New Delhi, Jan. 16 -- Union Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy, RK Singh, on Tuesday said the Centre has laid 1,93,000 kilometre transmission lines and completed an integrated grid that connects all transmission lines with one grid.

"We have laid 1,93,000 kilometre transmission line. In 2014, we could only transfer 36,000 megavolts. But now we can transfer 1,16,000 megavolts. We have also installed 7,00,000 new transformers," Singh said.

"Now the entire country has been connected to one grid. In 2014, you could transfer 36,000 MW of power from one corner of the country to another. However, we have since put in more work to strengthen the distribution system. About Rs 2 lakh crores were spent on acquiring around 3000-4000 ne...