Explanation: The government launched the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana – Saubhagya in October 2017 with the objective to achieve universal household electrification by providing electricity connections to all willing un-electrified households in rural areas and all willing poor households in urban areas in the country by March 2019.

• The Scheme involved the organisation of camps in villages/clusters villages for on-spot registration and the release of connections.
• The connections were given free for economically poor households and for others `500 was charged after the release of the connection in 10 instalments.
• The Saubhagya scheme has been successfully completed and closed on 31 March 2022.

Source: Economic Survey 2023