Aim: To ensure electrification of all the un-electrified villages by 2017 in mission mode Answer in comments.>
The Scheme draws its inspiration from the similar pioneering scheme implemented by the Government of Gujarat
It 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 Answer in comments.>
The scheme will replace the existing Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY)
Scheme has an outlay of Rs 76000 Cr for implementation

The rural agricultural and non-agricultural consumers of the country are generally serviced through the local distribution network which is unreliable
Many rural areas of the country face insufficient electricity supply, consequently the distribution utilities are forced to resort to load shedding
This affects the power supply to both agricultural and non-agricultural 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
To improve the commercial viability of power distribution, there is need for metering of all categories of the consumers

To provide electrification to all villages
Feeder separation to ensure sufficient power to farmers and regular supply to other consumers
Improvement of Sub-transmission and distribution network to improve the quality and reliability of the supply
Metering to reduce the losses

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
Key enabler in Digital India programme

Govt has achieved its annual target of electrifying 7000 villages during this (2015-16) fiscal year under DDUGJY (according to recently published data) Answer in comments>
However, these figures have been contested and critcised for being unrealistic
An analysis by The Hindu- The govt has electrified 20% of the villages that were without power at the start of this financial year (2015-16)

Published with inputs from Swapnil

Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY)

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