The advent of the Yogi Adityanath regime in Uttar Pradesh has ensured that the state will finally come on board the central government’s 24X7 Power for All scheme.

Uttar Pradesh, currently the only state not to have signed up for the scheme, will on April 14 formally become a signatory, according to an official familiar with the development.

The previous Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party government had refused to sign the pact.

24x7 Power for All is a joint initiative of the central and state governments with the objective of providing within four years round-the-clock electricity to all households, industry, commercial businesses and any other electricity consuming entities and adequate power to farm holdings.

While the programme emphasises targets to be achieved by the state government, it also places certain responsibilities on the Centre.

The milestones to be achieved by the state government cover aspects such as electrification, capacity addition, power purchase planning, strengthening the required transmission and distribution network, encouraging renewables, undertaking customer-centric initiatives, reduction of technical and commercial losses, and following good governance practices in implementation of all central and state government schemes.

It also calls upon the states to minimise the difference between average cost of supply per unit of power and per unit average revenue realised.