MoP - Ministry of Power

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Children learning computer in a rural school
AREP (Accelerated Rural Electrification Programme) and
Kutir Jyoti Programme. Under this scheme there was
a provision for providing 40% capital subsidy for rural
electrification projects and the balance as loan Assistance
on soft terms from REC. The scheme has now been merged
with the new scheme RGGVY.
(vi) Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana
(RGGVY)
This Scheme of Rural Electricity Infrastructure and
Household Electrification has been introduced in April, 2005
for achieving the National Common Minimum Programme
objective of providing access to electricity to all Rural
Households over a period of four years. Rural Electrification
Corporation (REC) is the nodal agency for the programme.
Under this scheme 90% Capital Subsidy will be provided
for rural -electrification infrastructure through: -
(i) Creation of Rural Electricity Distribution Backbone
(REDB) with one 33/11 kV (or 66/11 kV) substation in
every block where it does not exist.
(ii) Creation of Village Electricity Infrastructure (VEl) for
electrification of all un-electrified villages/habitations
and provision of distribution transformer(s) of
appropriate capacity in every village/habitation.
(iii) Decentralized Distributed Generation (DDG) and
Supply System from conventional sources for Villages/
Habitations where grid supply is not cost effective and
where Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources
would not be providing electricity through
their programme(s).
Balance 10% will be loan assistance on soft terms by REC.
The scheme, inter-alia, provides for funding of electrification
of all un-electrified Below Poverty Line (BPL) households
with 100% capital subsidy.
The scheme aims at electrifying all un-electrified villages
over a period of four years and provide access to electricity
to all rural households.
STATUS OF RURAL ELECTRIFICATION UNDER RAJIV
GANDHI GRAMEEN VIDYUTIKARAN YOJANA (RGGVY) .
All the states except Delhi & Goa have signed Agreements
under RGGVY. CPSUs are implementing the scheme in
139 districts. 235 Projects were taken up for implementation
in X Plan. Balance projects are being taken up in XI Plan.
Since April, 2005, till 11th January, 2008,44,216 un-electrified
villages in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand,
Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Bihar,
Jharkhand and West' Bengal have been electrified under
this scheme. Besides above, intensive electrification of
24,394 already electrified villages has also been achieved.
In 2007-08, 5691 un-electrified villages have been electrified
as on 11.01.2008.
Franchisees are in place/operation in 14 states namely,
Uttar Pradesh, Uttrankhand, Karnataka, West Bengal,
Assam, Nagaland, Haryana, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh,
Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar, Gujarat and
Chhattisgarh covering 73,422 villages. Revenue collection
and consumer services have improved in the states where
franchisees are in operation. The Ministry is pursuing
capacity building of franchisees to make them effective and
sustainable.
All the 27 states participating in RGGVY have notified
constitution of District Committees to, inter-alia, monitor the
implementation of RGGVY & all the 26 states except
Manipur have notified rural areas to take the advantage of
the exemptions provided in the Act for setting up
Decentralized Distributed Generation.
CONTINUATION OF RAJIV GANDHI GRAMEEN
VIDYUTIKARAN YOJANA IN 11 TH PLAN PERIOD
The continuation of Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran
Yojana has been approved by the Government in the
11 th Plan for attaining the goal of providing access to
electricity to all households, electrification of about 1.15 lakh
un-electrified villages and electricity connections to 2.34
crore BPL households. The approval has been accorded
for capital subsidy of Rs.28000 crore during the 11 th Plan
period, at this stage.