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All households in the country will be electrified before August 15, 2022 and all villages before May next year, the Lok Sabha was informed today. Power minister Piyush Goyal said the government has set a deadline of August 15, 2022 for electrification of all households in the country and May 2018 for the electrification of all villages.
Goyal said he was happy to announce that the government will complete the task much before the deadlines set. The minister said during Question Hour that the accumulated loss of DISCOMs has increased from Rs 2,53,700 crore in 2012-13 to Rs 3,60,736 crore in 2014-15.
As per the ‘Report on Performance of State Power Utilities’ published by Power Finance CorporationBSE -6.78 % Limited (PFC), the accumulated losses and outstanding debt of DISCOMs have increased from Rs 2,53,700 crore and Rs 3,04,228 crore respectively from 2012-13 to Rs 3,60,736 crore and Rs 4,06,825 crore respectively in 2014-15.
