Lok Sabha Question No. 3704 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-09
Subject: Uninterrupted Power Supply
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: PR. SENTHILNATHAN, KRISHNAN NARAYANASAMY RAMACHANDRAN, R.K. BHARATHI MOHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3704 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.08.2018

UNINTERRUPTED POWER SUPPLY

3704.   SHRI PR. SENTHIL NATHAN: SHRI K.N. RAMACHANDRAN:

SHRI BHARATHI MOHAN R.K.:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has empowered the State Electricity Boards and  Private  Discoms  to  provide  uninterrupted  power  supply  to  essential establishments like hospitals, vital institutions, police establishments etc.;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to facilitate Tamil Nadu to meet its huge power requirements; and
- (d) the  details  of  amount  allocated  for  the  same  during  the  last  three years?

## A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  R. K. SINGH )

(a) & (b) : Electricity is a concurrent subject and distribution of electricity is done by Power Distribution Companies/State Energy Departments. Distribution licenses are issued by the respective State Electricity Regulatory Commissions.  The States/Discoms are expected to provide power supply to all consumers including essential establishments like hospitals, vital institutions,  police  establishments  etc.  Government  of  India  is  supporting State Governments to ensure uninterrupted electricity supply through various schemes  including  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti  Yojana  (DDUGJY), Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS) and Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (Saubhagya).

(c) & (d) : As per the information furnished by the Government of Tamil Nadu, the average power demand of Tamil Nadu is around 14,800 MW to 15,300 MW and peak  demand  is  15,440  MW.  The  installed  capacity  of  Tamil  Nadu  as  on 30.06.2018,  is  18747  MW  of  conventional  Energy  sources  and  11,411  MW  of Renewable Energy sources. The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation  have  reported  that  they  are  supplying  uninterrupted  power  to  all consumers.    Government  of  India  is  supporting  the  States  in  augmenting  and strengthening  of  the  intra  state  transmission  and  distribution  network  through various schemes including Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), Integrated  Power  Development  Scheme  (IPDS)  for  better  power  supply  to  the consumers.  Projects  worth  Rs.1306.77  crore  including  Rural  Electrification  (RE) component have been sanctioned to Tamil Nadu under DDUGJY. Projects worth Rs.5,411.72  crore  have  been  sanctioned  to  Tamil  Nadu  under  IPDS  including  RAPDRP. The fund is released based on milestones of progress. The fund released to Tamil Nadu during the last three years is given below:

(Rs. in crore)

| Financial year   | 2015-16   |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   Total |
|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
| DDUGJY           | 77.07     |    110.34 |      1.86 |  189.27 |
| IPDS             | Nil       |    216.05 |    282.5  |  498.55 |

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