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• Government of India launched Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) in 2014 for various rural electrification works including separation of agriculture and non-agriculture feeders, strengthening and augmentation of sub-transmission & distribution infrastructure, metering of distribution transformers/ feeders/consumers and electrification of villages across the country. 
• Providing free electricity connections to the Below Poverty line (BPL) households and providing access to electricity for the rural households was one of the components under DDUGJY.
• Works for household electrification were also executed under the scheme based on proposals of States for un-electrified households left out under SAUBHAGYA Scheme. 
• Works under the scheme have been completed and the scheme stands closed as on 31.03.2022.

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