INDIA’S MOVE TO BOOST RURAL POWER SUPPLIES WILL EXPAND GREEN DECENTRALIZED ENERGY
March 1st, 2016
INDIA’S decentralised power generation industry is expected to be boosted by a central government initiative to bring electricity to thousands of villages, while investing in renewable power sources. “The government is committed to achieving 100% village electrification by May 1, 2018,” said Arun Jaitley, the Indian finance minister on February 29, while presenting the national government budget for the financial year 2016-17.
Mr Jaitley noted more than 18,000 Indian villages still do not have access to electricity. He therefore allocated USD1.25 billion ...
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