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Vol. VIII Issue. 43
CAG detects 'deficiencies' in rural electrification programme

10 April 2012

April 8, 2012. Despite the call to electrify all households, Meghalaya government will be unable to do it by this year, Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India said. The reason for this was that the planning of the Meghalaya Energy Corporation Limited (MeECL) was ''deficient'' and the possibility of providing access to electricity for all households by the year 2012 as envisaged under National Electricity Policy (NEP) appeared to be 'remote', the CAG report said. Of the 6026 villages (in 2006) only 3568 villages (59.21 per cent) were electrified, the report said.

      
 
 
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