Govt. of India, vide Office Memorandum F.No.44/44/2014-RE dated 3rd December 2014 issued by the Ministry of Power, launched Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Yyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) with the following components 

1. Separation of agriculture and non-agriculture feeders for supply to agricultural & non-agricultural consumers in the rural areas for effective demand side management.
2. Strengthening and augmentation of sub-transmission & distribution (ST&D) infrastructure in rural areas, including metering at distribution transformers, feeders and consumer end.
3. Rural electrification, as per CCEA approval dated 01.08.2013 for completion of the targets laid down under RGGVY for 12th and 13th plans.

Broad Objective of the Scheme

• Providing access to power for all households.
• 24X7 Power for All by 2019
• AT&C loss reduction as per trajectory finalized by MoP.

 Scope of Works specific to achivements of the broad objectives:

• Access to Power for all households :
Electrifiction of un electrified(UE) villages and creation of new village infrastructures for access to power for all house holds
• 24X7 power supply for non-Agri-consumer and adequate supply for Agri-consumer : Physical seperation of HT feeders for Agricultural and non-Agricultural consumers.
• AT&C loss reduction :

Strengthening of sub-transmission & distribution sysytem and metering at all levels of distribution network.

Sailent Features of the Scheme :

Nodal Agency : Rural Electrification Corporaion Limited(REC) is the Nodal Agency operationalisation and implementation of the scheme under the overall guidance of MoP.

Project Management Agency (PMA) :    REC Power Distribution Company Ltd(RECPDCL)and PFC Consulting Ltd(PFCCL) have been appointed as Project Management Agency(PMA)to assist in project management as well as timely implementation of the project.

Mode of Implementation : The projects shall be implemented on turn-key basis. However some work will be executed on partial turnkey/departmental basis for which approval has been received from the Monitoring Commitee, MoP, GOI.

Implementation Period : Projects under the scheme shall be completed within a period of 24 months from the date of issue of Letter of Award (LoA). For execution of work on partial turnkey/departmental basis, project needs to be completed within 30 months from date of communication of the approval of the Monitoring committee.