The New Industrial Policy (2016) of Government of Jharkhand has given top priority to rural electrification with an objective of

The Government of Jharkhand gave priority to industrial growth in order to reduce poverty and employment. It aimed to create an industry-friendly environment to maximize investment in mineral and natural resource-based industries. Under this policy, the state government collaborated with GAIL for the infrastructure development of the power. The aim was to provide 100% rural electrification by 2017 to 32,000 villages. At the time of this policy, there was only 15% rural electrification.