In Saubhagya Yojna, Free Electricity Connections To 4 Crore Rural Households: All You Need To Know

Image: PM Narendra Modi (Photo: AP/File)

Under the scheme, the government proposes to provide electricity to all households by December 2018, ahead of the earlier target of March, 2019. Photo: PIB

All villages would be electrified by December this year ahead of the scheduled deadline of May 1, 2018. The beneficiaries for free electricity connections would be identified using Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011 data. Photo: PIB

"Rs 16,000 crore will be spent to bring a monumental change in the lives of the poor," Modi said while launching the 'Saubhagya' scheme. The prime minister regretted that even after 70 years of independence 4 crore out of 25 crore families did not have access to power. Photo: PIB

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched a Rs 16,320-crore scheme - Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana 'Saubhagya' - to provide electricity connections to over 4 crore families in rural and urban areas by December 2018. Photo: PIB