New Delhi, Feb 25: In a bid to woo rural voters ahead of the elections, the Centre today launched a Rs 60 billion electrification programme for 100,000 villages covering one crore households over the next two years. Launching the the scheme, 'Accelerated Electrification of one Lakh Villages and one crore Households', Union Power Minister Anant Geete said Rs 24 billion would be given by the Centre in the form of grant while the balance would be raised as loan from various institutions like PFC, REC and NABARD. He, however, asked the states to cooperate fully to make this programme a success. Last week, the Union Cabinet had given its nod to the scheme while merging three existing power schemes and decided to enforce stricter definition of an "electrified village". The Cabinet had approved the merger of Accelerated Rural Electrificaton Programme (AREP), Kutir Jyoti Yojana (KJY) and rural elecrification component of Prime Minister Grameen Yojana (PMGY) into a new two-year scheme of accelerated electrification. As per the new definition, a village would be considered electrified only if a minimum of 10 households have power supply. Bureau Report