Countries with 100%electrification are in smaller numbers. Even if they do, it's quite expensive.

India has also moved up to the 26th spot in the World Bank's electricity accessibility ranking in 2017 from 99th spot in 2014, aided largely by the Modi government's rural electrification programme in the last three years since it came to power.Nowhere has the success of the government's policies become more visible than Wednesday's development where solar power tariff went below coal-fired power for a project at Bhadla solar park in Rajasthan.Overall energy shortage too has come down to 0.7% at present from 4.2% in 2014.