Lok Sabha Question No. 357 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-17
Subject: Electrification of Villages
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: VINOD KUMAR SONKAR, SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH, MAJ. GEN. (RETD) BHUWAN CHANDRA KHANDURI AVSM, HARISH CHANDRA MEENA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.357 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.11.2016

## ELECTRIFICATION OF VILLAGES

†357.  SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR: SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH: MAJ GEN BC KHANDURI AVSM (Retd): SHRI HARISH MEENA:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) the number of villages to which electricity is targeted to be provided under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) along with the time by which this target is likely to be achieved, State/UT-wise;

(b) the  number  of  villages  where  electricity  has  been  provided  so  far  under  the DDUGJY, State-wise including Chatra, Latehar and Palmu regions of Jharkhand State;

(c) the  number  of  villages  where  electricity  has  not  yet  reached,  State-wise including the details for Chatra, Latehar and Palmu regions of Jharkhand;

(d) the details of assistance being provided by the Union Government to the State Governments under DDUGJY, State-wise;

(e) whether any mechanism has been developed for monitoring of DDUGJY, if so, the details thereof; and

(f) whether the contractual companies have completed the electrification task on time under DDUGJY and if not, the action being taken thereon?

A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL )

(a) to (c) : As reported by the States, there were 18,452 un-electrified census villages in  the  country,  as  on  01.04.2015.  Out  of  these  villages,  10,628  un-electrified  villages have been electrified as on 31.10.2016. Electrification works in the remaining 7824 unelectrified  villages  including  Chatra,  Latehar  and  Palamu  regions  of  Jharkhand  are targeted to be completed by May, 2018. The State-wise details are given at Annexure-I.

...........2.

Under  DDUGJY  scheme,  from  01.12.2014  to  31.10.2016,  electrification works in 11,497 villages have been completed. The State-wise details of electrification of  un-electrified  villages  including  Chatra,  Latehar  and  Palamu  regions  of  Jharkhand, are given at Annexure-II.

(d) : Under  DDUGJY,  Government  of  India  has  sanctioned  4501  new  projects (Including  3867  off-grid/DDG  projects)  with  total  project  cost  of  Rs.  42391.25  crore (Including Rs. 1123.27 crore for off-grid projects) for various rural electrification works. The State-wise details are given at Annexure-III.

(e) : At State level, a committee under the Chairmanship of Chief Secretary is in  place  to  monitor  the  progress  and  resolve  issues  relating  to  implementation  viz. allocation  of  land  for  sub-stations,  right  of  way,  forest  clearance,  railway  clearance, safety clearance etc.

At District level, District Development Co-ordination & Monitoring Committee namely DISHA (administered by Ministry of Rural Development) headed by senior  most  Member  of  Parliament  (Lok  Sabha)  is  in  place  to  review  and  monitor implementation of central sector schemes including DDUGJY.

Rural Electrification Corporation Limited (REC), the nodal agency, monitor implementation  of  scheme  through  its  project  offices  at  field  level  and  web  based Mobile App, 'GARV'.

At Central level, inter-ministerial Monitoring Committee on DDUGJY also monitors implementation of scheme. Besides, the progress is reviewed  with States  / Power Utilities in Review, Planning and Monitoring (RPM) meeting of Ministry of Power on monthly basis.

(f) : There were some delay in the completion of the DDUGJY projects due to delay  in  forest  and  railway  clearance  for  the  Projects,  delays  in  land  acquisition  for 33/11 KV sub-stations, Right of Way (RoW) issues, delay in providing BPL list, Law & Order  issues  including  Naxal  problem  and  difficult  terrain  in  some  of  the  States. Penalty  as  per  extant  rules/clause  is  imposed  by  the  implementing  agency  on  the contractors if the delay is attributable to the contractors.

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ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 357 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 17.11.2016. *********** State-wise number of un-electrified villages in the country to be electrified under Deendayal

Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana

| Sl. No.   | State             |   Number of un-electrified villages (as on 01.04.2015) |   Number of villages electrified (as on 31.10.2016) |   Number of villages to be electrified (as on 31.10.2016) |
|-----------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Arunachal Pradesh |                                                   1578 |                                                 345 |                                                      1233 |
| 2         | Assam             |                                                   2892 |                                                1731 |                                                      1161 |
| 3         | Bihar             |                                                   2747 |                                                2012 |                                                       735 |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh      |                                                   1080 |                                                 521 |                                                       559 |
| 5         | Himachal Pradesh  |                                                     35 |                                                  28 |                                                         7 |
| 6         | Jammu & Kashmir   |                                                    134 |                                                  32 |                                                       102 |
| 7         | Jharkhand         |                                                   2525 |                                                1279 |                                                      1246 |
| 8         | Karnataka         |                                                     39 |                                                   7 |                                                        32 |
| 9         | Madhya Pradesh    |                                                    472 |                                                 347 |                                                       125 |
| 10        | Manipur           |                                                    276 |                                                 112 |                                                       164 |
| 11        | Meghalaya         |                                                    912 |                                                 658 |                                                       254 |
| 12        | Mizoram           |                                                     58 |                                                  38 |                                                        20 |
| 13        | Nagaland          |                                                     82 |                                                  22 |                                                        60 |
| 14        | Odisha            |                                                   3474 |                                                1688 |                                                      1786 |
| 15        | Rajasthan         |                                                    495 |                                                 346 |                                                       149 |
| 16        | Tripura           |                                                     26 |                                                  15 |                                                        11 |
| 17        | Uttar Pradesh     |                                                   1529 |                                                1436 |                                                        93 |
| 18        | Uttarakhand       |                                                     76 |                                                   3 |                                                        73 |
| 19        | West Bengal       |                                                     22 |                                                   8 |                                                        14 |
| Total     | Total             |                                                  18452 |                                               10628 |                                                      7824 |

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be electrified

(as on 31.10.2016)

ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 357 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 17.11.2016. ***********

State-wise achievement under DDUGJY from 01.12.2014 to 31.10.2016

| Sl. No.   | State         |   Electrification of Un- electrified villages |
|-----------|---------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pr.    |                                             0 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pr. |                                           393 |
| 3         | Assam         |                                          1773 |
| 4         | Bihar         |                                          2281 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh  |                                           537 |
| 6         | Gujarat       |                                             0 |
| 7         | Haryana       |                                             0 |
| 8         | Himachal Pr.  |                                            28 |
| 9         | J&K           |                                            35 |
| 10        | Jharkhand     |                                          1437 |
| 11        | Karnataka     |                                             7 |
| 12        | Kerala        |                                             0 |
| 13        | Madhya Pr.    |                                           363 |
| 14        | Maharashtra   |                                             0 |
| 15        | Manipur       |                                           287 |
| 16        | Meghalaya     |                                           676 |
| 17        | Mizoram       |                                            78 |
| 18        | Nagaland      |                                            32 |
| 19        | Orissa        |                                          1700 |
| 20        | Punjab        |                                             0 |
| 21        | Rajasthan     |                                           391 |
| 22        | Sikkim        |                                             0 |
| 23        | Tamilnadu     |                                             0 |
| 24        | Telangana     |                                             0 |
| 25        | Tripura       |                                            15 |
| 26        | Uttar Pr.     |                                          1449 |
| 27        | Uttarakhand   |                                             7 |
| 28        | West Bengal   |                                             8 |
|           | Total         |                                         11497 |

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## ANNEXURE-III

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 357 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 17.11.2016.

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## State-wise project sanctioned under DDUGJY

## As on 31.10.2016

| Sl. No.   | State/UT             |   No. of projects |   Sanctioned cost (Rs. Cr.) |
|-----------|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh       |               181 |                      944.14 |
| 2         | Andaman & Nicobar    |                 2 |                       20.96 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh    |              1192 |                      418.93 |
| 4         | Assam                |               548 |                     1540.8  |
| 5         | Bihar                |                38 |                     5856.35 |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh         |               933 |                     1527.78 |
| 7         | Goa                  |                 2 |                       20    |
| 8         | Gujarat              |                27 |                      924.72 |
| 9         | Haryana              |                21 |                      316.07 |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh     |                12 |                      159.1  |
| 11        | Jammu & Kashmir      |                21 |                      619.53 |
| 12        | Jharkhand            |               446 |                     3885.23 |
| 13        | Karnataka            |                62 |                     1754.86 |
| 14        | Kerala               |                14 |                      485.35 |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh       |               204 |                     2943.13 |
| 16        | Maharashtra          |                37 |                     2163.44 |
| 17        | Manipur              |                 3 |                       54.96 |
| 18        | Meghalaya            |               216 |                      300.49 |
| 19        | Mizoram              |                 8 |                       30.45 |
| 20        | Nagaland             |                10 |                       42.38 |
| 21        | Odisha               |               299 |                     1751.56 |
| 22        | Punjab               |                20 |                      251.98 |
| 23        | Puducherry           |                 2 |                       20.15 |
| 24        | Rajasthan            |                33 |                     2819.37 |
| 25        | Sikkim               |                 4 |                       20.1  |
| 26        | Tamilnadu            |                27 |                      924.09 |
| 27        | Telangana            |                10 |                      462.29 |
| 28        | Tripura              |                 8 |                       74.12 |
| 29        | Uttar Pradesh        |                75 |                     6946.44 |
| 30        | Uttarakhand          |                26 |                      845.3  |
| 31        | West Bengal          |                19 |                     4262.15 |
| 32        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |                 1 |                        5    |
|           | Total                |              4501 |                    42391.2  |

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