Minister of State for Power and New & Renewable Energy R.K. Singh launched the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana – ‘Saubhagya’ Web Portal
- Saubhagya Dashboard is designed to monitor household electrification progress, which would disseminate information on Household Electrification Status (State, District, village-wise), Household Progress on live basis, State-wise Target vs Achievement, Monthly Electrification Progress, etc.
- The Government is bringing a change in the Power ecosystem in the Country by pushing towards mandatory metering of all new electrical connections through pre-paid or smart meters.
- This would make paying of electricity bills viable for the poor, reduce power losses and increase compliance in paying electricity bills
- Through this online platform every State would feed in the current status of progress of electrification works
- The Saubhagya web-portal has a feature on village electrification camps
- All States have been asked to announce the schedules of the village camps to be held to create awareness among the people about the one-stop facility for getting electricity connections.
- ‘Saubhagya’ scheme was launched by Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi on 25th September, 201
- Under Saubhagya scheme, all willing households in rural areas and poor families in urban areas are given free electricity connections.
- Saubhagya has come into existence for providing free electricity connections to all households (both APL and poor families) in rural areas and poor families in urban areas.
