Proposal for continuation of Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) during the 12th and 13th Five Year Plans has been finalised and the same has been approved by the Government, said the Union Minister of State for Power Jyotiraditya M Scindia in the Rajya Sabha recently. States have been requested to send DPRs as per the 12th Plan Guidelines for RGGVY, he added.    

648 projects have been sanctioned covering electrification of 1,12,975 un-electrified (UE) villages, intensive electrification of 3,88,740 partially electrified (PE) villages and release of free electricity connections to 2.77 crore BPL households in the country, under RGGVY, during 10th and 11th Five Year Plan,.    

Cumulatively, as on 31.07.2013, electrification works in 1,07,497 UE villages and 2,99,690 PE villages have been completed and free electricity connections to 2.11 crore BPL households have been released.    

Those villages where electrification could not be achieved till date are mostly remotely located or inaccessible having poor road connectivity or affected due to severe Left Wing Extremist (LWE) and law and order problems, he added.