[3] In 2011 it was announced by the Government of India that it would accept Gujarat's Jyotigram project as a flagship scheme for its Twelfth five-year plan.
In September 2003, the government accepted IWMI's recommendations and launched Jyotigram Yojana as a pilot project in eight districts of the state.
By doing this, Gujarat became the first state in India to undertake the radical reform of separating the feeder lines between agricultural and consumer usage.
[8] This huge task was achieved by carrying out the replacement and complete rewiring of high and low tension cables, transformers, new electricity poles, etc.
[9] Stockholm International Water Institute commended the scheme, saying Jyotigram Yojana had "radically improved the quality of village life, spurred non-farm economic enterprises, and halved the power subsidy in agriculture".
[10] Jyotigram Yojana caused most of the political parties to change their electoral posture of giving free farm electricity in various states in the country.