<span style="color: #222222;">Power Minister R.K Singh chaired the Parliamentary Consultative Committee Meeting of his ministry today on the topic-"Dues of GENCOs and required financial discipline in DISCOM and States" in New Delhi.<br />''<br />''In the meeting, it was informed that the country has achieved 100 percent village electrification and universal electricity access to all the households with significant improvement in the availability of Power supply in both rural and urban areas. The availability of Power in rural areas which was about 12.5 hours in 2015 has gone up to 22.5 hours and in the urban areas, it has gone up to 23.36 hours.<br />''<br />''The minister said that the power sector is one of the most important drivers for the economic growth and socio-economic development of a nation. The Government has brought about a transformational change in the power sector over the past few years.<br />''<br />''He said, with a total installed generation capacity of 394 GigaWatt including renewable energy capacity of 104 GigaWatt as of today, our country has transformed from a Power deficit to a Power surplus country. An adequate transmission network has been created with an enhanced inter-regional transfer capacity of over 1 Lakh MegaWatt and connecting the entire country into one integrated grid running on one frequenc</span><br />