News for 'Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana'

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...

Expect Modi to speak about internal security, terrorism, agriculture, the Triple Talaq Bill, the SC/ST Bill and, of course, the controversial NRC. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi,...

It was conveyed that he would not have a free rein in making bureaucratic postings.Sunil Bansal, handpicked by BJP president Amit Shah to execute his UP blueprint, has made it clear the...

Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com lists 11 Modi flagship schemes that may have been gamechangers in the Lok Sabha election. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi with Bharatiya Janata Party...

  Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's address to the nation on the eve of 71st Republic Day. Dear fellow citizens, On the eve of our 71st Republic Day, I extend my warm...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that every single rural family will have electricity and a clean cooking facility by 2022. "By 2022, the 75th year of Independence, I assure that...

Two years after the Centre’s flagship village electrification scheme Saubhagya concluded with the government claiming 99.9 per cent success, several states have added close to 1.1 million...

Centre meets target of 18,000 villages but household metering remains a challenge The Narendra Modi-led government on Sunday celebrated meeting the target of connecting all villages of the country...

To spur economic growth and achieve USD 5 trillion economy, India needs to spend about USD 1.4 trillion on infrastructure during FY2020-25, the Economic Survey tabled in Parliament on Friday...

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday approved a five-year-long reform-based result-linked power distribution scheme worth Rs 3.03 lakh crore, for strengthening system of...