Web Portal on Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana Launched

Union Minister of Power, Shri Sushilkumar Shinde today launched the web portal on Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana, RGGVY, a component of Bharat Nirman, which aims at creation of rural electricity infrastructure and household electrification with 90% percent grant from government of India and 10% loan from Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) and also at electrifying all villages and habitations, providing access to electricity to all rural households, and providing electricity Connection to Below Poverty Line (BPL) families free of cost.

The website www.rggvy.gov.in conceptualized by the Ministry of Power and REC, has been designed, developed and hosted by National Informatics Centre (NIC). The website (both in English and Hindi) aims at bringing the static as well as dynamic (progressive) information related to the RGGVY into public domain to promote transparency as well as to provide a platform for active public feedback and participation to help facilitate an efficient, effective and responsive implementation of the scheme.

The Minister of State for Power and Commerce, Shri Jairam Ramesh, Secretary, Ministry of Power, Shri Anil Razdan and CMD, REC, Shri Uma Shankar were also present on the occasion.

The website provides useful information regarding the RGGVY since its inception in the 10th Plan and its subsequent evolution to its current form. The information includes the scheme at a Glance, RGGVY in 10th Plan and 11th Plan, Franchisee System, Milestones Monitoring, Implementing Agencies and various downloadable documents.

A Web Based Management Information System (MIS) has been designed, developed and implemented to help capture village level data on the coverage/ progress details of the scheme from the field-level offices of the implementing/execution agencies at remote locations and generate the required reports for monitoring and review at various levels. This system has also been integrated with the website and is accessible only through authenticated Login-Ids. The designated users from Districts, States, Implementing Agencies can log on to MIS and enter/update/verify the village level electrification targeted data and completion data. So far data on around 82000 un-electrified villages targeted for electrification along with a list of 37000 un-electrified villages that have been electrified under the programme have already been entered in the Web Portal. Based on this data, reports on the following are made available to the public through this website for active involvement of stake holders in the effective implementation of RGGVY

a) List and snapshots of villages targeted for electrification/intensive electrification under RGGVY as per the detailed projects reports.

b) List of the un-electrified/de-electrified villages (District/Block-wise) where the electrification works are completed under RGGVY.

c) State / District level proposed coverage of villages and BPL households as per the DPR¡¦s, Physical & Financial Progress based on District Level Aggregated Data

Apart from the above, the website also provides yet another important facility in the form of Public-Forum wherein the public can post their feedback (observations comments/suggestions) about the scheme and its implementation. Implementing Agencies can in turn respond to these comments/suggestions (using their Login-Ids.) and the same can also be viewed by the public through this website.

A total of 551 projects have been approved so far for implementation in the 10th plan and 11th plan at an estimated outlay of Rs 25275 Crore to electrify about 1.15 un-electrified villages, intensive electrification in 3.46 lakh already electrified villages and electrification of 2.43 Crore BPL households free of cost.

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Source: Press Information Bureau
Date: : May 28, 2008