PEO Report No. 224

Evaluation Report on Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY)

Programme Evaluation Organisation Planning Commission Government of New May, 2014

CONTENTS

LIST OF TABLES ...... 4

LIST OF GRAPHS ...... 7

LIST OF PICTURES ...... 8

ABBREVIATIONS ...... 9

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...... 12

CHAPTER-I ...... 25 Introduction ...... 25 1.1. Introduction ...... 25 1.2. Background ...... 25 1.3. About The Scheme ...... 26 1.4. The aims of RGGVY are...... 27 1.5. Infrastructure Under RGGVY ...... 28 1.6. Features of Intervention ...... 28 CHAPTER-II ...... 30 Objectives And Methodology ...... 30 2.1. Objective of the Study ...... 30 2.2. Methodology for the Study ...... 32 2.2.1. Selection of States ...... 32 2.2.2. Selection of Districts ...... 33 2.2.3. Selection of Blocks ...... 34 2.2.4. Selection of Villages ...... 34 2.2.5. Selection of Beneficiary ...... 34 2.2.6. Selection of Non-Beneficiary...... 35 2.2.7. Selection of Institution ...... 35 2.2.8. Selection of Focus Group ...... 35 2.3. Sample Details ...... 36 2.4. Reference Period ...... 43 2.5. Limitation of the Study ...... 43 CHAPTER-III ...... 44 Organisational Set-up And Implementation Methodology ...... 44 3.1. Organisational Set-up ...... 44 3.2. Implementation Methodology ...... 44 3.3. Activities and Performance of Various Implementing Agencies/Stakeholders ...... 45 3.4. Benefit Delivery Mechanism ...... 47 3.5. Selection Process of Village and Beneficiary ...... 48 CHAPTER-IV ...... 49 Evaluation of the Scheme ...... 49 4.1. Financial Devolution and Financial Achievements ...... 49 4.1.1. State-wise Fund awarded and released ...... 53 4.1.2. Adequacy and Timeliness of Fund ...... 54 4.1.3. Provision of Revenue Subsidies by the State Governments ...... 54 4.2. Physical Target and Achievements ...... 74 4.2.1. Villages and Households Electrified under the Scheme ...... 80 4.2.2. Extent of Electrification of BPL Households and Dalit Bastis ...... 86 4.2.3. Extent of Electrification of APL Households ...... 86 4.2.4. Extent of Electrification provided to Institutions and other Public Places ...... 87 4.2.5. Time Taken to get Benefit ...... 88 4.3. Year of Electricity Connection ...... 88 4.3.1. Reasons of Slow Implementation ...... 89

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4.4. Assessment of Infrastructures Created ...... 90 4.5. Assessment of Supply of Electricity ...... 91 4.5.1. Power Interruptions ...... 93 4.6. Assessment of Electricity Tariff ...... 93 4.6.1. Electricity Bill Paying Capability of the BPL and Dalit Households ...... 99 4.6.2. Extent of Default of Payment ...... 99 4.7. Assessment of RGGVY electrification in various institutions in Sample states ...... 99 4.8. Assessment of DDG introduced in Sample States ...... 101 4.9. Franchisee System in the Sample States ...... 102 4.10. Year wise AT&C Losses ...... 103 4.11. Cost to the RGGVY Programme per Beneficiary ...... 103 4.12. Monitoring and Supervision Mechanism ...... 105 4.12.1. Monitoring Committee ...... 105 4.12.2. Role and Responsibilities of Each Level Tier ...... 106 4.12.3. Performance and Effectiveness of the Three Tier Monitoring Mechanism ...... 107 4.12.4. Record Keeping ...... 108 4.12.5. Web Based Monitoring System ...... 108 4.13. Tendering Procedure ...... 108 4.14. Quality of Hardware Installed ...... 109 4.15. Post Implementation Maintenance of Hardware ...... 109 4.16. Public Grievance and Redress System ...... 110 CHAPTER-V ...... 111 Major Findings And Impact Assessment ...... 111 5.1. Major findings ...... 111 5.1.1. Economic Category ...... 112 5.1.2. Gender ...... 113 5.1.3. Education ...... 114 5.1.4. Social Category ...... 114 5.1.5. Family size ...... 115 5.1.6. Age Classification ...... 116 5.2. Awareness ...... 118 5.2.1. Source of Awareness ...... 118 5.3. Occupation of the Sample Population/household ...... 119 5.4. Voltage in Sample Benefici