Lok Sabha Question No. 820 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-20
Subject: Challenges of Electrification of Villages
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: GAURAV GOGOI, JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.820 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.07.2017

## CHALLENGES OF ELECTRIFICATION OF VILLAGES

820.   SHRI GAURAV GOGOI: SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Union  Government  has  given  guidelines/directions  to various States/UTs to combat various challenges of rural electrification;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the targets of rural electrification have been achieved in all the States during the last three years;
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor;
- (e) the number of villages and households in each State that remained un-electrified as on 30 June, 2017; and
- (f) the  steps  taken  by  the  Union  Government  to  ensure  proper  rural electrification in all the villages and households across the country?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR POWER, COAL, NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND MINES

( SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL )

(a) & (b) : Government  of  India  has  launched  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) to address the challenges of rural electrification.

Apart from implementation of village electrification, the scheme  includes  feeder  separation,  augmentation  and  strengthening  of sub-transmission and distribution system. It also envisages close monitoring at Central level through inter-Ministerial Monitoring Committee, at State Level Standing Committee (SLSC), headed by Chief Secretary and at the District level, through DISHA.

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(c) & (d) : Under DDUGJY, most of the targets for electrification of villages have been achieved during the last three years except in some of the States due to delay in forest & railway clearances, land acquisition for 33/11 KV sub-stations,  Right  of  Way  (RoW)  issues,  providing  BPL  lists,  law  &  order issues including naxal problem and difficult terrain in some of the States.

(e) & (f) As  per  information  provided  by  the  States,  as  on  30.06.2017, there  are  3,618  un-electrified  census  villages.  The  State-wise  details  are furnished  at  Annexure-I.  As  per  Census  2011,  there  were  7.50  crore  unelectrified  rural  households.    Under  RE  component  of  DDUGJY  2.63  crore BPL  Households  have  been  electrified  till  30.06.2017.    The  details  of  the same are furnished at Annexure-II.

In addition to details  given in parts (a) and  (b)  above, Government of India has also taken up a joint initiative with all States/UTs for  State  specific  documents  for  providing  24x7  power  supply  to  all households/homes.

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ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (e) & (f) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 820 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 20.07.2017. ***********

State-wise details of un-electrified villages

| Sl. No.   |   No. of Un-electrified villages |
|-----------|----------------------------------|
| 1         |                             1212 |
| 2         |                              480 |
| 3         |                              263 |
| 4         |                              280 |
| 5         |                              102 |
| 6         |                              481 |
| 7         |                               11 |
| 8         |                               47 |
| 9         |                               66 |
| 10        |                              168 |
| 11        |                               12 |
| 12        |                              434 |
| 13        |                                1 |
| 14        |                                6 |
| 15        |                               51 |
| 16        |                                4 |
| Total     |                             3618 |

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ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (e) & (f) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 820 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 20.07.2017. ***********

Free electricity connections released to BPL HHs under RE Component of DDUGJY

| Sl. No.           | Name of State     | Free electricity connections released to BPL HHs (Nos.)   |
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| 1                 | Andhra Pradesh    | 2648777                                                   |
| 2                 | Arunachal Pradesh | 51621                                                     |
| 3                 | Assam             | 1210211                                                   |
| 4                 | Bihar             | 4339872                                                   |
| 5 Chhattisgarh    |                   | 1149542                                                   |
| 6                 | Gujarat           | 843104                                                    |
| 7                 | Haryana           | 198580                                                    |
| 8 Himachal        | Pradesh 16290     |                                                           |
| 9 J&K             |                   | 69148                                                     |
| 10 Jharkhand      |                   | 1277605                                                   |
| 11 Karnataka      |                   | 987629                                                    |
| 12                | Kerala            | 150305                                                    |
| 13 Madhya Pradesh |                   | 1803951                                                   |
| 14                | Maharashtra       | 1221350                                                   |
| 15                | Manipur           | 70187                                                     |
| 16                | Meghalaya         | 104457                                                    |
| 17                | Mizoram           | 29710                                                     |
| 18 Nagaland       |                   | 54484                                                     |
| 19                | Odisha            | 2845434                                                   |
| 20                | Punjab            | 92988                                                     |
| 21 Rajasthan      |                   | 1227216                                                   |
| 22                | Sikkim            | 13601                                                     |
| 23 Tamil          | Nadu              | 502394                                                    |
| 24                | Telangana         | 708865                                                    |
| 25                | Tripura           | 148368                                                    |
| 26 Uttar Pradesh  |                   | 2110609                                                   |
| 27                | Uttarakhand       | 237921                                                    |
| 28                | West Bengal       | 2211040                                                   |
|                   | Total             | 26325259                                                  |

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