MoP announces electrification progress under Saubhagya

The Ministry of Power has announced that households in another eight states have achieved 100 per cent electrification under Saubhagya. The states are Madhya Pradesh, Tripura, Bihar, Jammu & Kashmir, Mizoram, Sikkim, Telangana and West Bengal. A total of 15 states in the country have now achieved 100 per cent household electrification. Some states such as Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Chhattisgarh are left with a small number of unelectrified households and are expected to achieve the target very soon.