Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana has been subsumed in the new scheme as its rural electrification component.
The new app will also enable the citizens to participate in the developmental works and can give their feedback and inputs related to the rural electrification programme.
In addition, the village-wise works sanctioned under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana has been mapped to scrutinise the progress of work carried out under the project in each village[3] The deadline for the Centre's rural electrification programme was May 2018.
[5] Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi tweeted "Yesterday, we fulfilled a commitment due to which the lives of several Indians will be transformed forever!
"[6] Despite this, several news reports claimed that the numbers were inflated, and villages were electrified only on paper.