PEO Report No. 224 Evaluation Report on Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) Programme Evaluation Organisation Planning Commission Government of India New Delhi 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 Evaluation of Report on Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) Page 1 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 ..............................................................................................