Kutir-Jyoti Programme

- The Indian Government started a 'Kutir-Jyoti Programme' in 1988-89 for improving the living standards of the scheduled caste and tribal families, including the rural families who live below the poverty line.
- Under this programme, a government assistance of Rs. 400 is provided to the families who are living below the poverty line (including Dalits and Adivasi) for providing single point electricity connection in their houses.
- Under Kutir-Jyoti Programme over 62·31 lakh single point connections were released and Rs. 516-40 crore disbursed to the households of rural families below poverty line by March 2004.