{"id":131389,"date":"2024-09-11T19:45:38","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T14:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/?post_type=current-affairs&#038;p=131389"},"modified":"2024-09-12T13:37:47","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T08:07:47","slug":"deen-dayal-upadhyay-gram-jyoti-yojana","status":"publish","type":"current-affairs","link":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/current-affairs\/deen-dayal-upadhyay-gram-jyoti-yojana","title":{"rendered":"Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A recent analysis revealed that larger, populous villages benefited far more <\/span><b>from electrification <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">compared to smaller hamlets.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>About Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-131363 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/116-66e19e8350023.webp\" alt=\"Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana\" width=\"402\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/116-66e19e8350023.webp 682w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/116-66e19e8350023-300x170.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Launch Date: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2005<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Objective:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To provide and improve electricity access to Indian villages.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>Centrally Sponsored Scheme<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Nodal Agency: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Rural Electrification Corporation (REC)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Components of the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana scheme:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Separation of <\/span><b>electricity line<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s<\/span><b> for agriculture and non-agriculture <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">facilitates judicious rostering of supply to consumers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Strengthening and upgrading<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the\u00a0 <\/span><b>sub-transmission and distribution (ST&#038;D) network <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in rural regions.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rural electrification was approved in 2013 for completing set targets for 12th and 13th plans.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><b>RGGVY was merged into DDUGJY<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and its budget was carried forward for new schemes.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Coverage:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The scheme covered all villages except those using <\/span><b>non-conventional energy sources <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">under the<\/span><b> Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources (MNES).<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Eligibility Criteria: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Villages with 300 or more residents were eligible for electrification; those with fewer than 300 people were not.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Based on 2011 Census: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The analysis relied on the 2011 census, the last complete official data available for India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Electrification Status: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By 2022, 597,464 villages were electrified.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In India, a village is considered electrified when 10% of households have access to electricity.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"vc_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pw.live\/batches\/upsc\/pw-only-ias?utm_source=seo+upsc+batch&#038;utm_medium=seo+upsc&#038;utm_campaign=seo&#038;utm_id=upsc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Enroll now for UPSC Online Classes<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Salient Features of Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana<\/b><\/span><b><\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Subsidy:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 90% government subsidy; states contribute 10% through loans or other resources.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>State Commitments: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guarantee 6-8 hours of daily power and free connections for BPL families.<\/span><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Key Findings from the Study on Electrification in India<\/b><\/span><b><\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Village Size<\/b><b>: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Villages with 2,000 or more people exper<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ienced significant benefits from electrification.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Economic Impact of Electrification<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>small villages (around 300 people),<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> per-capita monthly spending saw little to no change.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Larger villages (about 2,000 people)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> experienced a doubling in per-capita spending, increasing by \u20b91,428 ($17) per month.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Unequal Gains for Small Villages<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Electricity access helps increase GDP nationally but doesn\u2019t benefit small, remote villages as much.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><b>Villages with 300 people <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">saw <\/span><b>&#8220;zero return&#8221; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">after 20 years, with less than a 27% chance of recouping costs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><b>Villages with 1,000 people<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> had a 13% return, just above the cost-effectiveness threshold.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><b>Villages with 2,000 people<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> saw a 33% return and a 90% chance of economic benefits exceeding costs.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Cost-Effective Options for Small Villages<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Electrifying small villages is costly and has <\/span><b>limited impact<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on poverty reduction.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Small solar systems or mini-grids are more <\/span><b>affordable options for remote areas.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Grid expansion<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> should focus on larger villages to achieve better economic returns.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"vc_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/store.pw.live\/govt-entrance-exams\/upsc-books\/upsc-textbooks?utm_source=SEO&#038;utm_medium=PW+Live&#038;utm_campaign=UPSC+Textbooks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check Out UPSC NCERT Textbooks From PW Store<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100.131%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 138.439%; 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