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From the 9th Five Year Plan government introduced the concept of ‘basic minimum needs’ where one of them is rural electricity which is considered as a major tool for social development.
For rural electricity the government came out with:
(i) Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidhyutikaran Yojna
(ii) Bharat Nirman Scheme
(iii) Rural Electrification Programme (REP)
and in more recent times, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojna and ‘Saubhagya’ Scheme
The funds related to the Saubhagya Scheme comes from the Rural Electrifiction Corporation of India Limited
Over time the REP has been affected by the many problems:
As a solution, government came out with the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojna which is know as the ‘Saubhagya’ scheme.
Under this scheme, the various provisions are:
Rural electricity is a component of Sustainable Development Goals.
As per economic survey majority villages come under Saubhagya scheme and this is possible only because of participation of both the centre and the states along with the panchayats.
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