10,079 villages electrified till date: Govt
The Power Ministry said on Monday that 10,079 villages have been electrified till date under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana. It added that out of the remaining 8,373 unelectrified villages, 525 villages are uninhabited and 7,848 villages are to be electrified soon. As per the government data, 98.6% of the Indian villages have been electrified.