Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidhyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY)

Ministry of Power has introduced the scheme Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidhyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) in April 2005 for achieving the National Common Minimum Programme objective of providing access to elctricity to all Rural Households over a period of FOUR Years. Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) is the nodal agency for the programme. This programme has been brought under the ambit of Bharat Nirman .

Under this scheme 90% Capital Subsidy will be provided for rural-elctrification infrastructure through:-

(i) creation of Rural Electricity Distribution Backbone (REDB) with one 33/11 kV (or 66/11 kV) substation in every block where it dios not exist.

(ii) Creation of Village Electricity Infrastructure (VEI) for electrification of all un-electrified villages/habitations and provision of distribution transformer (s) of appropriate capacity in every village/habitation.

(iii) Decentralized Distributed Generation (DDG) and Supply System from conventional sources for Villages/Habitations where grid sopply is not cost effective and where Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources would not be providing electricity through their programmer(s).

Balance 10% will be loan assistance on soft terms by REC. The scheme, inter-alia, provides for funding of electrification of all un-electrified Below Poverty Line (BPL) households with 100% capital subsidy.

The scheme aims at electrifying all un-electrified villages over a period of four years and provides access to electricity to all rural households.