One problem of course is that not all rural
electrification schemes involve digitised PAYG mechanisms and mobile money platforms.
It provides loan assistance to State Electricity Boards / State Power Utilities for investments in rural
electrification schemes.
The meeting comes almost two months after the Government took criticism for backing plans to take Crossrail 2 forward while cancelling rail
electrification schemes in the North, the Midlands and in south Wales.
Chris Grayling was asked to explain his decisions for cancelling
electrification schemes for the Midland Mainline, Great Western and Windermere routes.
As part of the Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana, the BJP's rural
electrification scheme, the government had also proposed to provide free electricity connections to over 43.5 million rural households below the poverty line (BPL, with the poverty line set at Rs 816 per capita per month for rural areas).
Not exact matches
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling sparked anger in July last year by supporting a new # 30 billion Crossrail 2
scheme in London and the South East days after a series of rail
electrification projects in Wales, the Midlands and the North were axed or downgraded.
«The
electrification projects and scholarship
scheme which I funded were with my personal resources.
These include completion of the ongoing Crossrail and Thameslink
schemes, and
electrification between London and Cardiff, Manchester to Liverpool and Preston and across the Pennines.
These are in addition to # 477m of Northern Hub
schemes already approved across the north of England such as
electrification of the North Trans - Pennine route between York and Manchester.
Musk, who is said to have inspired the character of the charismatic genius Tony Stark in the Iron Man films, does not think governments are doing enough to support the
electrification of cars, despite a grant
scheme that knocks # 5,000 off the price of new plug - in vehicles.