Question: Which of the following state has launched “Har Ghar Bijli Lagataar” a key programme to provide free electricity connection?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Bihar
(d) Assam
Ans: (c)
Related facts:
- On 15 November 2016; Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar launched “Har Ghar Bijli Lagataar” , a key programme to provide free electricity connection to about 50 lakh households above the poverty line.
- It aims to supply power to every household in Bihar in the next two years.
- Providing power connection to every household is an important component of Government “seven resolves”.
- As part of the programme, nearly 50 lakh households above the poverty line, but deprived of power will get electricity connection free.
- The target is to link the leftover households with electricity connection in next two years (by 2018)
- An amount of Rs 1857.5 crore has been set aside by the state government for this purpose.
- The state is undertaking this task on its own by drawing loan from the Asian Development Bank.
Reference:
https://twitter.com/NitishKumar/status/798528562017878016?lang=hi
http://khabar.ndtv.com/news/bihar/nitish-kumar-launches-free-power-connection-programme-1625779
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/nitish-kumar-launches-free-power-connection-programme-4377163/