Lok Sabha Question No. 336 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-17
Subject: DDG under DDUGJY
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: KAVITHA KALVAKUNTLA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.336 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.11.2016

DDG under DDUGJY

## 336.   SHRIMATI KAVITHA KALVAKUNTLA:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is implementing Decentralized Distributed Generation  (DDG)  under  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti  Yojana  (DDUGJY) through  Rural  Electrification  Corporation  to  provide  access  to  electricity  to  unelectrified villages/habitations where grid connectivity is either not feasible or not cost effective, if so, the details thereof; and
- (b) the number of habitations which have been under the project and the total allocations made for them, State/UT-wise?

## 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) : Decentralized Distributed Generation (DDG) under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram  Jyoti  Yojana  (DDUGJY)  is  for  providing  electricity  access  to  the  un-electrified villages/habitations where grid connectivity is either not feasible or not cost effective. DDG can be from sources such as biomass, biofuels, biogas, Mini hydro, solar etc.

As on date, 4604 DDG projects at a total project cost of Rs.1470.64 crore have  been  sanctioned,  covering  4745  villages/hamlets  in  various  states  across  the country.  Out of 4,604 DDG projects, 2,224 projects are based on standalone systems and balance are mini/micro grids. 518 mini/micro grids have already been commissioned in Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

The State/UT-wise number of habitations sanctioned under DDG along with project  cost  are given at Annexure.

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ANNEXURE ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 336 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 17.11.2016. *********** Sanctioned DDG projects  : State-wise

| S. No   | State             |   Villages/Hamlets covered |   Project cost (Rs. in lakh) |
|---------|-------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    |                        427 |                      8788.1  |
| 2       | Assam             |                        521 |                     26670.8  |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh |                       1176 |                     15173    |
| 4       | Bihar             |                        175 |                      3784.64 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      |                        640 |                     30161    |
| 6       | Jharkhand         |                        522 |                     20992.9  |
| 7       | Karnataka         |                        238 |                      4797.62 |
| 8       | Kerala            |                         15 |                       531.83 |
| 9       | Madhya Pradesh    |                        333 |                     10504.6  |
| 10      | Meghalaya         |                        212 |                      4278.4  |
| 11      | Odisha            |                        279 |                      9701.69 |
| 12      | Rajasthan         |                         42 |                      1891.11 |
| 13      | Telangana         |                         39 |                       925.88 |
| 14      | Uttar Pradesh     |                        103 |                      8026    |
| 15      | Uttarakhand       |                         23 |                       836.76 |
| TOTAL   | TOTAL             |                       4745 |                    147064    |

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