Centre's electrification drive sees surge

Distribution schemes push growth of electrical equipment industry, healthy pipeline expected

Shreya Jai  |  New Delhi 

Low capacity utilisation may be a key challenge for power plants but the government push for efficient delivery of electricity through focus on transmission and distribution is spawning opportunity for the industry. In the last of a four-part series, Business Standard takes a look at the pace of electrification and the business it has generated. The two flagship schemes for electrification, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) and Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS), have got a surge in their budgetary allocation for the coming year, of 43 per cent and 30 per ...

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Centre's electrification drive sees surge

Distribution schemes push growth of electrical equipment industry, healthy pipeline expected

The two flagship schemes for electrification, Deendayal Updhayay Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) and Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS), have got a surge in their budgetary allocation for the coming year, of 43 per cent and 30 per cent, respectively.While conventional power generation has taken a back seat, distribution is coming to the fore with these two projects, and have spurred substantial activity in the electric equipment sector. EPC (engineering, procurement, construction) contractors are looking at the tremendous demand coming from these two schemes, translating to a robust order book for the sub-33 Kv or distribution sector equipment, say insiders.DDUGJY and IPDS are the rural and urban electrification drive, both announced in the present government's first full Union Budget, of 2015. All electrification schemes of the earlier government were subsumed in these two.Disbursement to states under these was slow in the past three years. Government officials claim that in IPDS . Low capacity utilisation may be a key challenge for power plants but the government push for efficient delivery of electricity through focus on transmission and distribution is spawning opportunity for the industry. In the last of a four-part series, Business Standard takes a look at the pace of electrification and the business it has generated. The two flagship schemes for electrification, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) and Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS), have got a surge in their budgetary allocation for the coming year, of 43 per cent and 30 per ... image
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