DeenDayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY)- An Over view
:
1. Background:
· The
rural agricultural and non-Agriculture consumers (domestic and non-domestic
load) of the country are generally serviced through the local distribution
network. Many rural areas of the country face insufficient electricity supply,
consequently the distribution utilities are forced to resort to load shedding,
thus affecting the power supply to both Agriculture and non-Agriculture
consumers.
· The
demand of power in rural areas is increasing day by day due to changing consumer
base, improving living standards for which augmentation of rural infrastructure
needs to be regularly undertaken
· The
investment in the distribution network is low due to bad financial health of the
distribution companies. Therefore in order to augment the
reliability and quality of supply distribution network needs to be
strengthened.
· To
improve the commercial viability of power distribution, there is need for
metering of all categories of the consumers
2. DeenDayal
Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY)
Keeping
in view the above problems, Ministry of Power, Government of India has launched
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana for rural areas having following
objectives:
i) To
provide electrification to all villages
ii) Feeder
separation to ensure sufficient power to farmers and regular supply to other
consumers
iii) Improvement
of Sub-transmission and distribution network to improve the quality and
reliability of the supply
iv) Metering
to reduce the losses
3. Financial
provisions:
· Scheme
has an outlay of Rs 76000 crore for implementation of the projects under which
Government of India shall provide Grant of Rs 63000 crore.
· A
total of Rs 14680 crore worth projects have already been approved out of which
projects amounting to Rs 5827 crore have been approved for Bihar
state.
4. Benefits
from the scheme
· All
villages and households shall be electrified
· Increase
in agriculture yield
· Business
of Small and household enterprises shall grow resulting into new avenues for
employment
· Improvement
in Health, Education, Banking (ATM) services
· Improvement
in accessibility to radio, telephone, television, internet and mobile
etc
· Betterment
in social security due to availability of electricity
· Accessibility
of electricity to schools, panchayats, hospitals and police stations
etc
· Rural
areas shall get increased opportunities for comprehensive development
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