What is in news : This Union cabinet has recently approved a Reforms-based and Results-linked, Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme.

Details :

• Subsumes –
  • Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS)
  • Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY)
  • Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY)
  • Prime Minister’s Development Package (PMDP) 2015 for the Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) and Ladakh.
• DISCOMs (Power Distribution Companies) submit detailed project reports (DPRs) on how they plan to reduce their operational losses to avail of funding by 31 December 2021
• Providing conditional financial assistance to DISCOMs for strengthening of supply infrastructure
• Improving electricity supply for the farmers and for providing daytime electricity to them through solarization of agricultural feeders
• Enable consumer empowerment by way of prepaid Smart metering to be implemented in Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) mode
• Artificial Intelligence would be leveraged to prepare system generated energy accounting reports