Modi govt electrifies 13k villages, 4k villages remain
Union Minister Piyush Goyal has said the remaining 4,114 un-electrified villages in the country will receive power by December 2018. The Modi government has electrified 13,404 villages since assuming power in 2014. Under the Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana, the most number of villages have been covered in Odisha with 2,404 of the 3,474 un-electrified villages having received power.