Lok Sabha Question No. 2043 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-27
Subject: Electrification of Villages
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: PANKAJ CHOWDHARY, ANJU BALA, VISHNU DAYAL RAM, HEMAMALINI, SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH, R. GOPALAKRISHNAN, AJAY (TENI) MISRA, ELUMALAI VELLAIGOUNDER, SHYAMA CHARAN GUPTA, INNOCENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2043 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.07.2017

## ELECTRIFICATION OF VILLAGES

†2043. SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY: SHRIMATI ANJU BALA: SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM: SHRIMATI HEMA MALINI: SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH: SHRI R. GOPALAKRISHNAN: SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI: SHRI V. ELUMALAI: SHRI SHYAMA CHARAN GUPTA: SHRI INNOCENT:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) whether  there  has  been  a  remarkable  progress  in  electrification  of  rural areas in the country during the last three years;

(b) the  number  of  villages  electrified  in  the  country  and  the  number  of  them still  to  be  electrified  and  the  time  by  which  all  the  villages  are  proposed  to  be electrified in the country, State-wise;

(c) whether some States are lagging behind in implementation of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana, if so, the details thereof including the targets set and achieved in terms of electrification of villages and electricity connection to BPL families along with reasons for not achieving the targets, State/UT-wise;

(d) the details  of  proposals  received  from  State  Governments  during Twelfth Plan Period and the decisions taken by the Union Government thereon, State/ UTwise;

(e) whether such complaints have been received by the Government wherein villages have been shown as electrified but actually those villages have not been electrified or the work of electrification is incomplete and if so, the action taken by the Government thereon; and

(f) the  details  of  the  transformers  installed  in  various  States  including  Uttar Pradesh to provide electricity connectivity to the left out villages/areas during the last three years and the current year, 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) : Progress  of  rural  electrification  under  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti Yojana

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## (DDUGJY) in the country during the last three years, is as under:

|   Sl. No. | Year    | Un-electrified villages electrified   | Free electricity connections to BPL households (in lakh)   |
|-----------|---------|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | 2014-15 | 1,405                                 | 7.59                                                       |
|         2 | 2015-16 | 7,108                                 | 14,39                                                      |
|         3 | 2016-17 | 6,015                                 | 22.42                                                      |

(b) : As  reported  by  the  States,  there  were  18,452  un-electrified  census villages  in  the  country  on  01.04.2015;  of  these,  13,872  villages  have  been electrified  and  962  villages  were  found  un-inhabited  up  to  30.06.2017.  The remaining villages are targeted for electrification by 1 st  May, 2018. The State-wise details are at Annexure-I.

(c) : Under DDUGJY, most of the targets for electrification of villages have been  achieved  except  in  some  of  the  States  due  to  delay  in  forest  &  railway clearances, land acquisition for 33/11 KV sub-stations, Right of Way (RoW) issues, providing BPL lists, law & order issues including naxal problem and difficult terrain. The State-wise target and achievement for electrification of villages and release of free electricity connections to BPL households during last three years, are given at Annexure-II and III respectively.

(d) : During XII Plan Period under DDUGJY, total 4345 new proposals were submitted  by  the  various  States  and  all  of  them  have  been  sanctioned  by  the Monitoring  Committee,  Government  of  India.  The  State-wise  details  are  given  at Annexure-IV.

(e) : The information regarding electrification of villages is provided by the respective  State  Government/DISCOMs.  A  village  is  notified  as  electrified  by respective  State  Government.  However,  no  complaint  has  been  received  by  the Ministry of Power wherein villages have been shown as electrified but actually not electrified or the work of electrification is incomplete.

(f) : As on 30.06.2017, cumulatively, 16,875  transformers  have  been installed in various States including Uttar Pradesh to provide electricity connectivity to the left out villages / areas during the last three years and current year. The State-wise details are at Annexure-V.

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## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO.2043 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 27.07.2017.

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## State-wise electrification status of un-electrified villages

As on 30.06.2017

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| Sl. No            | States   | Un-Electrified Villages as on 01.04.2015   | Villages electrified as on 30.06.2017   | Uninhabited villages   | Un-electrified villages as on 30.06.2017   |
|-------------------|----------|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1,578    | 366                                        | -                                       | 1,212                  | 1                                          |
| Assam             | 2,892    | 2,292                                      | 120                                     | 480                    | 2                                          |
| Bihar             | 2,747    | 2,407                                      | 77                                      | 263                    | 3                                          |
| Chhattisgarh      | 1,080    | 800                                        | -                                       | 280                    | 4                                          |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 35       | 28                                         | 7                                       | -                      | 5                                          |
| Jammu & Kashmir   | 134      | 32                                         | -                                       | 102                    | 6                                          |
| Jharkhand         | 2,525    | 1,988                                      | 56                                      | 481                    | 7                                          |
| Karnataka         | 39       | 28                                         | -                                       | 11                     | 8                                          |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 472      | 378                                        | 47                                      | 47                     | 9                                          |
| Manipur           | 276      | 210                                        | -                                       | 66                     | 10                                         |
| Meghalaya         | 912      | 734                                        | 10                                      | 168                    | 11                                         |
| Mizoram           | 58       | 42                                         | 4                                       | 12                     | 12                                         |
| Nagaland          | 82       | 78                                         | 4                                       | -                      | 13                                         |
| Odisha            | 3,474    | 2,525                                      | 515                                     | 434                    | 14                                         |
| Rajasthan         | 495      | 426                                        | 68                                      | 1                      | 15                                         |
| Tripura           | 26       | 26                                         | -                                       | -                      | 16                                         |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 1,529    | 1,470                                      | 53                                      | 6                      | 17                                         |
| Uttarakhand       | 76       | 24                                         | 1                                       | 51                     | 18                                         |
| West Bengal       | 22       | 18                                         | -                                       | 4                      | 19                                         |
| Total             | 18,452   | 13,872                                     | 962                                     | 3,618                  |                                            |

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2043 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 27.07.2017.

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State-wise targets and  achievements of electrification of un-electrified villages under DDUGJY

| Sr. No.            | 2014-15 Target       |        | 2015-16   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2016-17   |
|--------------------|----------------------|--------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Sr. No.            | 2014-15 Target       | Achvt. | Target    | Achvt.    | Target    | Achvt.    |
| 1                  | Arunachal Pradesh 50 | 107    |           | 174       | 1,039     | 175       |
| 2                  | Assam 150            | 190    | 517       | 942       | 1,377     | 1,218     |
| 3                  | Bihar 350            | 341    | 1,664     | 1,754     | 735       | 556       |
| 4 Chhattisgarh     | 190                  | 67     | 449       | 405       | 500       | 294       |
| 5 Himachal Pradesh | -                    | 6      | 20        | 1         | 34        | 27        |
| 6 Jammu & Kashmir  | 33                   | 9      | 26        | 27        | 79        | 5         |
| 7 Jharkhand        | 759                  | 161    | 907       | 750       | 1,314     | 1,104     |
| 8 Karnataka        | -                    | -      | 5         | -         | 39        | 14        |
| 9 Madhya Pradesh   | 140                  | 86     | 234       | 214       | 191       | 159       |
| 10 Manipur         | 20                   | 192    | 274       | 75        | 149       | 121       |
| 11 Meghalaya       | 39                   | 43     | 28        | 1         | 674       | 681       |
| 12 Mizoram         | 10                   | 47     | 16        | 16        | 42        | 24        |
| 13 Nagaland        | -                    | 10     | 28        | -         | 82        | 76        |
| 14 Odisha          | -                    | 13     | 351       | 1,264     | 1,586     | 1,092     |
| 15 Rajasthan       | 59                   | 70     | 151       | 163       | 246       | 263       |
| 16 Sikkim          | -                    | -      | 1         | -         | -         | -         |
| 17 Tripura         | -                    | -      | 13        | 9         | 17        | 17        |
| 18 Uttar Pradesh   | 100                  | 59     | 984       | 1,305     | 166       | 162       |
| 19 Uttarakhand     | -                    | 4      | -         | -         | 76        | 18        |
| 20 West Bengal     | -                    | -      | 18        | 8         | 14        | 9         |
| Total              | 1,900                | 1,405  | 5,686     | 7,108     | 8,360     | 6,015     |

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ANNEXURE-III ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  UNSTARRED  QUESTION

NO.2043 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 27.07.2017.

*********** State-wise targets and achievements of release of free electricity connections to

BPL households during the last three years under DDUGJY.

| Sr. No.       | State             | 2014-15   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2016-17   |
|---------------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Sr. No.       | State             | Target    | Achvt.    | Target    | Achvt.    | Target    | Achvt.    |
| 1             | Andhra Pradesh    | -         | -         | -         | -         | 1,319     | 416,477   |
| 2             | Arunachal Pradesh | 5,764     | 4,200     | -         | -         | 1,024     | -         |
| 3             | Assam             | 156,281   | 79,004    | 29,000    | 22,077    | 14,025    | 13        |
| 4             | Bihar             | 220,000   | 190,571   | 816,480   | 829,336   | 666,987   | 779,668   |
| 5             | Chhattisgarh      | 160,000   | 62,172    | 46,037    | 38,239    | 21,956    | 12,373    |
| 6             | Gujarat           | -         | 1,726     | -         | -         | 1,060     | -         |
| 7             | Haryana           | 6,430     | 1         | 6,536     | -         | 7,501     | -         |
| 8             | Himachal Pradesh  | -         | 324       | -         | -         | 1,288     | -         |
| 9             | Jammu & Kashmir   | 12,329    | 5,260     | 1,400     | 420       | 11,730    | 713       |
| 10            | Jharkhand         | 87,073    | 12,022    | 34,468    | 6,314     | 51,423    | 2,687     |
| 11            | Karnataka         | 20,935    | 19,532    | 7,790     | 2,735     | 8,389     | 89,004    |
| 12            | Kerala            | 5,152     | 12,329    | 15,985    | 15,657    | 2,022     | 9,097     |
| 13 Madhya     | Pradesh           | 404,524   | 173,281   | 148,773   | 146,391   | 49,256    | 284,748   |
| 14            | Maharashtra       | 11,596    | 6,702     | 1,492     | 59        | 5,835     | -         |
| 15            | Manipur           | 77,711    | 40,649    | 6,304     | -         | 7,635     | -         |
| 16 Meghalaya  |                   | 5,630     | 1,063     | 1,587     | 21        | 5,751     | 74        |
| 17            | Mizoram           | 11,677    | 10,023    | -         | -         | -         | 447       |
| 18            | Nagaland          | 28,265    | 8,300     | 1,154     | 507       | 9,314     | -         |
| 19            | Odisha            | 94,991    | 22,149    | 12,500    | 19,477    | 60,524    | 42,028    |
| 20 Punjab     |                   | -         | 1,206     |           | -         | -         | -         |
| 21            | Rajasthan         | 55,517    | 16,755    | 7,624     | 8,035     | 55,432    | 71,643    |
| 22            | Sikkim            | 1,979     | 1,622     | 1,850     | 1,850     |           | -         |
| 23 Tamil Nadu |                   | 9,748     | -         | 7,432     | -         | 8,529     | 1,192     |
| 24            | Telangana         | -         | 868       | -         | -         | 5,432     | -         |
| 25            | Tripura           | 1,278     | 1,272     | 1,000     | 4,435     | 2,452     | 23,221    |
| 26            | Uttar Pradesh     | 81,571    | 86,750    | 235,329   | 337,313   | 392,671   | 482,521   |
| 27            | Uttarakhand       | -         | -         | -         | -         | 293       | -         |
| 28            | West Bengal       | 41,549    | 1,596     | 17,259    | 6,278     | 8,152     | 26,857    |
| Total         |                   | 15,00,000 | 7,59,377  | 14,00,000 | 14,39,144 | 14,00,000 | 22,42,763 |

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ANNEXURE-IV ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  OF  UNSTARRED  QUESTION

NO.2043 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 27.07.2017. ***********

## Number of new DPRs received from States and approved by Monitoring Committee under DDUGJY

| Sl. No   | Name of State        | No. of DPRs received from States   | No. of DPRs sanctioned by Monitoring Committee   |
|----------|----------------------|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       | 181                                | 181                                              |
| 2        | Andaman Nicobar      | 2                                  | 2                                                |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh    | 1,192                              | 1,192                                            |
| 4        | Assam                | 548                                | 548                                              |
| 5        | Bihar                | 38                                 | 38                                               |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh         | 877                                | 877                                              |
| 7        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 1                                  | 1                                                |
| 8        | Goa                  | 2                                  | 2                                                |
| 9        | Gujarat              | 27                                 | 27                                               |
| 10       | Haryana              | 21                                 | 21                                               |
| 11       | Himachal Pradesh     | 12                                 | 12                                               |
| 12       | Jammu & Kashmir      | 21                                 | 21                                               |
| 13       | Jharkhand            | 406                                | 406                                              |
| 14       | Karnataka            | 33                                 | 33                                               |
| 15       | Kerala               | 14                                 | 14                                               |
| 16       | Madhya Pradesh       | 172                                | 172                                              |
| 17       | Maharashtra          | 37                                 | 37                                               |
| 18       | Manipur              | 3                                  | 3                                                |
| 19       | Meghalaya            | 216                                | 216                                              |
| 20       | Mizoram              | 8                                  | 8                                                |
| 21       | Nagaland             | 11                                 | 11                                               |
| 22       | Odisha               | 299                                | 299                                              |
| 23       | Puducherry           | 2                                  | 2                                                |
| 24       | Punjab               | 20                                 | 20                                               |
| 25       | Rajasthan            | 33                                 | 33                                               |
| 26       | Sikkim               | 4                                  | 4                                                |
| 27       | Telangana            | 10                                 | 10                                               |
| 28       | Tamil Nadu           | 27                                 | 27                                               |
| 29       | Tripura              | 8                                  | 8                                                |
| 30       | Uttar Pradesh        | 75                                 | 75                                               |
| 31       | Uttarakhand          | 26                                 | 26                                               |
| 32       | West Bengal          | 19                                 | 19                                               |
| Total    | Total                | 4,345                              | 4,345                                            |

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ANNEXURE-V

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (f)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2043 TO BE ANSWERED  IN THE LOK SABHA ON 27.07.2017.

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The State-wise number of transformers installed during last three years and current year

As on 30.06.2017

| Sl. No.   | State             |   Number of transformers |
|-----------|-------------------|--------------------------|
| 1         | Arunachal Pradesh |                       16 |
| 2         | Assam             |                      634 |
| 3         | Bihar             |                     4444 |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh      |                      930 |
| 5         | Himachal Pradesh  |                       23 |
| 6         | Jammu & Kashmir   |                        6 |
| 7         | Jharkhand         |                     3982 |
| 8         | Karnataka         |                       20 |
| 9         | Madhya Pradesh    |                      662 |
| 10        | Manipur           |                      155 |
| 11        | Meghalaya         |                       35 |
| 12        | Nagaland          |                       63 |
| 13        | Odisha            |                     1702 |
| 14        | Rajasthan         |                      673 |
| 15        | Tripura           |                       24 |
| 16        | Uttar Pradesh     |                     3264 |
| 17        | Uttarakhand       |                       25 |
| 18        | West Bengal       |                      217 |
|           | Total             |                    16875 |

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