Question
Rural electrification is essential.
(i) Electricity is essential for the development of rural areas. Automatic pumps are needed to water the fields.
(ii) Electricity is also needed to preserve perishable food items such as milk, eggs, fruits, and vegetables, to run fertilizer projects and for fans and TV, and for lights for studying at night.
(iii) During the first five-year plan, electricity had been provided to three thousand villages in India. By 1973, it reached 1,38,646 villages. From 1966, it was decided to supply more electricity for pumps and borewells.
(iv) ‘Rural Electrification Corporation’ was established in 1969.
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