India successfully electrifies 95% of district hospitals: Union Minister Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar

Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar said that India has successfully electrified 95 percent of district hospitals and around 90 percent of sub-divisional hospitals with a three-phased power supply. She said, cumulatively, almost 75 percent of the health centres in the country have been electrified with a cumulative solar capacity of 3.5 Mega Watt.

Addressing the Second meeting of the High-Level Coalition on Health and Energy yesterday virtually, Dr.Pawar highlighted Government of India’s vision of attaining 450 Giga Watt of renewable energy



generation by 2030. Dr. Pawar added that India is already ahead of pledged 33 percent in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). She said that the country has already achieved 39 percent of installed capacity from non-fossil-based sources and by 2022  it will reach the target of 40 percent.

She informed that India has attained Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 7.1 of providing universal access to affordable, reliable, and modern energy services by 2030 by improving the electrification of around hundred percent of the households.