Lok Sabha Question No. 1727 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-28
Subject: DDUGJY in Assam
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: NABA KUMAR SARANIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1727 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.12.2017

## DDUGJY IN ASSAM

†1727.  SHRI NABA KUMAR SARANIA:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the facilities  provided  to  the  people  under  Deen  Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY); and
- (b) the number of persons benefited under the Yojana in Assam, district-wise?

## A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  R. K. SINGH )

(a) : Government of India  launched the 'Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana' (DDUGJY) in December, 2014 for various rural electrification works including separation of agriculture and non-agriculture feeders, strengthening and augmentation of sub-transmission & distribution infrastructure, metering at distribution  transformers/feeders/consumers  and  electrification  of  villages.  Major items  of  works  sanctioned  under  DDUGJY  new  projects  as  on  30.11.2017  include Augmentation  of  2181  sub-stations  and  creation  of  1825  Sub-stations;  3,84,553 Distribution  Transformers  (DTR);  2,64,300  circuit  kilometers  (cKm)  of  11  KV  line (including 1,56,493.20 cKm of feeder segregation);  1,22,078.66 cKm of Low Tension (LT)  Line;  25,120.20  cKm  of  33  &  66  KV  lines;  1,51,60,243  energy  meters  for consumers;  3,77,120  energy  meters  for  DTR  and  29,287  energy  meters  for  11  KV Feeder.

(b) : Rural Electrification works under DDUGJY benefits all the residents of the area.  As reported by the State of Assam, free electricity connections to 14.05 lakh BPL households have been released under DDUGJY in Assam, as on 30.11.2017. The district-wise details are given at Annexure.

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ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY TO PART (b)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  1727 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 28.12.2017. ***********

District-wise number of BPL connections released under DDUGJY in Assam

BPL connections

| Sr. No.   | Districts     | BPL connections (as on 30.11.2017)   |
|-----------|---------------|--------------------------------------|
| 1         | Baksa         | 19,389                               |
| 2         | Barpeta       | 1,10,869                             |
| 3         | Bongaigaon    | 68,594                               |
| 4         | Cachar        | 50,172                               |
| 5         | Chirang       | 9,579                                |
| 6         | Darrang       | 80,652                               |
| 7         | Dhemaji       | 33,836                               |
| 8         | Dhubri        | 1,03,643                             |
| 9         | Dibrugarh     | 18,571                               |
| 10        | Dima Hasao    | 6,382                                |
| 11        | Goalpara      | 31,025                               |
| 12        | Golaghat      | 69,034                               |
| 13        | Hailakandi    | 12,233                               |
| 14        | Jorhat        | 60,529                               |
| 15        | Kamrup        | 84,622                               |
| 16        | Karbi Anglong | 42,527                               |
| 17        | Karimganj     | 34,435                               |
| 18        | Kokrajhar     | 27,000                               |
| 19        | Lakhimpur     | 52,100                               |
| 20        | Morigaon      | 50,668                               |
| 21        | Nagaon        | 1,42,058                             |
| 22        | Nalbari       | 95,741                               |
| 23        | Sivasagar     | 35,207                               |
| 24        | Sonitpur      | 70,771                               |
| 25        | Tinsukia      | 93,673                               |
| 26        | Udalguri      | 1,200                                |
| Total     | Total         | 14,04,510                            |

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