Rajeev Gandhi Gramin Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY)

- For extending electrification of all villages and habitations, ensuring electricity to all rural houses and providing free electricity connection to families below the poverty line, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh inaugurated the new Scheme RGGVY on April 4, 2005.
- For fulfilling the targets, minimum one 33/11 K.V. or 66/11 K.V. Sub-Station will be established in each block as a Rural Electricity Distribution Backbone (REDB) and also minimum one distribution transformer will be established in each village as Village Electrification Infrastructure (VEl).
- The places where electric supply is not possible/cost effective through grid, Decentralised Distribution Generation (DDG) Systems will be used under the new scheme 90% of capital cost will be provided by the centre as subsidy.
- The scheme aims at completing electrification of all un-electrified villages and un-electrified hamlets in next five years.
- The scheme provides for financing of electrification of all unelectrified Below Poverty Line (BPL) households in the country with 100 per cent capital subsidy as per norms of Kutir Jyoti Programme in all rural habitations.
- For projects to be eligible for capital subsidy under this scheme prior commitment of the States would be taken before sanction of the projects for:
(i) deployment of franchisees for the management of rural distribution in projects financed under this scheme.
(ii) provision of requisite revenue subsidy to the State utilities as required under the Electricity Act, 2003.