SAUBHAGYA

Oct. 16, 2018

Shri RK Singh, Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & Renewable Energy announced an award scheme under Saubhagya to felicitate the DISCOMs / Power Department of the States and their employees for achieving 100 % household electrification in their area of operations.

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Criteria: Awards would be provided for achieving 100 % household electrification at DISCOM/Power Department level of the States.
Eligibility: Eight States which have already achieved more than 99 % household electrification prior to launch of Saubhagya, are ineligible for participation under the award scheme. All the remaining States and their Discoms are eligible for the award.
Categories: Award will be given in three categories,
- DISCOMs / Power Departments of Special Category States (which includes seven North Eastern States, Sikkim, J&K and Uttarakhand);
- DISCOMs / Power Departments of other than Special Category States (which includes Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Telengana, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal)having more than 5 Lakh un-electrified households and
- DISCOMs / Power Departments of other than Special Category States having less than 5 Lakh un-electrified households.