Lok Sabha Question No. 2111 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-08
Subject: Per Capita Consumption of Electricity in N.E. States
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: SUSHMITA DEV

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2111 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.03.2018

## PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRICITY IN N.E. STATES

## 2111.  KUMARI SUSHMITA DEV:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the per capita consumption of electricity of North Eastern States for the last three years, State-wise;

(b) whether any measures have been taken by the Union Government to improve the consumption of electricity in the North-Eastern region, if so, the details thereof;

- (c) whether  the  Union  Government  has  collected  district-wise  data  on  per capita consumption of electricity; and
- (d) if so, the details of district-wise data for Assam, if not, the reasons therefor?

## A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  R. K. SINGH )

(a) : The  per  capita  consumption  of  electricity  of  North  Eastern  States during the last three years i.e. 2014-15, 2015-16 & 2016-17 is given at Annexure-I.

(b) : In  order  to  improve  the  consumption  of  electricity  in  the  NorthEastern  region,  Central  Government  have  assisted  the  North-Eastern  States  by allocating power from Central Generating Stations to them. The State wise details are  given  at  Annexure-II.  Further,  three  Hydro  projects  of  770  MW  are  under construction  in  North-Eastern  Region  and  are  scheduled  to  be  completed  during 2018-22.

Central  Government  is  supporting  states  in  strengthening  of  their transmission and distribution network through various Central Government funded schemes. Government is also supporting in electrification of villages and providing access of electricity to all unelectrified households through Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli  Har  Ghar  Yojana  (Saubhagya)  and  Deendayal  Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti  Yojana (DDUGJY).

All  these  measures  would  improve  the  consumption  of  electricity  in the North Eastern region.

(c) & (d) : The Central Electricity Authority (CEA), has started the collection of district  wise  data  on  per  capita  consumption  of  Electricity  from  the  states  from this financial year for the years 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17. State of Assam is yet to submit the district - wise data to CEA.

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ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  2111  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  THE  LOK  SABHA  ON 08.03.2018. ***********

Per Capita Consumption of North- Eastern States (kWh)

| State             |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |
|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 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 |

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ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  2111  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  THE  LOK  SABHA  ON 08.03.2018.

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| Allocation of power from Central Generating Stations (CGS) to North-Eastern States   | Allocation of power from Central Generating Stations (CGS) to North-Eastern States   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| State                                                                                | Allocation in MW from CGS as on 31.01.2018                                           |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                                    | 181                                                                                  |
| Assam                                                                                | 1304                                                                                 |
| Manipur                                                                              | 218                                                                                  |
| Meghalaya                                                                            | 289                                                                                  |
| Mizoram                                                                              | 126                                                                                  |
| Nagaland                                                                             | 136                                                                                  |
| Tripura                                                                              | 404                                                                                  |

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