<span style="color: #222222;">Eight more States have achieved hundred per cent household electrification under Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana – Saubhagya. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The states are Madhya Pradesh, Tripura, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Mizoram, Sikkim, Telangana and West Bengal. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Speaking to media after the Review, Planning and Monitoring Meeting with States and State Power Utilities in New Delhi, Power Minister R K Singh said, with this, total 15 States in the country have 100 per cent household electrification. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The scheme was launched in September last year with the objective to provide access to electricity to all the remaining households in the country. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Minister informed that as many as 2.1 crore connections have been released under Saubhagya so far. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said, States like Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Chhattisgarh are left with a small number of un-electrified households and are expected to achieve saturation any time. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Mr Singh said, with the present pace of electrification, the country is expected to achieve 100 per cent saturation in the country by 31st of this month. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said, achievement of 100 per cent household electrification in the country will be a major milestone in the direction to achieve 24×7 power for all. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Minister said, Government is committed to ensuring 24×7 access to electricity for all by 31st March next year.</span><br />