All below poverty line households in the urban and rural areas of Uttar Pradesh will get free power connection while those above poverty line will be given 100 per cent financing option with easy EMIs.
A Power Ministry statement said these decisions were taken after a meeting between Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal and Uttar Pradesh Energy Minister Shrikant Sharma in New Delhi yesterday.
It said these electricity connections will be given without any discrimination on caste or religious lines and will be based on the latest Socio-Economic Census data.