Lok Sabha Question No. 2251 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-08
Subject: SAUBHAGYA
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: KAVITHA KALVAKUNTLA, DILIP KUMAR MANSUKHLAL GANDHI, RAJESH KUMAR DIWAKAR, RANGASWAMY DHRUVANARAYANA, SANTOSH AHLAWAT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2251 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.03.2018

## SAUBHAGYA

2251. SHRIMATI KAVITHA KALVAKUNTLA: SHRI DILIPKUMAR MANSUKHLAL GANDHI: SHRI RAJESH KUMAR DIWAKER: SHRI R. DHRUVA NARAYANA: SHRIMATI SANTOSH AHLAWAT:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the  aims and objectives of Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (SAUBHAGYA);
- (b) whether the Government has fixed any dateline for the completion of the scheme, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) the names of the States with whom agreements have been signed under the scheme;
- (d) the names of the States which have forwarded proposals/project reports as of now under the Scheme;
- (e) the  type  of  assistance  being  provided  by  the  Union  Government  to achieve the aims of the scheme;
- (f) whether his Ministry has entrusted the Department of Posts to conduct a survey  of  unelectrified  households  in  selected  States  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (g) the  budgetary  outlay  for  'SAUBHAGYA'  scheme  for  the  upcoming financial year 2018-19; and
- (h) the  quantum  of  funds  allocated  to  each  State  under  the  scheme SAUBHAGYA and the funds released so far, State/ UT wise?

## A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  R. K. SINGH )

(a) & (b): Government of India has launched Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana -'Saubhagya' with an outlay of Rs.16,320 crore including a Gross Budgetary Support  (GBS)  of  Rs.12,320  crore  from Government  of  India with the  objective  to

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achieve universal household electrification by providing last mile connectivity and electricity connections to all households in rural and all poor households in urban areas. All remaining un-electrified households are targeted for electrification by 31 st  March, 2019.

(c) & (d) : So  far,  22  States  namely,  Arunachal  Pradesh,  Assam,  Bihar, Chhattisgarh,  Gujarat,  Jammu  &  Kashmir,  Jharkhand,  Himachal  Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Rajasthan, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and  West  Bengal  have  submitted  their  'Letter  of  Intent'  for  electrification  of remaining un-electrified households under Saubhagya.

(e) : Under Saubhagya, Government of India provides budgetary support towards 60% (85% for special category states) of the project cost. However, an additional  budgetary  support  of  15%  (5%  for  special  category  states)  will  be released  subject  to  achievement  of  100%  household  electrification  of  all willing households by 31 st  December 2018.

(f) : Ministry of Power has taken the help of Department of Posts for survey  of  un-electrified  households  in  five  States  viz.  Assam,  Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha.

(g) & (h) : For the year 2018-19, a budgetary provision of Rs.3,700 crore for electrification  work  under  Saubhagya  has  been  made.  In  addition  to  this, Government has made a provision of Rs.15,000 crore through Extra Budgetary Resource  (EBR)  for  Deendayal  Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti  Yojana  (DDUGJY)  and Saubhagya.

Allocation  of  funds  would  be  made  based  on  number  of  unelectrified households sanctioned under projects.  So far, adhoc advance under the scheme has been released to 5 States viz; Chhattisgarh (Rs.26.64 crore); Uttar Pradesh (Rs.327.08 crore); Jharkhand (Rs.69.70 crore); Kerala (Rs.10.80 crore); and Madhya Pradesh (Rs.32.64 crore); as on 28.02.2018.

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