SAuBHaGYa: Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana
Government of India has launched a scheme called “Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (Saubhagya)” in September 2017 to achieve universal household electrification in the country at a total cost of Rs 16,320 crore including gross budgetary support of Rs 12,320 crores from Government of India. The objective of the scheme is to provide last mile connectivity and electricity connections to all households in rural and urban areas. Free of cost electricity connections to all remaining un-electrified households with at least one deprivation on the basis of SECC data in rural areas and economically poor households in urban areas would be given. Others would be charged a sum of Rs 500 per household in ten equal instalments with the bill. The households located in remote and inaccessible areas would be provided with Solar Photovoltaic (SPV) based standalone systems with LED lights, fan, power plug etc. The beneficiaries will be identified on the basis of socio economic conditions using SECC 2011 data.
It is targeted to achieve universal household electrification in the country by 31st March 2019.
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Power for All Electricity consumption is one of the most important indices that decide the development level of a nation. The Government of India is committed to improving the quality of life of its citizens through higher electricity consumption. The aim is to provide each household access to electricity, round the clock. The ‘Power for All’ programme is a major step in this direction. 24x7 - Power for All (24x7 PFA) is a Joint Initiative of Government of India (GoI) and State Governments with the objective to provide 24x7 power available to all households, industry, commercial businesses, public needs, any other electricity consuming entity and adequate power to agriculture farm holdings by FY 19. |
Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS)
IPDS Scheme aims to provide quality and reliable 24x7 power supply in the urban area. So far, projects worth Rs 26,910 crores covering 3,616 towns have been sanctioned by the Monitoring Committee. State utilities have awarded the works worth Rs 23,448 crores. The IT and technical intervention envisaged in the scheme will not only ensure 24x7 power supply in urban area but will also help in improvement in billing and collection efficiency which will ultimately result in reduction in Aggregate Technical and Commercial (AT&C) losses.
Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY)
Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY), a scheme for financial and operational turnaround of Power Distribution Companies was formulated and launched by the Government on 20.11.2015 in consultation with various stakeholders.The scheme aims to provide permanent solution to legacy of debts of approximately Rs.4.3 lakh crores and address potential future losses.The scheme also envisages reform measures in all sectors – generation, transmission, distribution, coal, and energy efficiency. The scheme availability period has expired on 31-03-2017.
Transmission
The draft document prepared on “National Electricity Plan (Transmission)” covers the transmission system (transmission lines and associated substations) planning including the inter-regional transmission links for the plan period 2017-22 to meet the project peak demand of 226 GW in the 2021-22-time frame.
The Conduct Business Rules (CBR) for Competent Authority (CA) responsible for approval to build independent transmission system for connecting the Indian generating stations to neighbouring countries transmission system for supply electricity exclusively to the neighbouring countries has been issued to facilitate Cross Border Trade of Electricity (CBTE).
Gram Jyoti Yojana
The Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) scheme was launched in 2015 to achieve 100% village electrification and Saubhagya scheme launched on 25th September, 2017, to provide energy access to all by last mile connectivity and electricity connections to all remaining un-electrified households in rural and urban areas to achieve universal household electrification in the country.
URJA (Urban Jyoti Abhiyan) Mobile App
URJA App offers information on Consumer complaints redressal, release of new service connection, average number of interruptions faced by consumer, average duration of interruptions faced by consumer, number of consumers making e-payments, energy lost / power theft i.e. AT&C loss, IT Enablement (Go-live of towns), SCADA Implementation, Urban System Strengthening, Feeder Data on National Power Portal, IPDS NIT progress, IPDS Award progress.
Energy Efficiency
Energy efficiency is key to ensuring a safe, reliable, affordable and sustainable energy system for the future. It is the one energy resource that every country possesses in abundance and is the quickest and least costly way of addressing energy security, environmental and economic challenges.
India Joins International Energy Association (IEA)
In March 2017, after a series of intensive consultations with all the relevant ministries, India joined the IEA as an Association country. This was a major milestone for global energy governance and another major step towards the IEA becoming a truly global energy organisation and strengthening ties with the key energy players. Since then, Indian delegations have actively participated in IEA committees, meetings and workshops. The IEA launches major publications in New Delhi to share our findings with Indian energy communities and policy-makers.
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Status of Village Electrification in the Country Cumulatively (as on 30.11.2017), electrification in 1,24,219 villages and intensive electrification in 4,68,827 villages has been completed. Free electricity connections to 277.20 Lakh BPL Households have been released. 18,452 census villages in the country (out of total inhabited villages of 5,97,644 as per Census 2011) were reported un-electrified by the States as on 1st April 2015. As on 30.11.2017, electrification in 15,183 villages has been completed and 1,052 villages have been reported un-inhabited. Remaining 2217 villages are expected to be electrified by 1st May 2018. These 2217 villages are located in the State of Arunachal Pradesh (1069), Assam (214), Bihar (111), Chhattisgarh (176), J&K (99), Jharkhand (176), Karnataka (8), Madhya Pradesh (34), Manipur (54), Meghalaya (50), Mizoram (11), Odisha (182) and Uttarakhand (33). |
National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency
The National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency (NMEEE) is one of the eight national missions under the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC). NMEEE aims to strengthen the market for energy efficiency by creating conducive regulatory and policy regime and has envisaged fostering innovative and sustainable business models to the energy efficiency sector. The Mission is in force since 2011.
Initiatives under NMEEE
NMEEE consist of four initiatives to enhance energy efficiency in energy intensive industries which are as follows:
