The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi
will be launching Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) on 25th
July 2015 in Patna. The DDUGJY is one of the flagship
programmes of the Ministry of Power and will facilitate 24x7 supply of power.
The DDUGJY Scheme approved by the Union Government draws
its inspiration from the similar pioneering scheme implemented by the
Government of Gujarat. This scheme will enable to initiate much awaited
reforms in the rural areas. It focuses on feeder separation (rural households
& agricultural) and strengthening of sub-transmission & distribution
infrastructure including metering at all levels in rural
areas. This will help in providing round the clock power to rural
households and adequate power to agricultural consumers .The earlier scheme for
rural electrification viz. Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) has
been subsumed in the new scheme as its rural electrification component.
The
major components of the scheme are feeder separation; strengthening of
sub-transmission and distribution network; Metering at all levels (input
points, feeders and distribution transformers); Micro grid and off grid
distribution network & Rural electrification- already sanctioned projects
under RGGVY to be completed.
The 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.
Under
this scheme, an Agriculture intensive state like Bihar shall benefit from works
of feeder separation. Thousands of kilometres of new lines shall be laid and
hundreds of new substations have been planned. The implementation of this
scheme shall ensure the improvement in agricultural productivity and
electrification of all the households.
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 Cr for
implementation of the projects under which Government of India shall provide
Grant of Rs 63000 Cr
·
A total of Rs 14680 Cr worth projects
have already been approved out of which projects amounting to Rs 5827 Crs 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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