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Saubhagya Scheme
Topic:
Saubhagya Scheme
Modi govt is flaunting two schemes — one that brings light & one that cuts carbon output
Vikram Sampath
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April 9, 2019
PM Modi’s Saubhagya scheme electrified 45,000 houses per day and UJALA scheme has distributed over 34.75 crore LED bulbs.
Poor electricity service quality plagues Modi’s Saubhagya scheme, but there are ways out
Johannes Urpelainen
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March 27, 2019
Modi's ambitious rural electrification scheme will work if it breaks away from the traps of power theft, non-repayment and low electricity demand.
Modi’s Saubhagya scheme can create serious problems with electricity tariffs
Johannes Urpelainen
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November 23, 2018
Urbanisation and industrialisation—the two words that can solve India's power woes.
Modi govt’s pet schemes have improved access to energy in 6 laggard states, survey finds
Priyamvada Grover
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November 22, 2018
32 million households from Bihar, Jharkhand, UP, MP, Odisha and West Bengal have got better access to energy than in 2015, says CEEW survey.
Modi’s pet Saubhagya scheme has improved relationship between couples, claims think tank
ThePrint Team
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November 21, 2018
How Saubhagya scheme ‘improved’ relationship between couples
A key hurdle to Modi’s rural electrification scheme is the paperwork
Johannes Urpelainen
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April 20, 2018
Rural non-electrified households, with illiterate members, find it difficult to prepare the documentation to apply for PM’s Saubhagya scheme.
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Defence
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National Interest
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Shekhar Gupta
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February 21, 2026
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.
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