Modi govt falls short of target: 1 million homes continue to be in the dark

Ahead this year's Lok Sabha elections, achieving full energy access has been one of Modi's key reforms for outreach to rural communities, where BJP is challenged by dissatisfaction and joblessness

Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government missed a self-imposed target to electrify every home, delaying the success of the marquee $2.3-billion development goal that his party plans to showcase before national elections early this year.
 
After bringing electricity connections to 23.9 million households across 25 states, about 1.05 million homes in four states still lack power, the government’s Press Information Bureau said in a statement Monday, the year-end deadline.
 
Power Minister R K Singh reaffirmed as recently as late November that the government would meet its December 31 target, which had earlier been moved up by three months.