The rural electrification program

But much to my surprise, the bureaucrats concerned had already kept an action plan ready and handed over it to me when I reached the office on Monday," the minister said. Goyal said it was wrong to always criticise government officials. Reiterating that all the villages in the country will get electricity by May next year much before the 1,day deadline, Goyal, however, said the electrification work was being carried out at snail's pace, especially in large states such as Uttar Pradesh.

The work has been carried out at a far better speed as compared to the past five years," he said. Regarding the progress of probe into the coal scam, Goyal said the investigating agencies were doing their job. Natural resources belong to the country that should be allocated in a fair and transparent manner," he said. About the constant opposition by Shiv Sena to the Jaitapur nuclear power project proposed in Ratnagiri district, the minister said the issues can be resolved through talks.

In the 's U. Senator George Norris of Nebraska was concerned that the descendents of homesteaders and other people living in rural America were not getting a 'fair chance.

Norris and other senators and congressmen believed that access to electricity would revolutionize the rural way of life. Therefore, in Congress passed the Rural Electrification Act to give rural Americans a 'fair chance. Back to History and Culture Page. Explore This Park. Morris Cooke was the first administrator of the REA, from to John Carmody followed as administrator from to In , the REA was put under the U. Department of Agriculture and, shortly thereafter, Harry Slattery became the third administrator, serving until [8].

Its functions were absorbed into the newly-created Rural Utilities Service [9]. Government Printing Office, January, , pp.