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Detailed explanation-1: -Andhra Pradesh is the second state in the country to achieve 100% electrification of households.

Detailed explanation-2: -Madhya Pradesh, Tripura, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Mizoram, Sikkim, Telangana and West Bengal have achieved 100% household electrification under the Centre’s Saubhagya scheme and a total of 15 states in the country have now 100% household electrification, the Centre declared on Thursday.

Detailed explanation-3: -96.7 per cent of Indian households are now connected to the grid, with another 0.33 per cent relying on off-grid electricity sources. 2.4 per cent of Indian households still remain unelectrified. Most of them are concentrated in the rural areas of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Bihar.

Detailed explanation-4: -Haryana was the first state in the country to achieve 100% rural electrification in 1970 as well as the first in the country to link all villages with all-weather roads and provide safe drinking water facilities throughout the state.