BY MARCH 2018 ALL VILLAGES WILL BE ELECTRIFIED  : PIYUSH GOYAL
BY MARCH 2018 ALL VILLAGES WILL BE ELECTRIFIED : PIYUSH GOYAL
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced initiative  to electrify 18452 villages in 1000 days  by May 2018 in his speech on independence day last year.

 Power Minister Piyush Goyal sai, “ During last 11 months we have already electrified 6029 unelectrified villages under our mission of energizing  18452 villages. We will complete  the target by March 31, 2017 much ahead of the set decline of May 2018.”  

The minister informed that Manipur and Tripura have evinced interest in joining UDAY scheme meant for revival of power distribution companies.  As many as Six states – Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, have already singed legally binding agreements to join the scheme so far.  Raisina Dialogue organized by ORF urged to the representatives from the developed countries and other nations that the United Nations Sustainable Development goal of providing energy to all by 2030 should be expedited as the societies can not wait for 15 long years. Adding in this he said, ‘ When I look charge on My 26, 2014, I could have imposed anti-dumping duty on solar equipment import as our domestic producers had won case at Commerce and industry  ministry level.”

In the end he said, ‘ I did not impose anti dumping duty because India’s domestic production capacity was one or two gigawatt , It is not the question of who won lost but the cause of renewable energy should not lose.”

Although India has set an ambitious target of 175 GW of renewable energy sources including 100 GW of solar.  

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