Discoms slip back into the red\, clouding India\'s \'24x7 power\' dream

Discoms slip back into the red, clouding India's '24x7 power' dream

'Power' conundrum: Deeply connected but not yet electrified

Shreya Jai  |  New Delhi 

The first time since Independence, all villages and households (99.9 per cent) across the country have got electricity connections. While the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government has concluded the task, going on for two decades, this might have come at a huge cost.

Also, though the central agencies have been successful in creating infrastructure, all might not go very well as they pass on the baton to states. How’s the power? In the past five years under the Modi rule, among all infra ministries, power has seen the most number of schemes, dashboards and mobile ...

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First Published: Mon, April 01 2019. 01:25 IST