Lok Sabha Question No. 2946 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-04
Subject: Access to Power in Rural, Tribal and Hilly Areas
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: SUSHMITA DEV, JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2946 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.01.2018

## ACCESS TO POWER IN RURAL, TRIBAL AND HILLY AREAS

2946.  KUMARI SUSHMITA DEV: SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Union  Government  has  recently  launched  a  scheme  called 'Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana or Saubhagya' to provide electricity to all households which are without power connection;
- (b) if  so,  the  number  of  families  in  rural,  tribal  and  hilly  areas  across  the country which did not have access to power as on 30 November, 2017;
- (c) the number of families in rural, tribal and hilly areas in the country which were provided electricity in the past three years, year-wise and State-wise; and
- (d) whether the targets of providing electricity in rural, tribal and in hilly areas in various States across the country was achieved during the last three years and if so, the extent thereof?

## 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  have  launched  Pradhan  Mantri  Sahaj  Bijli  Har Ghar Yojana (Saubhagya) in September, 2017 with an outlay of Rs.16,320 crore. The objective of the scheme is to provide last mile connectivity and electricity connections to all remaining un-electrified households in rural including tribal and hilly area.
- (b) : Based  on  the  information  furnished  by  the  States as on  30 th November, 2017, there were total 17.98 crore rural households in the country; of these 13.92 crore households have been electrified including tribal and hilly areas across the country.
- (c) & (d): Government  of  India  has  launched  in  2014  a  joint  initiative  with States  for  24x7  'Power  for  All'.    The  state-wise  targets  set  for  household electrification under 24x7 Power for All initiative is at Annexure-I.   Based on the inputs  received  from  States/Union  Territories,  data  on  state-wise  domestic connections  are  compiled  and  released  by  Central  Electricity  Authority  (CEA), which  is  published  with  a  time  lag  of  little  more  than  a  year.      Connections released during 2014-15 and 2015-16 is at Annexure-II.

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ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (c)  &  (d)  OF  UNSTARRED

QUESTION NO.2946 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 04.01.2018.

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State-wise targets for household electrification as per 24x7 Power For All (PFA) documents

| Sl. No.                | State/UTs          | Date of Signing   | Year 1   | Year 2   | Year 3   |
|------------------------|--------------------|-------------------|----------|----------|----------|
| 1 ANDAMAN &            | NICOBAR 10-08-2016 | 2209              |          | 2209     | 2209     |
| 2                      | ANDHRA PRADESH     | 16-09-2014        | 137337   | 223125   | 223125   |
| 3                      | ARUNACHAL PRADESH  | 16-06-2016        | 14430    | 14430    | -        |
| 4                      | ASSAM              | 12-10-2015        | 415934   | 476975   | 545420   |
| 5                      | BIHAR              | 11-12-2015        | 4321130  | 4331187  | 4205104  |
| 6                      | CHHATTISGARH       | 10-08-2016        | 262671   | 339831   | 385803   |
| 7 DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI | 12-10-2015         |                   | 2861     | 2861     | 2861     |
| 8                      | GOA                | 10-09-2015        | -        | 2011     | 3017     |
| 9 GUJARAT              | 13-02-2016         |                   | 339155   | 688875   | 1049526  |
| 10 HARYANA             |                    | 11-01-2016        | 71300    | 71300    | 71300    |
| 11 HIMACHAL PRADESH    | 12-04-2016         | -                 |          | -        | 14088    |
| 12 JAMMU &             | KASHMIR 16-06-2016 | -                 |          | -        | 356000   |
| 13 JHARKHAND           | 12-10-2015         | 288766            |          | 1249154  | 1000212  |
| 14 KARNATAKA           | 13-02-2016         | 317732            |          | 535767   | 398473   |
| 15 KERALA              | 13-02-2016         | 240511            |          | 240511   | -        |
| 16 MADHYA              | PRADESH 12-04-2016 |                   | 528620   | 1057241  | 1585861  |
| 17                     | MAHARASHTRA        | 13-02-2016        | 454722   | 378377   | 374000   |
| 18 MANIPUR             | 10-08-2016         |                   | 41277    | 68728    | 39554    |
| 19                     | MEGHALAYA          | 10-09-2015        | -        | 46822    | 93645    |
| 20                     | MIZORAM            | 16-06-2016        | 6279     | 14000    | 1728     |
| 21                     | NAGALAND           | 12-04-2016        | 61350    | 58905    | 20794    |
| 22                     | ODISHA             | 13-02-2016        | 530508   | 1476669  | 1784684  |
| 23                     | PUDUCHERRY         | 10-08-2016        | 2384     | 5564     | -        |
| 24                     | RAJASTHAN          | 13-12-2014        | 450000   | 600000   | 650000   |
| 25                     | SIKKIM             | 13-02-2016        | 2498     | 5913     | 7944     |
| 26                     | TELANGANA          | 11-12-2015        | -        | 159318   | 303635   |
| 27                     | TRIPURA            | 10-08-2016        | -        | 21371    | 62517    |
| 28                     | UTTAR PRADESH      | 14-04-2017        | 5537964  | 7158771  | -        |
| 29                     | UTTARAKHAND        | 10-09-2015        | 20081    | 35143    | 45183    |
| 30                     | WEST BENGAL        | 10-08-2016        | 2047659  | 2267659  | 413769   |

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## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (c)  &  (d)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2946 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 04.01.2018.

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## State-wise number of Domestic Connections released  during 2014-15 and 2015-16 (Source : Central Electricity Authority)

| State/UTs         | Domestic Connections Released During   | Domestic Connections Released During   |
|-------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|                   | 2014-15                                | 2015-16                                |
| A. & N. Islands   | 2209                                   | *                                      |
| Andhra Pradesh    | (-)3592537 $                           | 576202                                 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | *                                      | *                                      |
| Assam             | 351493                                 | 281217                                 |
| Bihar             | *                                      | *                                      |
| Chandigarh        | 13280                                  | 1598                                   |
| Chhattisgarh      | 198019                                 | 169643                                 |
| D. & N. Haveli    | (-)10285 #                             | 15246                                  |
| Daman & Diu       | 1336                                   | 1122                                   |
| Delhi             | 179805                                 | 245536                                 |
| Goa               | 36374                                  | (-)16061 #                             |
| Gujarat           | 360624                                 | 339053                                 |
| Haryana           | 105883                                 | 343405                                 |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 46608                                  | 46007                                  |
| Jammu & Kashmir   | 71136                                  | *                                      |
| Jharkhand         | 89759                                  | 191366                                 |
| Karnataka         | 103932                                 | 1320785                                |
| Kerala            | 187860                                 | 137512                                 |
| Lakshadweep       | 610                                    | 1164                                   |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 349622                                 | 364071                                 |
| Maharashtra       | 724779                                 | 714825                                 |
| Manipur           | 41649                                  | 36636                                  |
| Meghalaya         | 3744                                   | 27462                                  |
| Mizoram           | 5243                                   | 6668                                   |
| Nagaland          | 29019                                  | *                                      |
| Odisha            | 514399                                 | 381576                                 |
| Puducherry        | 14297                                  | 7697                                   |
| Punjab            | 186184                                 | 200799                                 |
| Rajasthan         | 507944                                 | 677558                                 |
| Sikkim(R)         | *                                      | *                                      |
| Tamil Nadu        | 1623802                                | 1286753                                |
| Telangana         | 9013895 $                              | (-)54791 #                             |
| Tripura           | 30170                                  | *                                      |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 2012952                                | *                                      |
| Uttarakhand       | 728727                                 | 90475                                  |
| West Bengal       | 1276187                                | 1211951                                |

Note-:  *  Information not furnished by the State utilities.

- #  In some cases no. of consumers have gone down over previous year due to reconciliation of data by the state(s).
- $   Bifurcation of States (Andhra Pradesh and Telangana) and reconciliation of data by States

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