Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the Deendayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), a flagship programme of the Power Ministry which will facilitate round-the-clock power on July 25 in Patna as per an official statement released here on Thursday.
“This scheme will enable (sic) to initiate much awaited reforms in the rural areas. It focuses on feeder separation (rural and agricultural households) and strengthening of sub-transmission and distribution infrastructure including metering at all levels in rural areas,” the statement said.
The Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY), an earlier scheme, has been subsumed in the new programme which has an outlay of Rs.76,000 crore, of which the Centre will provide grants of Rs.63,000 crore.
“A total of Rs.14,680 crore worth of projects have already been approved out of which projects amounting to Rs.5,827 crore have been approved for Bihar,” the statement informed.