Rajiv gandhi grameen vidyutikaran yojana

·        A new scheme for creating rural electricity infrastructure and completing household electrification named as “Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana – Scheme of Rural Electricity Infrastructure and Household Electrification” was launched by Hon’ble Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh  in 2005.

·        The scheme has been launched to fulfill the commitment of the National Common Minimum Programme (NCMP) of completing the household

electrification in next 5 years and modernizing the rural electricity infrastructure.

·        Since independence so far only about 44% rural households could be given access to electricity and more than one lakh villages are still to be electrified. The new programme involves providing access for electricity to 7.8 crore rural households in five years. Accomplishing this task in a period of 5 years is going to be an unprecedented event in our endeavour to develop India.

·        The scheme provides for free of cost connection to all rural households living below poverty line. Further, there will no discrimination in the hours of supply between rural and urban areas.

·        The scheme has a target of electrifying 1,25,000 un-electrified villages and giving access to 7.8 crore uncovered rural households in next 5 years. The Central Government has approved Rs.5000 crore for providing capital subsidy for this scheme in the remaining period of 10th Five Year Plan. Total estimated cost of the scheme is Rs.16000 crore which will also continue during the 11th Plan period.