Although India is one of the leading countries in the world as far as its power sector is concerned, we still need to improve a lot. In the last one decade, several prudent steps taken by the union government have improved our power scenario remarkably, but still many other things are to be done.
Our former power minister R. K. Singh, who was looking after the power department for more than 6.5 years, has successfully established several reforms in the sector, and initiated many good practices. But after the recent national election, Manohar Lal Khattar has taken over the ministry’s charge. We hold a big expectation from him.
Although, in April 2018, the central government, through the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (Saubhagya scheme) claimed to have achieved almost cent per cent electrification in the country, through at least 10% household electrification in all villages, the availability and quality of power supply in all our villages still need to improve a lot.
It bids fair to watch that within one month of taking charge of the power ministry, Khattar has started taking reviews of the actual power scenarios in the states. It is expected that he will definitely take steps to address those through effective decisions.
We all are aware of the UN’s recent Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) report, which indicates a big challenge – as it shows that only 16% of the targets are on track for completion by 2030. Thus, the power minister is expected to see that the upcoming annual budget keeps enough provision for creating avenues for energy efficiency and fostering renewable energy development.
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