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RGGVY Bihar, Saran survey report

Publication | May 2, 2011 at 17:30

The Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) is a flagship programme of the Government of India which began in April 2005 and aimed to accelerate the pace of rural electrification programme in the country. The scheme has focused mainly on...

RGGVY policy brief

Publication | March 28, 2011 at 14:07

In India today 56% of rural households (approximately 78 million), do not have access to electricity. Rural electrification has been identified as a critical programme for the development of rural areas.

Empowering Bihar

Publication | October 21, 2010 at 14:31

Bihar is India’s third most populated state, and more than half the people live below the poverty line. For many years the state has been immobilised by an obdurate caste system and linked political corruption, and many have little or no access...

Greenpeace challenges political parties to fight elections on development plank

Press release | September 27, 2010 at 19:52

Greenpeace today called upon political parties to focus on people's issues in the elections instead of jeering at each other.The past few days have seen political parties and key leaders targeting each other through poetic mudslinging.

Ahead of the upcoming elections in Bihar, Greenpeace, Bihar Times and Civil Society...

Press release | August 24, 2010 at 17:31

In one of the first interventions of its kind in Bihar, Greenpeace, Bihar Times and Civil Society Groups of the state today asked political leadership to end the energy crisis by committing to a policy change for adoption of Decentralized...

RGGVY fails to provide secured and reliable energy to all: Greenpeace social audit

Press release | May 2, 2011 at 17:54

Saran district, 2nd May 2011: In an indictment of the flagship rural electrification scheme of the United Progressive Alliance, (UPA) Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY), Greenpeace today released the results of its social audit of...

Social survey finds BPL families largely deprived of energy in Azamgarh: Greenpeace

Press release | May 10, 2011 at 12:30

Azamgarh district, 10th May 2011: The poor have been deprived of the much needed electricity and further marginalised under the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) in Azamgarh district says the Greenpeace social audit report.

Renewable energy is empowering and energising India: Greenpeace

Press release | November 24, 2011 at 17:12

New Delhi, 24 November, 2011: Asserting the fact that renewable energy holds the key to India’s energy future, Greenpeace released the report Taking Charge: Case studies of decentralised renewable energy projects in India in 2010, at India...

Greenpeace unveils Smart Energy Access Report

Press release | May 15, 2012 at 17:28

Patna, May 15, 2012: Shri Brijendra Prasad Yadav, Hon’ble minister of Energy of Bihar released the Greenpeace report- Smart Energy Access today at the business conclave “Energy Revolution Bihar- The Renewable Energy Way” organised by Greenpeace...

Bihar on its way to an energy revolution

Press release | May 23, 2012 at 20:20

New Delhi/Patna, May 23, 2012: Greenpeace welcomes the recent statement made by the Honourable Chief Minister of Bihar, Shri Nitish Kumar, stressing the need to harness the potential of renewable energy to provide energy access to millions in the...

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