FREE POWER CONNECTION UNDER KUTIR
JYOTI YOJANA IN UTTARANCHAL
Uttaranchal Government have
informed that 40,450 connections to poor families living below
the poverty line under Kutir Jyoti Programme were released during
2002-03 and have planned to release 40,000 connections during
the year 2003-04.
Rs7.281 crore were sanctioned
in the financial year 2002-03 under Kutir Jyoti Programme. During
the current year 2003-04, Government of Uttaranchal has proposed
an allocation of Rs7.20 crore under Kutir Jyoti Programme.
All the un-electrified villages
are proposed to be electrified by the year 2005. Government of
Uttaranchal proposes to electrify all un-electrified villages
by the year 2005 by utilising assistance available under various
programmes including Minimum Needs Programme and Pradhan Mantri
Gramodaya Yojana.
This information was given
by Smt. Jayawanti Mehta, Minister of State for Power in a written
reply to a question by Shri Harish Rawat in Rajya Sabha today.
