Module 7: Central Expansion Schemes - IPDS, DDUGJY & Special Plan (BRGF)

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The Central Government rolled out three flagship schemes to expand electricity access across urban and rural Bihar:

Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS):
Launched in December 2014, IPDS subsumed the earlier R-APDRP (Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme). Core components include IT-enablement of the distribution sector, network strengthening, and mandatory metering of distribution transformers, feeders, and urban consumers.
Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY):
Launched in December 2014, replacing the former Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY). Key objectives:
- Separation of agriculture and non-agriculture feeders to regulate supply to farm tube-wells and rural households independently.
- Strengthening and augmentation of sub-transmission and distribution infrastructure in rural areas.
- Universal village and habitation electrification carried out across all 38 districts of Bihar.
Special Plan under Backward Region Grant Fund (BRGF):
A 100 percent centrally funded scheme designed to bridge regional developmental gaps and strengthen public utilities. In 2014-15, Bihar had 160.50 lakh un-electrified households (157.54 lakh rural, 3.06 lakh urban), driving aggressive state targets to achieve 100% household coverage.

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Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS):
Launched in December 2014, IPDS subsumed the earlier R-APDRP (Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme). Core components include IT-enablement of the distribution sector, network strengthening, and mandatory metering of distribution transformers, feeders, and urban consumers.
Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY):
Launched in December 2014, replacing the former Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY). Key objectives:
- Separation of agriculture and non-agriculture feeders to regulate supply to farm tube-wells and rural households independently.
- Strengthening and augmentation of sub-transmission and distribution infrastructure in rural areas.
- Universal village and habitation electrification carried out across all 38 districts of Bihar.
- Special Plan under Backward Region Grant Fund (BRGF):
  A 100 percent centrally funded scheme designed to bridge regional developmental gaps and strengthen public utilities. In 2014-15, Bihar had 160.50 lakh un-electrified households (157.54 lakh rural, 3.06 lakh urban), driving aggressive state targets to achieve 100% household coverage.

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Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS):
Launched in December 2014, IPDS subsumed the earlier R-APDRP (Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme). Core components include IT-enablement of the distribution sector, network strengthening, and mandatory metering of distribution transformers, feeders, and urban consumers.
Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY):
Launched in December 2014, replacing the former Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY). Key objectives:
- Separation of agriculture and non-agriculture feeders to regulate supply to farm tube-wells and rural households independently.
- Strengthening and augmentation of sub-transmission — and distribution infrastructure in rural areas.
- Universal village and habitation electrification carried out across all ______ districts of Bihar. — 38
- Special Plan under Backward Region Grant Fund (BRGF):
  A 100 percent centrally funded scheme designed to bridge regional developmental gaps and strengthen public utilities. In 2014-15, Bihar had 160.50 lakh un-electrified households (157.54 lakh rural, 3.06 lakh urban), driving aggressive state targets to achieve 100% household coverage.

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What was the primary structural feature introduced under the DDUGJY scheme for rural areas?

Separation of agriculture and non-agriculture feeders was the core structural initiative under DDUGJY to regulate farm vs household supply.

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Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS): Launched in ______, IPDS subsumed the earlier R-APDRP (Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme). Core components include IT-enablement of the distribution sector, network strengthening, and mandatory metering of distribution transformers, feeders, and urban consumers.

December 2014

Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY): Launched in ______, replacing the former Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY). Key objectives: Separation of agriculture and non-agriculture feeders to regulate supply to farm tube-wells and rural households independently.

December 2014

Strengthening and augmentation of sub-transmission ______

and distribution infrastructure in rural areas.

Universal village and habitation electrification carried out across all ______ districts of Bihar.

Special Plan under Backward Region Grant Fund (BRGF): A ______ designed to bridge regional developmental gaps and strengthen public utilities. In 2014-15, Bihar had 160.50 lakh un-electrified households (157.54 lakh rural, 3.06 lakh urban), driving aggressive state targets to achieve 100% household coverage.

100 percent centrally funded scheme