Lok Sabha Question No. 3641 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-23
Subject: Assistance under DDUGJY
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: GAURAV GOGOI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3641 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2017

## ASSISTANCE UNDER DDUGJY

3641.  SHRI GAURAV GOGOI:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) whether  any  assistance  is  provided  by  the  Government  for  new  lines  and  substations in rural areas under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY);

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether  power  is  transferred  to  rural  households  and  agriculture  in  the  villages electrified under DDUGJY and if so, the details thereof; and

(d) the  quantum  of  AT  &  C  losses  during  the  last  one  year,  State/UT-wise  and  the corrective steps being taken thereon?

A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL )

(a) & (b) : Government  of  India  (GoI)  has  launched  Deendayal  Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti Yojana  (DDUGJY)  in  the  country  in  December,  2014  with  an  outlay  of  Rs.43,033  crore. Under  the  scheme,  Rs.9601.87  crore  has  been  sanctioned  for  system  strengthening  in rural areas, which includes installation of new lines and sub-stations.

(c) : GoI helps in developing infrastructure for supply of power to households and agriculture.  However, supply of power is the responsibility of State/DISCOMs.

(d) : As  per  Power  Finance  Corporation  (PFC)  Ltd.    'Report  on  Performance  of State  Power  Utilities',  overall  Aggregate  Technical  &  Commercial  (AT&C)  losses  for utilities selling power directly to consumers for the year 2014-15 is 24.62%.   The statewise details of AT&C loss of States are given in Annexure.

Further, GoI has launched UDAY (Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana) on 20 th November, 2015 to improve financial and operational efficiencies of Power Distribution Companies (DISCOMs). The Scheme aims to bring AT&C losses to 15% by FY 2018-19.

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## ANNEX

## ANNEX REFERRED TO IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  OF  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO. 3641 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 23.03.2017. ***********

## AT&C loss of States (in %)

| State             |   2014-15 |
|-------------------|-----------|
| Bihar             |     43.99 |
| Jharkhand         |     47.01 |
| Sikkim            |     42.37 |
| West Bengal       |     35.35 |
| Odisha            |     39.28 |
| Arunachal Pradesh |     67.83 |
| Assam             |     26    |
| Manipur           |     49.62 |
| Meghalaya         |     34.69 |
| Mizoram           |     33.51 |
| Nagaland          |     78.48 |
| Tripura           |     38.02 |
| Delhi             |     12.9  |
| Haryana           |     32.52 |
| Himachal Pradesh  |     15.21 |
| Jammu & Kashmir   |     59.04 |
| Punjab            |     17.56 |
| Rajasthan         |     29.28 |
| Uttar Pradesh     |     33.82 |
| Uttarakhand       |     18.82 |
| Andhra Pradesh    |     10.55 |
| Karnataka         |     18.71 |
| Kerala            |     17.64 |
| Puducherry        |     16.64 |
| Tamil Nadu        |     24.74 |
| Telangana         |     13.23 |
| Chhattisgarh      |     27.84 |
| Goa               |     13.31 |
| Gujarat           |     16.06 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |     30.26 |
| Maharashtra       |     19.75 |
| National Level    |     24.62 |

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