Consider the following statements:

1. India has become the largest global energy consumer owing to its increasing population.

2. Deen Dayal Gram Jyoti Yojana aims to separate the feeder lines for agricultural and domestic usage.

3. PM Ujjwala Yojana provides free LPG cylinders to the women of BPL households.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Solution

● Statement 1 is incorrect: India is the thirdlargest producer and consumer of electricity worldwide, with an installed power capacity of 408.71 GW as of October 31, 2022. Further as per the data recorded by the Ministry of Power, even though India has 18% of the world’s population, yet it consumes only around 6% of the world’s primary energy. India’s per capita energy consumption is also one-third of the global average energy consumption. ● Statement 2 is correct: Deen Dayal Gram Jyoti Yojana is a Central Sector Scheme under the Ministry of Power and implemented by Rural Electrification Corporation. It objectives include: To provide electrification to all villages Feeder separation to ensure sufficient power to farmers and regular supply to other consumers Improvement of Sub-transmission and distribution network to improve the quality and reliability of the supply Metering to reduce the losses ● Statement 3 is incorrect: Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana provides free LPG gas connection to the women of the BPL households. It provides the LPG connection but not the cylinders for free. The identification of the beneficiary under this scheme is done through Socio-Economic Caste Census-2011. It is under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.