Raj Kumar Singh said 80GW of renewable energy has been established while another 24GW is under installation. New Delhi: Power and New and Renewable Energy Minister Raj Kumar Singh has exuded confidence that the renewable energy target of 175 gigawatt (GW) by 2022 would be achieved. Singh, who took the charge of the ministries in […]
R K Singh takes charge as minister with focus on 24X7 Power for All
Bureaucrat-turned-politician and second time Lok Sabha member R K Singh Friday took charge of power and new & renewable energy ministries and stressed that focus of Team Modi 2.0 will be on reliable and sustainable ’24X7 Power for All’. “Our focus will be on 24X7 power for all. We want to provide reliable and sustainable […]
Power minister asks states to supply 24×7 power barring agricultural consumers
The minister said that distribution companies will be exempt from supplying 24×7 electricity to agriculture customers. NEW DELHI: Power minister R K Singh has asked states to supply 24 × 7 power to all households starting April 1 . However, discoms have been exempted from supplying round the clock electricity to agricultural consumers due to […]
India to achieve 100pc household electrification by Mar 31, 24X7 power for all on anvil: R K Singh
New Delhi: India will achieve 100 per cent household electrification by March 31 as envisaged in the Saubhagya scheme and the next goal is to achieve round the clock power supply to all households, Power Minister R K Singh said Tuesday. Under the Saubhagya scheme, 2,52,51,880 unelectrified households were to be electrified by March 31. […]
Next goal 24/7 power for all; agri exempted from round the clock supply
According to the union power ministry states electrified 25 million households under Saubhagya in 17 months Union minister of state for power R K Singh on Tuesday said the country was on path to achieve 100% household electrification by March 31, 2019 and the next goal would be for 24/7 power for all households. The […]
Soon, a green end to power blackouts
At the turn of the last year, Union power minister R K Singh announced that from April 1 2019, India would not face any blackouts, except in a couple of sectors like agriculture where electricity is not required 24×7. The minister made the statement in the context of state distribution companies, or discoms, often resorting […]