(IGP) Special Current Affairs Material for IAS (Pre) 2013 - PIB "Topic:RGGVY - Turning The Wheel Of Rural India"

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Topic: RGGVY - Turning The Wheel Of Rural India

Q. Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY)?

• Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) was launched in April 2005 so that rural and urban India could become one in their expression of developed India. RGGVY envisages inclusive growth for the nation by bridging the rural-urban divide.
• The programme aims at developing the rural electricity infrastructure and household electrification to provide access to electricity to all rural households. For this programme, electricity is not just a medium to lighten the villages but also a tool to enlighten the minds and souls of rural population by helping them come out of darkness, low levels of development, low literacy levels and non-availability of basic facilities.

Q. How Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) will be implemented?

• Under Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY), 576 projects targeting to electrify 1.10 lakh un/de-electrified villages and intensive electrification of 3,48,987 partially electrified villages have been sanctioned in the country.
• In addition thirty three projects in 33 districts have also been sanctioned under Phase-II of the RGGVY. Further, thirty six supplementary projects have also been sanctioned under Phase-II.
• The implementation process of the scheme involves preparing a district based detailed project report for execution on turnkey basis. Then Central Public Sector Undertakings are involved in the implementation.
• Gram Panchayat is involved in the certification of an electrified village. The Infrastructure under RGGVY includes - Rural Electricity Distribution Backbone (REDB) with 33/11 kV (or 66/11 kV) substations of adequate capacity and lines to be established in blocks where these do not exist; Village Electrification Infrastructure (VEI) which involves electrification of un-electrified villages and habitations.
• There is a provision of Distribution Transformer of appropriate capacity in villages or habitations; and Decentralized Distributed Generation (DDG) based on conventional and non-conventional energy sources where grid supply is not feasible or cost effective.
• Under RGGVY electric connections are also provided to un-electrified public places like schools, panchayat offices, community / health care centres, dispensaries, etc. Providing power to rural areas means all round development of these areas by promoting education, health care facilities, computerisation, telecommunication, online access to land records and access to new technology in agriculture.

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