The document summarizes issues and challenges in rural electrification in India under the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojna (RGGVY) scheme. It discusses the franchisee model used for implementation and identifies shortcomings like lack of representativeness, sustainability, and replicability. It proposes a modified cooperative model called Rural Electricity Cooperative Society that improves decentralized decision making, sustainability through independent management and audits, and replicability.