India's 'power' conundrum: Deeply connected but not yet electrified

Discoms go back in red, clouding the country's '24x7 power' dream

The first time since Independence, all the villages and households (99.9 per cent) across the country have got electricity connections. While the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government has concluded the task that had been going on two decades, this might have come at a huge cost. Also, though the central agencies have been successful in creating infrastructure, all might not go very well as they pass on the baton to states.

How’s the power?

In the past 5 years under the Modi rule, among all infra ministries, power has seen the most number of schemes, dashboards and mobile