Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana

The Government has decided to introduce and implement Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana in the country. Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) envisages feeder separation, strengthening of sub-transmission and distribution system including metering of distribution transformers/feeders/consumers and rural electrification with scheme cost of Rs.43033 crore during the entire implementation period. This was stated by Sh. Piyush Goyal, Minister of state for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge) in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.

The Minister further stated that the scheme implementation starts in current Financial Year 2014-15.

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