Yes $2.5B is enough for multiple waves of nationwide ad campaigns promoting the government's decision to electrify the whole country (which BTW has been part of every manifesto, directly or indirectly, for the past 15 years).

Sadly, the ruling government is more of a self-marketing machine than a provider for growth, economically or otherwise. On the ground changes are few and far in between. The focus is more on providing positive spins on disastrous decisions and a society degenerating to medieval levels in some parts of the country (diseases that are exterminated in most of the world, extreme poverty, agriculture purely dependent on monsoons which are themselves flaky, religious atrocities).

As long as the 2019 elections are won (which is the only thing that matters) the ruling government will feel the $2.5B spent is worthwhile even if a single house does not get electricity (and then expect a positive spin saying we have the electrical capacity, and what we promised was to prove that we have the capacity, not actually provide everyone electricity)

(Sadly, even HN has it's set of right wing trolls, so expecting some pro-Modi comments, or more whataboutery on this comment as well!)

Edit: And here we go with the shifting goalposts again: https://twitter.com/AisiTaisiDemo/status/912542412882374657

> Yes $2.5B is enough for multiple waves of nationwide ad campaigns

This is accurate. I am not talking about the figure. I think more money would be required for the ad campaigns and few "pilot" projects or releases for the follow up ad campaigns.

I am talking about madmax108 being accurate in stating the sole intention of the Govt and how things have been done here before this Govt and how this Govt has acted in last 3 years and how they are indicating they will act.

Yes, I mean the villages are only "electrified" on paper, and that means there is now a new pillar in the village that gets electricity connection. Many of the houses still don't really get it actually.

Just to point something out> The total cost of India's Mars mission was only US$73 million compared to NASA's $671 million.

Will be major material cost for this, though, just buying the copper would be very expensive.

The $2.5B is ~$60 per connection (40 million households). Only households of "poor citizens" don't have to pay a fee, so if the cost is more than $60 per connection you can charge the non poor households to cover the difference.

I doubt it would be enough to fix most of the existing issues.

Many households already have electricity :)