so far out of the 18,452 villages that did not have electricity. "The Ministry of Power has achieved a remarkable milestone of electrifying more than 13,000 villages out of the 18,452 unelectrified villages," the Rural Electrification Corporation said in a st...
- www.ndtv.com
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2 Villages On India-Pak Border Get Electricity Ending "75-Year Darkness"
- Wednesday January 3, 2024
- India News | Press Trust of India
Two remote villages along the Line of Control on the Keran Sector in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday were electrified for the first time in 75 years of independence.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Electrification Of 19 Siachen Villages To Help Ladakh's Carbon-Neutral Target
- Friday June 18, 2021
- India News | Press Trust of India
As many as 19 villages in Siachen have been electrified with supply from the Chamshen micro-hydel project (MHP), a development that will help Ladakh inch closer towards achieving the carbon-neutrality target, officials said on Friday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Remote Ladakh Hamlet Gets Electricity For First Time Since Independence
- Monday November 30, 2020
- India News | Press Trust of India
Sandwiched between two major high altitude passes of the Union Territory of Ladakh, Photoksar village in Leh district got electricity for the first time, triggering lifetime joy and happiness among its residents.
- www.ndtv.com
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Remote Villages In J&K's Shopian Get Electricity For First Time In Almost 70 Years
- Friday July 17, 2020
- India News | ANI
Many remote villages in the Kellar area of South Kashmir's Shopian district received electricity connection after almost seventy years.
- www.ndtv.com
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Electricity-For-All Target Shrinks As PM Modi's Deadline Nears: Report
- Monday December 10, 2018
- India News | Rajesh Kumar Singh, Bloomberg
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is nearing his deadline to electrify every Indian home.
- www.ndtv.com
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This Village In Uttar Pradesh Has No Electricity
- Monday May 14, 2018
- India News | Indo-Asian News Service
Even as the Central government has said all villages in the country have been electrified, there is one village (could be more) in this Uttar Pradesh district that is still waiting for power lines.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Manipur Village Electrified, But Miles To Go For Water, Usable Road
- Tuesday May 8, 2018
- India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury
Some 80 people at a village in Manipur have finally got power connection in their homes. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had claimed that Leisang village, 100 kilometres from Manipur's capital Imphal, was the last village in the country to get electricity.
- www.ndtv.com
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After Manipur Village Finally Electrified, TV Sets Carried Up Mountain
- Tuesday May 1, 2018
- India News | Vidhi Doshi, The Washington Post
For the past few months, the villagers of Leisang watched little dots of light appear on their mountain at night and wondered when it would be their turn to finally switch from kerosene lamps to electric lightbulbs.
- www.ndtv.com
-
After Criticism, Centre's Clarification On Electrification Of "All Villages"
- Tuesday May 1, 2018
- India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal
Facing criticism and questions about the government's claim that all its villages had been electrified 12 days ahead of a deadline set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the government on Monday issued a clarification.
- www.ndtv.com
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Rockefeller Foundation's Indian-Origin President To Visit India On Monday
- Sunday February 11, 2018
- Indians Abroad | Press Trust of India
Rajiv J Shah, the Indian-American president of the Rockefeller Foundation, will visit India from Monday as part of the US-based philanthropic organisation's efforts to help the government electrify villages across the country.
- www.ndtv.com
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All Households In India To Be Electrified Before 2022: Power Minister Piyush Goyal
- Thursday August 10, 2017
- India News | Press Trust of India
All households in the country will be electrified before August 15, 2022 and all villages before May next year, the Lok Sabha was informed today.
- www.ndtv.com
-
UK Student Clementine Chambon Uses Solar Power To Light Up Indian Village
- Friday July 14, 2017
- India News | Press Trust of India
Nearly 100 homes in Uttar Pradesh's Sarvantara village have been electrified, thanks to an initiative by a student from the UK's prestigious Imperial College.
- www.ndtv.com
-
REC Says 13,685 Villages Electrified So Far
- Tuesday June 20, 2017
- Business | Press Trust of India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his Independence Day address to the nation on August 15, 2015, pledged to electrify all 18,452 un-electrified villages within 1,000 days.
- www.ndtv.com/business
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Only 1,089 Villages Fully Electrified In Last Two Years, Shows Study
- Monday May 29, 2017
- Indo-Asian News Service,IndiaSpend
By Mukta Patil/ IndiaSpend.org As many as 73 per cent of the 18,452 villages that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government identified for electrification in 2015 now have power supply, but only eight per cent of these had all their households electrified, according to the government’s own data. As of May 25, 13,523 villages have been electrifi...
- everylifecounts.ndtv.com
-
In New Milestone, Centre Electrifies Over 13,000 Villages Out Of 18,452
- Thursday April 6, 2017
- India News | Press Trust of India
The government has managed to cross another milestone by electrifying over 13,000 villages so far out of the 18,452 villages that did not have electricity. "The Ministry of Power has achieved a remarkable milestone of electrifying more than 13,000 villages out of the 18,452 unelectrified villages," the Rural Electrification Corporation said in a st...
- www.ndtv.com