📋 Tender Overview
Govt. of India launched Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) in December 2014 for the rural areas with the following components:
(i) Segregation of agriculture feeders with the objective of providing day time power supply to farmers;
(ii) Strengthening and augmentation of distribution infrastructure in the rural areas, including metering of feeders, distribution transformers and consumers;
(iii) Village and household electrification works.
In line with the components mentioned above, projects had been sanctioned for the state of Tamil Nadu under DDUGJY and implementation of the same had commenced in September 2016. All physical works were completed by 31.12.2020 and the scheme stands closed now.
For smooth implementation of the works under DDUGJY, institutional mechanism was established as detailed below:
(i) At State level, a Committee under the Chairmanship of Chief Secretary to monitor the progress of works.
(ii) At Central level, inter-ministerial Monitoring Committee headed by the Secretary (Power), Government of India, to formulate the guidelines and to monitor the progress of the scheme.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Power, Shri Shripad Naik, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
