Lok Sabha Question No. 30 (STARRED), answered on 2018-02-05
Subject: Electrification of Schools
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: YERRAM VENKATA SUBBAREDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 30 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 TH  FEBRUARY, 2018

## Electrification of Schools

## *30. SHRI Y.V. SUBBA REDDY:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  nearly  40%  of  the  schools  in  the  country  do  not  have electricity and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  provide  any  assistance  to  the  States  under  Sarva  Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) for electrification in schools; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof along with the number of schools electrified during the last three years, year-wise and State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

- (a) to (c) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION  NO.  30  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  5 TH FEBRUARY  2018  ASKED  BY  SHRI  Y.V. SUBBA REDDY REGARDING ELECTRIFICATION OF SCHOOLS

(a) As per Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE), 2015-16, 61.67% elementary schools are having electricity connection; and 89.65% secondary schools and 92.88% higher secondary schools have electricity. State/UT-wise details of schools having electricity connection are at Annexure-I.

(b) and (c) Under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) scheme, the Central Government supports States and Union Territories for creation and augmentation of infrastructure facilities including internal electrification of elementary schools, based on the gap determined by UDISE and proposals received from respective State/UT, according to the Budgetary provision available for the scheme. Since the inception of SSA  in  2001,  1,87,301  elementary  schools  have  been  provided  internal  electrification  till  September, 2017. State/UT-wise number of schools electrified under SSA during last three years is at Annexure-II.

Infrastructure facilities in schools are also provided in  convergence  with  other  schemes/ programmes  of  other  Ministries/Departments  in  Central  Government/State  Government.    Ministry  of Power has intimated that under Deendayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana, access to electricity is provided in villages/rural areas. Accordingly, the schools that require electricity service connection may approach to  the  State  Power  Utility  and  the  electricity  service  connections  are  effected  by  the  concerned  States Power Utility as per the extant rules.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION  NO.  30  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  5 TH FEBRUARY  2018  ASKED  BY  SHRI  Y.V. SUBBA REDDY REGARDING ELECTRIFICATION OF SCHOOLS

Statement showing State/UT-wise percentage of schools having electricity connection

Source: UDISE, 2015-16

| Sl. No.   | State/UTs                |   Percentage Elementary schools having electricity connection |   Percentage Secondary schools with electricity |   Percentage Higher Secondary Schools with electricity |
|-----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | ANDAMAN &NICOBAR ISLANDS |                                                         90    |                                          100    |                                                 100    |
| 2         | ANDHRA PRADESH           |                                                         93.42 |                                           97.43 |                                                  95.71 |
| 3         | ARUNACHAL PRADESH        |                                                         39.01 |                                           87.95 |                                                  96.13 |
| 4         | ASSAM                    |                                                         22.23 |                                           73.84 |                                                  86.8  |
| 5         | BIHAR                    |                                                         36.74 |                                           57.61 |                                                  65.03 |
| 6         | CHANDIGARH               |                                                        100    |                                          100    |                                                 100    |
| 7         | CHHATTISGARH             |                                                         71.79 |                                           89.01 |                                                  94.55 |
| 8         | DADRA &NAGARHAVELI       |                                                        100    |                                          100    |                                                 100    |
| 9         | DAMAN &DIU               |                                                        100    |                                          100    |                                                 100    |
| 10        | DELHI                    |                                                        100    |                                          100    |                                                 100    |
| 11        | GOA                      |                                                         99.86 |                                          100    |                                                 100    |
| 12        | GUJARAT                  |                                                         99.7  |                                           99.91 |                                                 100    |
| 13        | HARYANA                  |                                                         98.99 |                                           99.82 |                                                  99.81 |
| 14        | HIMACHAL PRADESH         |                                                         96.23 |                                           99.66 |                                                  99.82 |
| 15        | JAMMU &KASHMIR           |                                                         29.91 |                                           82.86 |                                                  94.82 |
| 16        | JHARKHAND                |                                                         18.38 |                                           56.5  |                                                  77.3  |
| 17        | KARNATAKA                |                                                         98.02 |                                           99.99 |                                                  95.68 |
| 18        | KERALA                   |                                                         97.36 |                                           99.48 |                                                  99.69 |
| 19        | LAKSHADWEEP              |                                                        100    |                                          100    |                                                 100    |
| 20        | MADHYAPRADESH            |                                                         26.66 |                                           79.41 |                                                  87.88 |
| 21        | MAHARASHTRA              |                                                         93.8  |                                           97.1  |                                                  98.35 |
| 22        | MANIPUR                  |                                                         38.25 |                                           86.08 |                                                  97.62 |
| 23        | MEGHALAYA                |                                                         24.55 |                                           73.39 |                                                  93.33 |
| 24        | MIZORAM                  |                                                         73.44 |                                           89.92 |                                                  94.93 |
| 25        | NAGALAND                 |                                                         51.23 |                                           87.97 |                                                  96.57 |
| 26        | ODISHA                   |                                                         32.07 |                                           70.09 |                                                  87.22 |
| 27        | PUDUCHERRY               |                                                        100    |                                          100    |                                                 100    |
| 28        | PUNJAB                   |                                                         99.94 |                                           99.98 |                                                  99.98 |
| 29        | RAJASTHAN                |                                                         56.49 |                                           91.3  |                                                  93.17 |
| 30        | SIKKIM                   |                                                         83.97 |                                          100    |                                                 100    |
| 31        | TAMIL NADU               |                                                         99.05 |                                           99.92 |                                                  99.91 |
| 32        | TELANGANA                |                                                         91.47 |                                           97.38 |                                                  93.48 |
| 33        | TRIPURA                  |                                                         29.77 |                                           85.6  |                                                  98.54 |
| 34        | UTTAR PRADESH            |                                                         53.32 |                                           79.47 |                                                  83.25 |
| 35        | UTTARAKHAND              |                                                         78.75 |                                           91.76 |                                                  96.44 |
| 36        | WEST BENGAL              |                                                         74.88 |                                           97.28 |                                                  98.42 |
| India     | All                      |                                                         61.67 |                                           89.65 |                                                  92.88 |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (b) AND (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION  NO.  30  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  5 TH FEBRUARY  2018  ASKED  BY  SHRI  Y.V. SUBBA REDDY REGARDING ELECTRIFICATION OF SCHOOLS

Statement showing details of State/UT-wise and year-wise number of schools electrified under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan during last three years

| SL. No   | State                    | Number of schools electrified during last three years   | Number of schools electrified during last three years   | Number of schools electrified during last three years   |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
| SL. No   | State                    | 2014-15                                                 | 2015-16                                                 | 2016-17                                                 |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh           | 0                                                       | 223                                                     | 1168                                                    |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh        | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 0                                                       |
| 3        | Assam                    | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 0                                                       |
| 4        | Bihar                    | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 0                                                       |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh             | 1294                                                    | 804                                                     | 105                                                     |
| 6        | Goa                      | 11                                                      | 42                                                      | 0                                                       |
| 7        | Gujarat                  | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 0                                                       |
| 8        | Haryana                  | 19                                                      | 0                                                       | 0                                                       |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh         | 180                                                     | 241                                                     | 68                                                      |
| 10       | Jammu &Kashmir           | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 0                                                       |
| 11       | Jharkhand                | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 0                                                       |
| 12       | Karnataka                | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 0                                                       |
| 13       | Kerala                   | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 0                                                       |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh           | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 0                                                       |
| 15       | Maharashtra              | 2223                                                    | 316                                                     | 112                                                     |
| 16       | Manipur                  | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 0                                                       |
| 17       | Meghalaya                | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 0                                                       |
| 18       | Mizoram                  | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 0                                                       |
| 19       | Nagaland                 | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 0                                                       |
| 20       | Odisha                   | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 0                                                       |
| 21       | Punjab                   | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 0                                                       |
| 22       | Rajasthan                | 856                                                     | 0                                                       | 0                                                       |
| 23       | Sikkim                   | 89                                                      | 0                                                       | 0                                                       |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu               | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 0                                                       |
| 25       | Telangana                | 224                                                     | 0                                                       | 0                                                       |
| 26       | Tripura                  | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 0                                                       |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh            | 808                                                     | 0                                                       | 0                                                       |
| 28       | Uttarakhand              | 5796                                                    | 370                                                     | 0                                                       |
| 29       | West Bengal              | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 0                                                       |
| 30       | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 0                                                       |
| 31       | Chandigarh               | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 0                                                       |
| 32       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 0                                                       |
| 33       | Daman &Diu               | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 0                                                       |
| 34       | Delhi                    | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 0                                                       |
| 35       | Lakshadweep              | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 0                                                       |
| 36       | Puducherry               | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 0                                                       |
|          | Total SSA                | 11500                                                   | 1996                                                    | 1453                                                    |

Source: Quarterly Progress Reports furnished by States and UTs.