Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) is designed to
provide continuous power supply to the entire rural India. The scheme
was launched under leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in
November 2014 announcing that "the government had decided to electrify
18,452 unelectrified villages within 1000 days, by May 1, 2018. It is
one of the key initiatives of Government of India and a flagship
programmes of the Ministry of Power. The DDUGJY can benefit rural households significantly as electricity is extremely vital for growth and development of the country.
The scheme will replace the existing Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) but features of RGGVY have been subsumed in the new scheme of DDUGJY and the unspent amount of RGGVY will be carried forward to DDUGJY.
The scheme is one of the flagship programmes of the Power Ministry (MoP) and will facilitate 24x7 supply of electricity.
The scheme will replace the existing Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) but features of RGGVY have been subsumed in the new scheme of DDUGJY and the unspent amount of RGGVY will be carried forward to DDUGJY.
The scheme is one of the flagship programmes of the Power Ministry (MoP) and will facilitate 24x7 supply of electricity.