PICS: Jaitley's Budget for farmers!

24x7 POWER SUPPLY FOR AGRI CONSUMER: "Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana for feeder separation will be launched to augment power supply to the rural areas and for strengthening sub-transmission and distribution systems and a sum of Rs 500 crore for this purpose will be given by the government," Jaitley said. The 24x7 electricity supply model by separating the agricultural and non-agricultural feeders (a power line for transmitting electrical power from a generating station to a distribution network) is currently being executed by Gujarat. The state's Jyotigram Yojana is a scheme to make available 24 hours three-phase quality power supply to rural areas where the feeders have specially designed transformers to supply power to farmers residing in scattered farm houses.