MPPSC 2018 Prelims Paper-I · Question 72 of 100

Correct — A, 10 hours. Under Madhya Pradesh's Atal Jyoti Abhiyan (2013), the commission's key sets the assured minimum supply to the rural agriculture sector at 10 hours a day. The scheme worked through feeder separation — dedicating separate feeders to farms — so agricultural consumers get a guaranteed daily block of power.

• (b)12 — Higher than the guaranteed minimum; the assured supply to agriculture under the scheme is 10 hours, not 12.
• (c)14 — Not the figure fixed by the scheme; the assured minimum for farms is 10 hours.
• (d)16 — Overstates the guarantee; the assured minimum for rural agriculture is 10 hours.

Atal Jyoti Abhiyan (AJA) was a Madhya Pradesh state scheme launched in 2013 to fix erratic rural power. Its core tool was feeder separation — splitting agricultural feeders from domestic ones — so that farms receive a reliable, scheduled block of supply while homes are not starved of power. For the farm sector the assured minimum was set at 10 hours a day.

The trap is to reach for a bigger, rounder number (12 or 16) assuming 'more hours = better scheme'. The scheme's actual design guarantees a fixed daily block — 10 hours — to agriculture; remembering the mechanism (feeder separation, scheduled farm supply) points to the right figure.

• Atal Jyoti Abhiyan (AJA) — Madhya Pradesh state scheme, launched 2013.
• Assured minimum supply to rural agriculture: 10 hours per day.
• Mechanism: feeder separation — dedicated agricultural feeders separated from domestic ones.
• The central counterpart, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY, 2014-15), also relies on feeder separation for rural electrification.

• Guessing a larger round number (12 or 16) for the 'assured hours'
• Confusing the MP state scheme (Atal Jyoti) with central schemes like DDUGJY

Asked as 'how many hours' or 'which scheme' for rural power. Lock: Atal Jyoti Abhiyan (MP, 2013) → 10 hours assured to agriculture, via feeder separation.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Running separate electricity lines for farms and for homes, a key method in rural power schemes, is called:

  • (a)load shedding
  • (b)feeder separation
  • (c)net metering
  • (d)cross-subsidy

  Answer(b) feeder separation — dedicated farm feeders give agriculture a scheduled supply.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Which central scheme launched in 2014-15 focused on rural electrification and feeder separation?

  • (a)Saubhagya
  • (b)Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY)
  • (c)UDAY
  • (d)PM-KUSUM

  Answer(b) DDUGJY — the central rural-electrification and feeder-separation scheme.