It's kinda weird that people here focus on how there are power cuts for existing users, how this govt wants to give away free things etc.
All this move guarantees is that the people who never officially had a power connection get one. This might well be a marketing scheme, but as long as they deliver, we are good. It's kinda ridiculous that a Prime Minister i 2017 have to make a plan to get everyone power. How difficult was this for the previous govt?
This is just a renaming of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyothi yojana launched by the same government in 2015, which itself was a renaming of Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) launched by the previous government. Yes, one can rename one's own scheme and get another round of press coverage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deen_Dayal_Upadhyaya_Gram_Jyot...
All this move guarantees is that the people who never officially had a power connection get one. This might well be a marketing scheme, but as long as they deliver, we are good. It's kinda ridiculous that a Prime Minister i 2017 have to make a plan to get everyone power. How difficult was this for the previous govt?