Modi Will Spend $2.5 Billion on Pledge to Electrify Every Home

Program will help poor people get free power connections
Modi says fewer than 3,000 villages still unelectrified

Narendra Modi
Photographer: Nicky Loh/Bloomberg

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By Rajesh Kumar Singh

September 25, 2017 at 3:12 PM UTC

Updated on

September 26, 2017 at 7:00 AM UTC

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India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a 163.2 billion-rupees ($2.5 billion) program to ensure electricity for all households.

The program will help poor people get electricity connections at no cost, Modi said in a speech in New Delhi on Monday, adding that his government is making efforts to provide power to about 3,000 unelectrified villages. The nation will aim to complete electrification of all households by December 2018, Power Minister R. K. Singh said at the same event.