Energy Sector Initiatves taken by the Government

ENERGY SECTOR

DEEN DAYAL UPADHYAYA GRAM JYOTI YOJANA: (DDUGJY)

• Scheme launched on 25^th July 2015
• Launched with an initial allocation of Rs. 500 crores to ensure power supply to the rural poor.
• The initial target of 2,800 villages; 7,108 village electrified in one year
• Target of electrifying 18452 villages till May 2017
• 13,328 out of 18,452 un-electrified villages electrified as on 28.04.17

GARV: Grameen Vidyutikaran Android app – launched for real-time and transparent tracking of the progress in rural electrification

UJALA (Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All)

·         Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All. LED bulb distribution under domestic efficient lighting program in Delhi launched on 5 January 2015

·         23.13 crore LED Bulbs distributed till now

·         30,040 Million units of electricity saved per year

·         To help government to save Rs 12,016 crores per year

·         Reduction in Carbon Dioxide Emission up to 24.33 MT/year

·         Procurement price of LED bulbs dropped significantly due to aggregation of demand from Rs. 310 )Jan. 2014 ( to Rs. 38 (Jan. 2017)

UDAY - Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana launched on 20th November, 2015

·         To obtain operational and financial turnaround of State owned Power Distribution Companies (DISCOMs). 27 State/UTs have joined UDAY.

• The most comprehensive power sector reform ever, to turnaround DISCOMs though efficiency improvements.

·         UDAY web portal has been created as a transparent monitoring mechanism

Operational Indicators (As on 28.04.17):

·         Electricity access to 83% Un-connected Households

·         Feeder metering: 100% achieved in Urban areas and 99% in Rural areas

·         Rural Feeder audit: 100% conducted

·         Feeder Segregation: 69% achieved

·         AT&C Losses: 22.86% in 18 States

·         Bonds issued: Rs. 2,32,500 (85.39%; data from 16 States)

·         Tariff Revision done for 25 out of 27 States/UTs

·         ACS-ARR Gap (Rs. /Unit): Rs. 0.48/Unit

·         Distribution of LEDs Under UJALA: 90%

COAL

·         Transparent e-auction of 31 coal blocks and allocation of 51 blocks under the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015

·         Potential revenue to Coal bearing States around Rs 3.94 lakh crores over the life of the mine/lease period

• Surplus coal production of 554 million tonnes during 2016-17, as compared to 462 million tonnes in 2013-14.
• Increase in production of 92 million tonnes took just 3 years (2014-17), as compared to 7 years before 2013-14 for same increase.
• In 2014, two-thirds of Coal based thermal power plants had critical coal stocks of less than 7 days; now all plants have surplus stocks

PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS

GIVE IT UP CAMPAIGN

·         Launched on 27^th March 2015

·         About 1.04 crore consumers have given up subsidy (As on 1st May 2017).

·         ‘Give Back’- 65 lakh connections given back to BPL families,

URJA GANGA

·         Will cater to energy requirements of five states, covering 40 districts and 2,600 villages

·         Will revive three large fertilizer plants, enable industrialization of over 20 cities and development of city gas network in 7 cities, thereby generating large numbers of jobs.