Lok Sabha Question No. 2573 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-02
Subject: Assessment of DDUGJY in the Country
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: DEVAJIBHAI GOVINDBHAI FATEPARA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF POWER

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2573 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.08.2018

## ASSESSMENT OF DDUGJY IN THE COUNTRY

2573.  SHRI DEVAJIBHAI G. FATEPARA:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has made any performance assessment of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) in the country;
- (b) if so, the details and the outcome thereof indicating the number of villages electrified  during  the  last  three  years  along  with  the  number  of  un-electrified villages, State-wise particularly in Gujarat;
- (c) whether any steps have been taken to electrify the remaining villages; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  R. K. SINGH )

(a) to (d) : The  performance  of  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti  Yojana (DDUGJY) is regularly monitored by Ministry of Power for entire country.  As on 01.04.2015 there were 18,452 un-electrified villages reported by the States.  1227 additional villages were subsequently reported un-electrified by the States.  1305 villages were found uninhabited/permanent grazing reserve.  Thus 18,374 villages were electrified and the year-wise details of the same is given below :

| Year                 | Villages electrified   |
|----------------------|------------------------|
| 2015-16              | 7,108                  |
| 2016-17              | 6,015                  |
| 2017-18              | 3,736                  |
| 2018-19 (28.04.2018) | 1,515                  |
| Total                | 18,374                 |

No  village  was  reported  un-electrified  in  Gujarat.    The  State-wise details are given at Annexure.

As reported by the States, all  the  inhabited  census  villages  across the country stand electrified on 28.04.2018.

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ANNEXURE ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2573 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 02.08.2018.

*************** Status of villages Electrification in the Country

| Sl. No.          | State             | No. Of un- electrified Villages reported by the States as on 01.04.2015   | No. of un- electrified villages subsequently reported by the States   | Total Un- electrified villages   | Villages found un- inhabited/per manent grazing reserve   | Total No. of Villages Electrified   |
|------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1                | 2                 | 3                                                                         | 4                                                                     | 5 = (3)+(4)                      | 6                                                         | 7 = (5)-(6)                         |
| 1                | Arunachal Pradesh | 1578                                                                      | 77                                                                    | 1655                             | 172                                                       | 1483                                |
| 2                | Assam             | 2892                                                                      |                                                                       | 2892                             | 160                                                       | 2732                                |
| 3                | Bihar             | 2747                                                                      | 267                                                                   | 3014                             | 108                                                       | 2906                                |
| 4                | Chhattisgarh      | 1080                                                                      |                                                                       | 1080                             | 2                                                         | 1078                                |
| 5                | Himachal Pradesh  | 35                                                                        |                                                                       | 35                               | 7                                                         | 28                                  |
| 6                | J&K               | 134                                                                       |                                                                       | 134                              | 5                                                         | 129                                 |
| 7                | Jharkhand         | 2525                                                                      | 120                                                                   | 2645                             | 62                                                        | 2583                                |
| 8                | Karnataka         | 39                                                                        |                                                                       | 39                               |                                                           | 39                                  |
| 9                | Madhya Pradesh    | 472                                                                       |                                                                       | 472                              | 50                                                        | 422                                 |
| 10               | Maharashtra       |                                                                           | 88                                                                    | 88                               | 8                                                         | 80                                  |
| 11               | Manipur           | 276                                                                       | 95                                                                    | 371                              | 5                                                         | 366                                 |
| 12               | Meghalaya         | 912                                                                       | 154                                                                   | 1066                             | 15                                                        | 1051                                |
| 13               | Mizoram           | 58                                                                        |                                                                       | 58                               | 4                                                         | 54                                  |
| 14               | Nagaland          | 82                                                                        |                                                                       | 82                               | 4                                                         | 78                                  |
| 15               | Odisha            | 3474                                                                      | 386                                                                   | 3860                             | 579                                                       | 3281                                |
| 16 Rajasthan     | 495               |                                                                           |                                                                       | 495                              | 68                                                        | 427                                 |
| 17               | Tripura           | 26                                                                        |                                                                       | 26                               |                                                           | 26                                  |
| 18 Uttar Pradesh | 1529              |                                                                           | 22                                                                    | 1551                             | 53                                                        | 1498                                |
| 19 Uttarakhand   | 76                |                                                                           | 18                                                                    | 94                               | 3                                                         | 91                                  |
| 20               | West Bengal       | 22                                                                        |                                                                       | 22                               |                                                           | 22                                  |
|                  | Total             | 18452                                                                     | 1227                                                                  | 19679                            | 1305                                                      | 18374                               |

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