New Delhi, Today, Lok Sabha informed that over 8,000 villages have been targeted for electrification during the current fiscal.

8,360 villages are targeted for electrification during the current financial year, said Power Minister Piyush Goyal said during Question Hour. “

As on April 1, 2015 there were 18,452 un-electrified census villages in the country. Of these, 9126 un-electrified villages are yet to be electrified as on July 31”, he added.

For electrification of all villages, a time-bound implementation schedule has been drawn up and divided into 12 milestones which are monitored at multiple levels.