Kisan Sarvoday Yojana 2024 Phase 2 is going to be launched by Gujarat government to provide electricity to all farmers during day time. The state govt. has changed the name from Dinkar Yojana to Kisan Sarvoday Yojana. The 1st phase of the scheme was virtually launched by PM Narendra Modi on 24 October 2020 and 2nd phase will be launched soon.
Gujarat Kisan Sarvoday Yojana 2024 [2nd Phase]
The change in the scheme name from Dinkar Yojana to Kisan Sarvoday Yojana became known on 20 Oct 2020 in a government release. Dinkar is the Gujarati word for the sun and scheme was announced by Gujarat govt. in state budget.
With the total expenditure of around Rs. 3,500 crore, the state govt. has plan to provide electricity to all farmers for agricultural purposes during daytime by 2023-24. For this purpose, state govt. will launch
Gujarat Kisan Sarvoday Yojana Phase 1
In the first phase of the Kisan Sarvoday Yojana, around 1,055 villages of Dahod, Junagadh and Gir Somnath districts got electricity for agriculture purposes in the daytime. The scheme targeted around 17.25 lakh farmers in the Gujarat state. Under the scheme, farmers got electricity in 2 slots of eight hours each between 5 am and 9 pm.
It has been a long pending demand of farmers in Gujarat to get electricity for agriculture purposes during daytime. Farmers requires regular power supply since they risk exposure to poisonous insects and wild animals in the fields during night hours, among other reasons.
Implementation of Kisan Sarvoday Yojana 1st Phase
As per the release, there were total of around 17.25 lakh agriculture power connections which were divided into 153 groups in the Gujarat state. These groups are getting 3 phase power connections for eight hours out of the total 24 hours in a day. These groups get power supply in such a manner that some get power supply for 8 hours in day, some get power supply in night and some get power supply partially in day and partially in night. Their turns rotate every week.
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Major Reasons for Farmers Not Getting Electricity
Improper infrastructure to distribute the power is believed to be the major reason of why all the farmers are not getting the electricity in the daytime. In order to provide electricity to farmers in the day time, the government is upgrading its power infrastructure. The state govt. of Gujarat is increasing the power availability through renewable energy sources like solar energy and wind energy.
Source / Reference Link: https://indianexpress.com/article/india/gujarat-govt-changes-name-of-daytime-electricity-scheme-for-farmers-to-kisan-sarvoday-yojana-6815240/