Lok Sabha Question No. 2486 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-16
Subject: Electrification of Villages
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: ASHWINI KUMAR, BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2486 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2017

## ELECTRIFICATION OF VILLAGES

2486.  SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR: SHRI BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the  total  number  of  villages  in  the  country  and  the  number  out  of  them electrified so far, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the  number  of  villages  likely  to  be  electrified  during  2017-18,  State/UTwise;
- (c) the time by which all the villages in the country are likely to be electrified, State/UT-wise; and

(d) whether  any  target  has  been  fixed  for  providing  electricity  to  all  the households in the country by May, 2018 and if so, the details thereof?

## A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL )

- (a) : As per census 2011, there were 5.97 lakh census villages in the country.  As reported by the States, there were 18,452 un-electrified villages  in  the  country  as  on  01.04.2015.    Out  of  these,  12,364  villages have been electrified as on 28.02.2017.   The state-wise details are given at Annexure-I.
- (b) & (c) :    2984  un-electrified  villages  are  targeted  to  be  electrified during  the  financial  year  2017-18.    State-wise  details  are  given  at Annexure-II. Remaining un-electrified villages are targeted to be electrified by May, 2018.
- (d) : Providing  electricity  to  the  consumer  is  the  responsibility  of the State Government. However, Government of India has launched Deen Dayal  Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti  Yojana  in  December,  2014.    Under  the scheme,  it  is  envisaged  to  create  adequate  infrastructure  to  provide access  to  electricity  to  all  villages  and  provide  access  to  all  rural households and free electricity connection to all eligible BPL households.

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ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  2486  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  THE  LOK  SABHA  ON 16.03.2017. *********** Villages electrified out of 18452 un-electrified villages

| Sl. No   | State             |   No. of un-electrified villages as on 01.04.15 |   No. of villages electrified during 2015-16 and 2016-17 (Up to 28.02.2017) |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Arunachal Pradesh |                                            1578 |                                                                         349 |
| 2        | Assam             |                                            2892 |                                                                        1968 |
| 3        | Bihar             |                                            2747 |                                                                        2195 |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh      |                                            1080 |                                                                         638 |
| 5        | Himachal Pradesh  |                                              35 |                                                                          28 |
| 6        | J &K              |                                             134 |                                                                          32 |
| 7        | Jharkhand         |                                            2525 |                                                                        1675 |
| 8        | Karnataka         |                                              39 |                                                                           9 |
| 9        | Madhya Pradesh    |                                             472 |                                                                         369 |
| 10       | Manipur           |                                             276 |                                                                         191 |
| 11       | Meghalaya         |                                             912 |                                                                         682 |
| 12       | Mizoram           |                                              58 |                                                                          39 |
| 13       | Nagaland          |                                              82 |                                                                          61 |
| 14       | Odisha            |                                            3474 |                                                                        2190 |
| 15       | Rajasthan         |                                             495 |                                                                         426 |
| 16       | Tripura           |                                              26 |                                                                          22 |
| 17       | Uttar Pradesh     |                                            1529 |                                                                        1464 |
| 18       | Uttarakhand       |                                              76 |                                                                          16 |
| 19       | West Bengal       |                                              22 |                                                                          10 |
|          | Sub Total         |                                           18452 |                                                                       12364 |

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ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (b)  &  (c)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2486 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK

SABHA ON 16.03.2017.

*********** State-wise target of village electrification under Deen Dayal

Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana in 2017-18

| Sl. No. State       |   FY 2017-18 |
|---------------------|--------------|
| 1 Arunachal Pradesh |          365 |
| 2 Assam             |          573 |
| 3 Bihar             |          258 |
| 4 Chhattisgarh      |          175 |
| 5 Himachal Pradesh  |            0 |
| 6 Jammu & Kashmir   |           28 |
| 7 Jharkhand         |          461 |
| 8 Karnataka         |            0 |
| 9 Madhya Pradesh    |           67 |
| 10 Manipur          |           52 |
| 11 Meghalaya        |          237 |
| 12 Mizoram          |            0 |
| 13 Nagaland         |            0 |
| 14 Odisha           |          624 |
| 15 Rajasthan        |           86 |
| 16 Tripura          |            0 |
| 17 Uttar Pradesh    |           58 |
| 18 Uttarakhand      |            0 |
| 19 West Bengal      |            0 |
| Total               |         2984 |

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