Lok Sabha Question No. 141 (STARRED), answered on 2017-12-28
Subject: Electrification of Villages
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: BHAVANA GAWALI (PATIL)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.141 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.12.2017

## ELECTRIFICATION OF VILLAGES

†*141.  SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI PATIL:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the electrification of villages carried out during each of the last three years, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the  details  of  the  estimated  requirement  of  electricity  in  the country and the quantum of electricity available at present; and
- (c) the details of the assessment made by the Government on the loss  of  electricity  during  transmission  and  distribution  in  terms  of quantity and revenue in order to address the issue?

## A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  R. K. SINGH )

(a) to (c) :  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF STARRED QUESTION NO.141 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 28.12.2017 REGARDING ELECTRIFICATION OF VILLAGES.

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(a) : As reported by the States, 14,528 villages have been electrified during the last three years i.e. from 2014-15, 2015-16 & 201617. The State-wise details are given at Annexure.

(b) : As  per  19th   Electric  Power  Survey  report  brought  out  by Central Electricity Authority, the required capacity is estimated  at 1,76,897 MW whereas the installed capacity in the country is 330.0 GW as on 30.11.2017.

(c) : Some Transmission & Distribution  (T&D) losses  are inherent in the  system.  These are termed technical losses.  As per a study, the technical  losses    range  approximately  from  2.62%  to  7.71%.    Additional losses are caused by theft.  At all India level, energy loss in T&D for the year  2015-16  was  240864.31  Million  Units  (21.81%).    As  per  estimates, reduction of 1% in T&D losses results in a saving of Rs.4146.60 crore in terms of power purchase cost.

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ANNEXURE ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  PART  (a)  OF  THE  STATEMENT  LAID  IN REPLY TO STARRED QUESTION NO. 141 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON   28.12.2017 REGARDING ELECTRIFICATION OF VILLAGES. ***********

State-wise number of census villages electrified under DDUGJY during the last three years

| Sr. No.   | State             |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Arunachal Pradesh |       107 |       174 |       175 |
| 2         | Assam             |       190 |       942 |      1218 |
| 3         | Bihar             |       341 |      1754 |       556 |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh      |        67 |       405 |       294 |
| 5         | Himachal Pradesh  |         6 |         1 |        27 |
| 6         | J & K             |         9 |        27 |         5 |
| 7         | Jharkhand         |       161 |       750 |      1104 |
| 8         | Karnataka         |         0 |         0 |        14 |
| 9         | Madhya Pradesh    |        86 |       214 |       159 |
| 10        | Manipur           |       192 |        75 |       121 |
| 11        | Meghalaya         |        43 |         1 |       681 |
| 12        | Mizoram           |        47 |        16 |        24 |
| 13        | Nagaland          |        10 |         0 |        76 |
| 14        | Odisha            |        13 |      1264 |      1092 |
| 15        | Rajasthan         |        70 |       163 |       263 |
| 16        | Tripura           |         0 |         9 |        17 |
| 17        | Uttar Pradesh     |        59 |      1305 |       162 |
| 18        | Uttarakhand       |         4 |         0 |        18 |
| 19        | West Bengal       |         0 |         8 |         9 |
| Total     | Total             |      1405 |      7108 |      6015 |

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