Government Schemes (Yojana) in India Part:-25

Government Schemes (Yojana) in India Part:-25

Suryamitra (Sun Friend) Skill Development Program: Explained

Introduction

• Suryamitra program is a residential program to develop skilled technicians in solar powered projects

Need for Suryamitra

• India has set a target of 100 GW solar power in next 25 years
• According to Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) evaluates, this will need about 6.5 lakh trained personnel in the solar energy field
• Suryamitra course is designed to meet this needs

About Suryamitra initiative

• Suryamitra program is a part of Make in India scheme
• It is a 3 month training course
• The entire course is completed in 600 hours
• This skill development program is targeted to create skilled manpower in solar power plant and equipment installations

Target

• To train and develop skills for 50000 Suryamitras in the field of solar energy
• In 2016, 3200 suryamitras are trained and educated
• 7000 new suryamitras to be trained in the upcoming year 2016 - 2017
• To achieve the entire aim of 50000 suryamitras in next 3 years
• Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is the main institution to set these targets

Nodal Agency

National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE) is the main implementation agency of Suryamitra scheme

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)

About National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE)

• It is an autonomous institution under MNRE
• NISE is the successor in of India for Solar Energy Center (SEC)
• Government of India has converted SEC that was in operation for 25 years into NISE under MNRE
• NISE is the apex Research and Development institution in the field of solar energy
• NISE helps Government of India  in achieving the National Solar Mission
• NISE coordinates research and development work pertaining to Solar power

Funding Agency

• 100 % funding will be done by Suryamitra (Government of India)

Services covered under Suryamitra

• Solar project installation
• Provide servicing for solar powered panels
• Solar project repair
• Solar equipment servicing

• Solar project maintenance
• Servicing in solar power plants
• Servicing of solar products like

• 1)Solar cookers
• 2)Solar pumps
• 3)Solar lamps
• Solar heaters etc

Suryamitras are the skilled technicians in the above services

• Recent Developments
• NISE developed the Suryamitra Application recently
• It is a GPS based mobile Application
• This mobile application can handle 1000’s of calls at the same time
• The application is categorized in the high end technology platform segment
• The suryamitra application enables monitoring of suryamitra visits in an efficient manner

Training Institutes of Suryamitra

• ITI
• Polytechnic
• Universities
• Educational institutions etc
• Suryamitra skill development initiatives are conducted in the above institutes and various other locations across the country

Benefits

• Suryamitra scheme will create job opportunities in various solar industries
• Helps in reducing the youth with unemployment
• 80 percent of the trained suryamitras / technicians are placed in a solar field company with a good remuneration
• Rest of the suryamitras are becoming the entrepreneurs in the solar energy field
• The skill development initiative promotes entrepreneurship and employment

Conclusion

Suryamitra scheme will create employment in the solar energy field

Solar energy use will be projected to the public through the Suryamitra mobile application

Suryamitra mobile application create demand for solar based products and act as a catalyst

Overall, Conventional energy consumption is going to reduce to a great extent by switching to solar energy benefiting India as a whole

DeenDayal Upadhayaya Gram Jyoti Yojana: Key Points

INTRODUCTION:

• The scheme was launched by the Government of India in 2015.The main aim of scheme is to bring reforms and uninterrupted power supply in rural areas of the country.The earlier rural electrification scheme “Rajiv Gandhi
• Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana(RGGVY) has been combined with this DDUGJY

Remarkable features of the scheme:-

To provide electricity to all 6 lakh villages in the country.

To provide separate feeders for electricity supply to household consumers and agricultural farmers.

The quality of supply to be improved by proper distribution of networks.

To make necessary arrangements in order to reduce the power losses during the transmission of electricity.

To bring improvements in accessibility to digital India through quality power supply.

Financial Aid:-

The government of India will release an estimated funds of Rs.43,033 crores with a budgetary support of Rs.33,453 crores during the execution of the entire project.

Inclusion of BPL

• The below poverty line households will get a free electricity connection with LED lamps at Rs.3000 per connection.
• The SC/ST population within the BPL will also be provided with free connections along with separate maintenance of records.

GARV-2

Further to boost this scheme the power ministry has launched GARV-2 app to provide realtime data about the six lakh villages of the country.The app is also designed to ensure the transparency in the implementation of the electrification process in the rural areas.The app also provides the district wise progress of the scheme which enables the citizens to fetch the data through this app comfortably.

CONCLUSION

The main outcome of this scheme would be 100% electrification of rural areas and also a next step towards “24 × 7” power for all.

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