Rural Electrification

Rural electrification in India

  • Rural electrification is considered to be the backbone of the rural economy.
  • The electricity generation capacity in India is the fifth largest in the world.
  • India is the sixth largest consumer of electricity and accounts for 3.4 percent of the global energy consumption.
  • India has four crore un-electrified rural households.
  • The year 2022, has been earmarked for achieving the target of “24x7 Power for All”.
  • Achieving this target would mean electrifying more than 7 lakh households every month!

According to Central Electricity Authority (CEA), as per the new definition, a village would be declared as electrified, if:

  • Basic infrastructure such as Distribution Transformer and Distribution lines are provided in the inhabited locality as well as the Dalit Basti hamlet where it exists.
  • Electricity is provided to public places like Schools, Panchayat Office, Health Centres, Dispensaries, Community centres etc.
  • The number of households electrified should be at least 10% of the total number of households in the village

Rural electrification has five major facets

  • Setting up of Rural Electricity Infrastructure
  • Providing connectivity to households
  • Adequate supply of desired quality of power
  • Supply of electricity at affordable rates
  • Providing clean, environmentally benign and sustainable power in efficient way.

Location: Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

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