India Has Around 6.41 Lakh Villages In Which 2,474 Forest Villages& Settlements Spread Over 12 States Are
Completely Located In the Forest. Forest Villages Mostly Habitat of Tribal and Their Population (Forest Dwellers)
And Their Livelihoods Are Critically Linked to the Forest Ecosystem. These Forest Dwellers Are Among the Poorest
People and Are Highly Vulnerable Because of High Dependency on Natural Resources, and Lacking Clean And
Efficient Energy. This Has Made Them to Be Remaining Poor and Poor Quality of Life. In the Absence to Grid
Connected Power, They Are Not In a Position to Irrigate the Land and Better Utilize Their Skill and Time to Enhance
Their Economy. Further, Fuel-Mix In the Forest Villages of India Is Characterized By Predominance of Bio-Energy
Which Includes Fuel-Wood, Crop Residues, and Animal Dung. This Heavy Dependence on Biomass and Traditional
Energy Techniques With Low Conversion Efficiency Has Led to Serious Environmental and Health Effects,
Particularly at the Local, Regional Level. the Most Obvious Solution Would Be to Connect These Villages Through
Grid Supply, But Due to Their Remoteness and Heavy Transmission & Distribution Loss, This May Not Be a Viable
Solution to Get Them Connected to Grid Connected Power Supply. India Is Committed For Enhancing Its Share Of
Clean Energy and Also Electrify Those Remote Villages, Which Are Not Connected Through Grids. There Are Efficient
Renewable Energy Techniques (Ret), Widely Tested In India May Also Be Suit ...