{"id":34266,"date":"2018-10-30T16:40:11","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T11:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=34266"},"modified":"2018-10-30T16:40:11","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T11:10:11","slug":"can-the-saubhagya-scheme-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/can-the-saubhagya-scheme-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Can the Saubhagya scheme work?:\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.livemint.com\/Opinion\/Gi19rxoKIZ8pZ8SWU6JmHJ\/Can-the-Saubhagya-scheme-work.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can the Saubhagya scheme work?<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Context:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Government of India has recently launched the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana, or Saubhagya Scheme.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What is Saubhagya scheme?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Saubhagya scheme was launched on September 25<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 2017.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scheme will provide electricity connections to over 40 million families in rural and urban areas by December 2018.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What is the need for the scheme?<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Village electrification programme like Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana, launched in July 2015, realised that a large number of household is still remaining without access to electricity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The primary need is to execute the physical wire to the homes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If needed, the state budgetary support or special Central grants needs to supplement insufficient fund.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scheme mandates a metre where consumers are meant to pay notified tariffs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, states are free to offer any usage subsidies above and beyond regulator-approved cross-subsidies<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>How this scheme will make a difference?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scheme will help to meet its global climate change commitments as electricity will substitute kerosene for lighting purposes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Easy access to electricity in turn will also help in improving education, health, connectivity with the multiplier effect of increased economic activities and job creation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What is Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana is a Government of India scheme, launched on 25<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> July 2015.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The DDUGJY is one of the flagship programmes of the Ministry of Power.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Objectives:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ministry of Power, Government of India has launched Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana for rural areas having following objectives:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>To provide electrification to all villages,<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Feeder separation to ensure sufficient power to farmers and regular supply to other consumers,<\/li>\n<li>Improvement of Sub-transmission and distribution network to improve the quality and reliability of the supply and<\/li>\n<li>Metering to reduce the losses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>The power sector of India: a quick glance:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India\u2019s <\/span><b>ranks third globally<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in terms of electricity production.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sources of power generation in India range from <\/span><b>conventional sources such as coal, lignite, natural gas, oil, hydro and nuclear power to viable non-conventional sources such as wind, solar, and agricultural and domestic waste.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Electricity comes under the concurrent list.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Problems of power sector in India:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The deeply troubled power sector accounts for almost <\/span><b>one-tenth of all bank loans in India.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The power sector is also facing <\/span><b>significant technological challenges<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as the cost of solar energy continues falling.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Increasing power generation costs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> due to limited fuel availability, poor financial health of State Discoms, high AT&amp;C losses have contributed in suppressed demand projections by State Discoms<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Power plants and utilities face major <\/span><b>constraints and delays regarding the availability of land<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and obtaining the requisite environment and other clearances for the projects.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apart from these, there is a significant amount of <\/span><b>shortage of manpower and machinery equipments<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Government initiatives:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ministry of Power, Government of India, has taken various measures to achieve its aim of providing 24X7 affordable and environment friendly <\/span><b>&#8216;Power for All\u2019 by 2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Government of India has initiated <\/span><b>10-year tax exemption for solar energy projects<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> order to achieve India&#8217;s ambitious renewable energy targets by the year 2022. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The revised Tariff Policy was notified by Ministry of Power with a focus on \u20184 Es\u2019 i.e. <\/span><b>Electricity <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for all, <\/span><b>Efficiency <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to ensure affordable tariffs, <\/span><b>Environment <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for a sustainable future, <\/span><b>Ease of doing business <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to attract investments and ensure financial viability.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS) for urban areas provides for:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">strengthening of sub-transmission and distribution networks in urban areas;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">metering of distribution transformers\/feeders\/consumers in urban areas; and<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IT enablement of distribution sector and strengthening of distribution network.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Operationalization of Power System Development Fund (PSDF) shall be utilized for the project proposed by distribution utilities for:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">creating necessary transmission system of strategic importance;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">installation of shunt capacitors etc. for improvement of voltage profile in the grid;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">installation of standard and special protection schemes; and<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Renovation and Modernisation of transmission and distribution systems for relieving congestion; etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> scheme has been launched for operational and financial turnaround of Discoms.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can the Saubhagya scheme work?:\u00a0 Context: The Government of India has recently launched the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana, or Saubhagya Scheme. What is Saubhagya scheme? The Saubhagya scheme was launched on September 25th, 2017. The scheme will provide electricity connections to over 40 million families in rural and urban areas by December&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/can-the-saubhagya-scheme-work\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Can the Saubhagya scheme work?:\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704575907},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34266\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}