Access And Rural India

Access and Rural India Roads New roads sanctioned under 2,56,425 KM Pradhan Mantri Gram O Sadak Yojana (2005-12) Work done til| June 2011, 1,98,311 KM Source: Ministr y of Rural Development ....... Telephone Penetration Broadband Coverage under Bharat Nirman 2011 35% 2017 65% Panchayats 2,47,864 Covered so far---1,10,695 Total-- 2020 100% Figures show teledensity Source: Draft Telecom Policy Source: Dept of Telecommunications Electricity 41 million 20 million Number of rural Covered so far under Rajiv Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana households without electricity Source: Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana Access to Banking March, 2010 June, 2011 March, 2013 Villages Covered 107,604 352, 269 54,258 21,475 Branches 22,870 26,440 84,274 323,699 Banking correspondents No-frill accounts (million) 32,684 49.3 79.1 158.3 Kisan Credit Cards (million) 17.6 20.3 35.0 March 2013 figures are projections Source: RBI Source: The Economic Times Infographic by: CopperBridge Media