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Energy Schemes
SCHEMES COVERED
1. Surya Mitra Scheme 
2. Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM)
3. Pradhan Mantri Ujjawala Yojana
4. Deendayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY)
5. GARV App
6. National LED Programme
7. Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs and Appliances for All (UJALA) Scheme
8. Coal Mitra Web Portal
9. Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY)
10. Saubhagya scheme
1. Surya Mitra Scheme
By : Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Objectives :
- The programme aims to develop the skills of youth, considering the opportunities for employment in the growing Solar Energy Power project’s installation, operation & maintenance in India and abroad.
- To prepare the candidates to become new entrepreneurs in Solar Energy sector.
2. Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM)
By : Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
What? :
- Also known as the National Solar Mission, is an initiative of the GoI and State Governments to promote solar power.
- The mission is one of the several initiatives that are part of the National Action Plan on Climate Change.
Objectives :
- The objective of the National Solar Mission is to establish India as a global leader in solar energy, by creating the policy conditions for its diffusion across the country as quickly as possible.
- Under the original plan, the Government aimed to achieve a total installed solar capacity of 20 GW by 2022 which was later increased to 100 GW.
3. Pradhan Mantri Ujjawala Yojana
By : Pradhan Mantri Ujjawala Yojana
Objectives :
- Under this scheme, five crore LPG connections are to be provided to BPL households. The identification of eligible BPL families will be made in consultation with the State Governments and the Union Territories.
- Providing LPG connections to BPL households will ensure universal coverage of cooking gas in the country.
- This measure will empower women and protect their health.
- It will reduce drudgery(menial work) and the time spent on cooking.
- It will also provide employment for rural youth in the supply chain of cooking gas.
4. Deendayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY)
By : Ministry of Power
Background : The earlier scheme for rural electrification viz. Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) has been subsumed in the new scheme as its rural electrification component.
Objectives :
- The scheme is designed to provide continuous power supply to rural India.
- It focuses on feeder separation (rural households & agricultural) and strengthening of subtransmission & distribution infrastructure including metering at all levels in rural areas.
- This will help in providing round the clock power to rural households and adequate power to agricultural consumers.
5. GARV App
By : Ministry of Power
Objectives :
- GARV-II app is to provide real-time data of all six lakh villages of the country.
- The app is envisaged to ensure transparency in the implementation of rural electrification programme.
- The new app will also enable the citizens to participate in the developmental works and can give their feedback and inputs related to the rural electrification programme.
6. National LED Programme
By : Ministry of Power
Objectives & Key features :
- The government is planning to replace 77 crore conventional bulbs and 3.5 crore conventional streetlights with the LED range by March 2019.
- National LED programme will also facilitate India’s commitment towards reducing its emission intensity per unit of GDP by 33-35% by 2030 under its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC).
- This change-over will have the positive outcomes of a saving of 45,500 crore accruing to domestic consumers and urban local bodies, annual electricity saving of 109 billion units, and a reduction in demand of 21,000 MW annually.
7. Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs and Appliances for All (UJALA) Scheme
By : Ministry of Power
Background : UJALA was launched by replacing the “Bachat Lamp Yojana”.
Objective :
The scheme was announced as “Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme (DELP)“, urging the people to use LED bulbs in place of incandescent bulbs, tube lights and CFL bulbs as they are more efficient, long lasting and economical in their life cycle duration.
8. Coal Mitra Web Portal
By : Ministry of Power
Objectives & Key features :
- The Coal Mitra Web Portal has been designed to bring about flexibility in utilisation of domestic coal by transferring the reserves to more cost efficient State/Centre owned or Private sector generating stations, leading to lower generation costs and ultimately lesser cost of electricity for the consumers.
- The web portal would be used by the State/Central Gencos to display information about normative fixed and variable charges of electricity for the previous month as well as margin available for additional generation so as to enable the utilities identify stations for transfer of coal.
9. Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY)
By : Ministry of Power
Objectives & Key features :
- UDAY is the financial turnaround and revival package for electricity distribution companies of India (DISCOMs) initiated with the intent to find a permanent solution to the financial mess that the power distribution is in.
- States will take over 3/4th of the debt of their respective discoms. The governments will then issue ‘UDAY bonds’ to banks and other financial institutions to raise money to pay off the banks.
- The remaining 25% of the discom debt will be dealt within one of the two ways — conversion into lower interest rate loans by the lending banks or be funded by money raised through dis-com bonds backed by State guarantee. Backing from the State will help bring down the interest rate for the discoms.
10. Saubhagya scheme
By : Ministry of Power
Objectives & Key features :
- To provide electricity to all households.
- The households identified via the Socio-economic and Caste Census (SECC) of 2011 will be eligible for free electricity connections,while others will be charged 500Rs.
- The government has also launched a website saubhagya.gov.in to disseminate information about the scheme.
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