About bihar Har Ghar Bijli Yojana
The Government of Bihar implements Har Ghar bijli Yojana in Bihar state – with the objective to achieve universal household electrification by providing electricity connections to all un-electrified households in rural areas and all poor households in urban areas in Bihar state.
The electricity connection to households includes the release of electricity connections by drawing a service cable from the nearest pole to the household premise, installation of an energy meter, and wiring for a single light point with an LED bulb and a mobile charging point. In case the electricity pole is not available nearby from the household for drawing service cable, the erection of an additional pole along with conductor and associated accessories shall also be covered under the scheme
the objective of this scheme
- Electricity for all,
- Reduced environmental degradation by ruling out the use of Kerosene for lighting purposes.
- Improved educational services.
- Improved health services.
- Improvement in communication.
- Improvement in public safety and quality of life, primarily for women.
- Increased employment opportunities.
- Increased economic activity.
Full Overview Of Har Ghar Bijli Yojana
| Name Of Scheme | Har Ghar Bijli Yojana |
| Launched By | Government Of Bihar |
| State | Bihar |
| Implementation | Updated On 8/12/2018 |
| Objectives | to ensure that electric bulbs are lit in every house in Bihar |
| benefits | Electricity for all, free electricity connections to all households (both APL and poor families) in rural areas and poor families in urban areas will be provided |
| Beneficiaries | Residential of bihar |
| Application Starts | Already Started |
| Process | no information |
| Official Website | http://hargharbijli.bsphcl.co.in/ |
eligibility criteria
All willing households in rural areas and poor families in urban areas were identified using Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) data 2011 having at least one deprivation.
- Applicant must be permanent resident of Bihar.
- The beneficiary should not be covered under Deendayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana.
- BPL households only identified by the States
- really poor households who do not have BPL cards but are not capable of paying applicable initial connection charges
- There may not be an electricity pole nearby and the cost of the erection of an additional pole, the conductor is also chargeable from the households for obtaining a connection.
benefits
free electricity connections to all households (both APL and poor families) in rural areas and poor families in urban areas will be provided
- All these families will be given free electricity connections under this scheme.
- The project will provide electricity to about 50 lakh households in the state.
- In rural areas of Bihar, about 50% of households above the poverty line have no electricity connection.
- Families in both urban and rural areas will be covered under this scheme.
- If someone does not want to get an electricity connection, then the person will have to give the reason for not getting the electricity connection in writing.
The beneficiary household gets –
1) One LED light,
2)one DC power plug,
3) Repair and Maintenance of Meter Only (R&M) for 5 years.
required documents
1)Aadhar card of the Applicant
2)Voter ID card
3)Mobile Number
4)Passport Size photograph
5)site map of the connection area (if applicable)
how to apply
If you have not availed of this scheme till now then you will be able to apply for this scheme both online and offline, the methods of which we have mentioned below.
contact your nearest electric office for offline application
Online Application
Follow the below mentioned procedures to apply online for this scheme
- First you need to visit the official website of Bihar Har Ghar Bijli Yojana. We have given the link below for your convenience
- Now the home page of the official website will open in front of you.
- On the home page you have to click on Consumer subidha Activities option.
- After that a new page will open in front of you.
- On this page, you need to click on the option to apply for a new electricity connection. As shown in the image below
- After that two regions will open in front of you.
- Application for South Bihar Power DK Limited / Application for North Bihar Power DK Limited.
- Click on the option as per your requirement.
- After that a new page will open in front of you.
- On this page you have to enter your mobile number and select the district.
- After that you need to click on Generate OTP option.
- Now you have to enter the OTP received on your mobile in the OTP box.
- Then click on submit option.
- Now application form will open on your screen.
- You have to enter all the important information asked in this form.
- Now you need to upload all important documents.
- Then click on submit option.
- Thus you can apply online under Bihar Har Ghar Bijli Yojana.
Track Your application Staus Of HAR gHAR bIJLI YOJANA
- To check your application status in this scheme first of all go to the official website of this scheme whose link we have already provided above.
- Then click on the application status option as per your requirement as shown in the image below
- After that you have to provide your request number and then click on view status
- This way you can check your application status