Budget 2016: 100% village electrification by '18
Presenting the Union Budget 2016 in the parliament today, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that all villages in the country will be electrified by May 2018. For this, ₹8,500 crore was allocated under the Deen Dayal Gram Jyoti Yojana. Further, the budget allocated ₹38,500 crore for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), highest fund allocation by any government.