UP’s rural electrification marred by poor planning, financial mismanagement: CAG

LUCKNOW: An audit by Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) tabled in UP Vidhan Sabha on Wednesday has uncovered severe planning and financial mismanagement in the implementation of two major national rural electrification schemes-- Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) and the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (SAUBHAGYA) in Uttar Pradesh, leading to losses worth thousands of crores.The schemes, launched by the central government in 2014 and 2017 respectively, aimed to strengthen rural electricity infrastructure and achieve...