Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding poor handling of the fly ash by Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Plant, Khedar, Hisar district, Haryana, 27/05/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajaram Vs State of Haryana dated 27/05/2025. By the execution application, the applicant was seeking compliance of the NGT order July 5, 2024 passed in OA No. 735/2024. In the OA, the applicant has raised the grievance in respect of …

Cong hits out at Maya govt for failing to manage power sector

LUCKNOW: Hitting out at the Mayawati government for miserably failing in managing the power sector and rampant corruption plaguing the UP Power Corporation Ltd, chairperson of UPCC media cell Vivek Singh said that he has shot off a letter to the Centre requesting it to withhold further aid to the …

Palakkad, now fully electrified district

PALAKKAD: Palakkad district on Tuesday became the first fully electrified district in the country. Announcing this, Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said that the government was working on a target of bringing electricity to all villages in the next two years. He said that the Centre would sanction a …

All villages in the country to be electrified by 2012

PALAKKAD: Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has said that all the 1.15 lakh villages in the country will be provided electricity by 2012. Declaring Palakkad as the first total electrified district in the country at a function in Ottappalam near here on Tuesday, the Minister said that 68,000 villages …

Many villages in Bhadrak still live in dark

BHUBANESWAR: Forget about remote tribal pockets and Naxal-hit areas, this gram panchayat in Bhadrak district is going without power even after six decades of Independence. Earlier, the villages under Madhapur gram panchayat under Chandabali tehasil in Bhadrak district were termed inaccessible, but even after completion of roads under PMGSY, Badasinghpur, …

Rural electrification project progress is poor

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. Speaking at the KDP review meeting, CHESCOM …

Power Min seeks 56% raise in outlay

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 …

Delay in RGGVY implementation resented

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

145 villages to be electrified in Sikkim

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. A total …

Still in the dark ages

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

Zero work progress in RGGVY baffles Minister

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. In a bid to have a grip on the deplorable situation, …

Cong, BJP promise cheap rice, wheat

THE Congress and BJP have promised to provide rice and wheat at subsidised rates for the BPL families of Jharkhand where five-phase Assembly pollsbeginfromNovember25. While the Congress has promised to bring down the price of rice and wheat to Rs 3 each per kg, the BJP has made a commitment …

Central apathy hits rural electrification

BHUBANESWAR: The rural electrification programme under Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyutkaran Yojana (RGGVY) is not making desired progress in the State due to Central apathy. In the Tenth Plan, the State was a victim of preferential treatment by the Centre so far as allocation of funds under the scheme was concerned. …

Light pledged to 135 hamlets

Former deputy chief minister Stephen Marandi today promised that 135 villages in his district would celebrate a brighter Diwali, with electricity and electric bulbs reaching every household in their area by the time of the festival. Earlier, the leader had initiated measures to provide electricity to consumers in his constituency, …

Guv visits power project in Leh

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. This was conveyed to Governor NN Vohra, during his visit to the project site at …

Minister inaugurates rural electrification scheme

Under Rajiv Gandhi Rural Electrification Scheme, electricity will be provided to 37,147 families in 1,033 villages, said District-in-Charge Minister K S Eshwarappa. District-in-Charge Minister K S Eshwarappa inaugurating Rajiv Gandhi Rural Electrification Scheme programme organised by MESCOM on Tuesday. DH photo Speaking after inaugurating Rajiv Gandhi Rural Electrification Scheme in …

Nod for village electrification programme

The Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure (CCI) has given its nod for continuation of Remote Village Electrification Programme of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy during the remaining period of the Eleventh Plan. The total outlay for the programme has been estimated at Rs 867.89 crore during the current plan …

Finally, Central nod for rural electrification in Kodagu

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. Speaking to Deccan Herald, …

Centre plans local monitoring for rural electrification scheme

THE government has decided to set up district committees with local representation to monitor the progress of the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY), a flagship programme to electrify villages, a senior power ministry official said. The committee will also include local members of parliament (MPs) and members of legislative …

State power pangs: MoUs 31, MW zero

Thirty-one MoUs for power plants have been inked between the state and investors in the past six years, but not a single megawatt (MW) of electricity could be added to this power-crunch state. For, in most of the cases a little development has taken place on ground for these MoUs …

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