Question: Name the first state to achieve 100% electrification.
a) Maharashtra
b) Gujarat
c) Karnataka
d) Madhya Pradesh
Ans. (b)
Related facts:
- According to the report published by JM Financials based on a national -level survey on electrification in various states Andhra Pradesh has become the second state in the country after Gujarat to achieve 100 per cent electrification of households.
- Andhra Pradesh has achieved 100 per cent electrification by June-end.
- About 35 per cent rural households in states like Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha and Assam still lacked access to power supply.
- An investment of Rs 20,000 crore has been proposed by the state government over the next five years to strengthen the transmission and distribution systems and extend power supply connection on demand,