The scheme will replace Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana, which concludes in March 2020.
December 7, 2019
A new power sector scheme aimed at better infrastructure, smart meters, and a private franchisee model for improving power supply in states is likely have an estimated capital outlay of INR 2-2.5 trillion.
UDAY did not entail direct grants from the Centre to states. Of the several suggestions for the scheme, sources said it was likely to be called ADITYA — Atal Distribution Transformation Yojana — named after the late prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
