The centre plans to scale up electrification of villages in the country to around 250 per day from 100 - 125 at present, a union minister said on Saturday.
"Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his Independence Day speech, said that around 18, 500 villages will be electrified in 1, 000 days. We are now confident of achieving the target in around 730 days, " Minister of State for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal said.
He was addressing the media after inaugurating a bio - CNG (compressed natural gas) plant of the Mahindra and Mahindra group at the Mahindra World City near here.