Lok Sabha Question No. 6375 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-05
Subject: Access to Electricity
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: ANSHUL VERMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.6375 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.04.2018

## ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY

6375. DR. ANSHUL VERMA:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) whether  every  household  in  the  electrified  villages  towns  and  cities  have  access  to electricity and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;

(b) the average hours for which electricity is provided in villages, towns and cities per day, Statewise;

(c) the average power consumption per household in villages, towns and cities, State-wise; and

(d) the steps taken by the Government to ensure continuous electricity supply in villages, towns and cities during the last two years?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

( SHRI  R. K. SINGH )

(a) : The  Central  Government  is  providing  assistance  to  the  States  under  Deen  Dayal Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti  Yojana  (DDUGJY)  for  creation of necessary  infrastructure for rural electrification.  Government  of  India  has  launched  Pradhan  Mantri  Sahaj  Bijli  Har  Ghar  Yojana  Saubhagya  to  achieve  universal household  electrification. The  scheme  provides  last mile connectivity  and  electricity  connections  to  all  un-electrified  households  in  rural  and  all  poor  unelectrified  households  in  urban  areas.    All  remaining  un-electrified  households  are  targeted  for electrification by March, 2019.

(b) : As reported, average power supply hours in rural areas is given at Annexure-I.

(c) : The State-wise per capita consumption for the last three years is given at Annexure-II.

(d) : Government of  India  has  taken  a  joint  initiative  with  all  the  States/UTs  for  providing 24x7 power for all households, industrial & commercial consumers and adequate supply of power to agricultural consumers as per State policy.  All the State Governments and Union Territories have signed  the  '24x7  Power  For  All'  document  to  provide  electricity  to  all  from  1 st   April,  2019.    In addition, Government of India supplements the efforts of the States through its schemes including Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY); Integrated power Development Scheme (IPDS) and Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana - Saubhagya.

*************

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6375 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 05.04.2018.

***********

## Status of Power Supply to Rural Areas

MONTH :

JANUARY 2018

|   Sl. No. | Name of the State   |   Average hours of power supply in a day to rural areas |
|-----------|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh      |                                                   23.99 |
|         2 | Arunachal Pradesh   |                                                   14.3  |
|         3 | Assam               |                                                   18.33 |
|         4 | Bihar               |                                                   16.45 |
|         5 | Chhattisgarh        |                                                   23    |
|         6 | Gujarat             |                                                   24    |
|         7 | Haryana             |                                                   14.91 |
|         8 | Himachal Pradesh    |                                                   24    |
|         9 | Jammu & Kashmir     |                                                   13.5  |
|        10 | Jharkhand           |                                                   18.13 |
|        11 | Karnataka           |                                                   19.81 |
|        12 | Kerala              |                                                   23    |
|        13 | Madhya Pradesh      |                                                   23.71 |
|        14 | Maharashtra         |                                                   23.32 |
|        15 | Manipur *           |                                                   22.38 |
|        16 | Meghalaya           |                                                   21.5  |
|        17 | Mizoram             |                                                   11.5  |
|        18 | Nagaland *          |                                                   20    |
|        19 | Odisha              |                                                   20.75 |
|        20 | Punjab              |                                                   24    |
|        21 | Rajasthan           |                                                   22    |
|        22 | Sikkim              |                                                   17.5  |
|        23 | Tamil Nadu          |                                                   24    |
|        24 | Telangana           |                                                   24    |
|        25 | Tripura             |                                                   23.5  |
|        26 | Uttar Pradesh *     |                                                   17.72 |
|        27 | Uttarakhand *       |                                                   23    |
|        28 | West Bengal         |                                                   24    |

* Nagaland, UP & Manipur December, 2017 month data Uttarakhand January, 2017 month data has been included.

## *******************

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6375 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 05.04.2018.

***********

## State-wise PER CAPITA POWER CONSUMPTION (Units) (Source- CEA General Review)

| Name of the State/UT/REG.   |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |
|-----------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Chandigarh                  |      1052 |      1112 |      1128 |
| Delhi                       |      1561 |      1557 |      1574 |
| Haryana                     |      1909 |      1936 |      1975 |
| Himachal Pradesh            |      1336 |      1339 |      1340 |
| Jammu & Kashmir             |      1169 |      1234 |      1282 |
| Punjab                      |      1858 |      1919 |      2028 |
| Rajasthan                   |      1123 |      1164 |      1166 |
| Uttar Pradesh               |       502 |       524 |       585 |
| Uttarakhand                 |      1358 |      1431 |      1454 |
| Sub-Total (N R)             |       927 |       957 |      1003 |
| Chhattisgarh                |      1719 |      2022 |      2016 |
| Gujarat                     |      2105 |      2248 |      2279 |
| Madhya Pradesh              |       813 |       929 |       989 |
| Maharashtra                 |      1257 |      1318 |      1307 |
| Daman & Diu                 |      6960 |      7836 |      7965 |
| D. & N. Haveli              |     13769 |     15137 |     15783 |
| Goa                         |      1803 |      2738 |      2466 |
| Sub-Total (W R)             |      1393 |      1515 |      1533 |
| Andhra Pradesh              |      1040 |      1230 |      1319 |
| Telangana                   |      1356 |      1439 |      1551 |
| Karnataka                   |      1211 |      1242 |      1367 |
| Kerala                      |       672 |       704 |       763 |
| Tamil Nadu                  |      1616 |      1688 |      1847 |
| Puducherry                  |      1655 |      1672 |      1784 |
| Lakshadweep                 |       657 |       649 |       633 |
| Sub-Total (S R)             |      1271 |      1316 |      1432 |
| Bihar                       |       203 |       258 |       272 |
| Jharkhand                   |       835 |       884 |       915 |
| Odisha                      |      1419 |      1564 |      1622 |
| West Bengal                 |       647 |       660 |       665 |
| Sikkim                      |       685 |       687 |       806 |
| A.& N. Islands              |       361 |       355 |       370 |
| Sub-Total (E R)             |       618 |       675 |       694 |
| Arunachal Pradesh           |       525 |       600 |       648 |
| Assam                       |       314 |       322 |       339 |
| Manipur                     |       295 |       360 |       326 |
| Meghalaya                   |       704 |       835 |       832 |
| Mizoram                     |       449 |       503 |       523 |
| Nagaland                    |       311 |       346 |       345 |
| Tripura                     |       303 |       329 |       470 |
| Sub-Total (N E R)           |       338 |       369 |       392 |
| Total All India             |      1010 |      1075 |      1122 |

Per Capita Consumption=(Gross Energy Generation+Net Import)/Mid Year Population.

*****************