Lok Sabha Question No. 2024 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-27
Subject: Electrification Coverage
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: RAJESH KUMAR DIWAKAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2024 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.07.2017

## ELECTRIFICATION COVERAGE

2024. SHRI RAJESH KUMAR DIWAKER:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that even today the electricity has not reached to 45 per cent population in the country;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  of  population  still  deprived  of  electricity  connections, State/ UT-wise; and
- (c) the action being taken by the Government to bridge this gap?

## A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL )

(a) & (b) : As per Census 2011, there were 16.78 crore rural households in the country and 7.50 crore rural households were un-electrified. State-wise details are presented at Annexure.

As on 30.06.2017, 2.63 Crore BPL households have been provided free electricity connection under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana.

- (c) : In  order  to  provide  access  to  electricity  to  all  rural  households  and also ensure quality and reliability of power supply in rural areas, Govt. of India has launched  a  comprehensive  scheme  'Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti  Yojana' (DDUGJY) in December, 2014 with the objectives of (i) Village  Electrification;  (ii) Providing access to households; (iii) Feeder Separation; (iv) Strengthening of subtransmission  and  distribution  network  and  (v)  Metering.  Under  the  scheme,  free electricity connections are provided to BPL households, and electricity connection to APL households is given by the respective States / DISCOMs as per extant rules.

Providing  '24 hours' electricity to all households is the responsibility of  concerned  State  Government/Power  Utility.      However,  to  supplement  the efforts of the States, Government of India has taken up a joint initiative with all States/UTs for preparation of State specific documents for providing 24x7 power supply to all households/homes, industrial & commercial consumers and adequate supply  of  power  to  agricultural  consumers  as  per  State  policy.  All  the  State Governments  and  Union  Territories  have  signed  the  '24X7  Power  For  All' agreement with the Union Government.

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ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  2024  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  THE  LOK  SABHA  ON 27.07.2017.

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Status of Electrification of Rural Households (RHHs) as per Census 2011 (Figures in crore)

| Sl. No      | Name of State        | Un-electrified Rural Households   |   Free electricity service connection provided to rural BPL Households under DDUGJY (as on 30.06.2017) |
|-------------|----------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1           | A & N                | 0.00                              |                                                                                                   0    |
| 2           | Andhra Pradesh       |                                   |                                                                                                   0.26 |
| 3           | Telangana            | 0.15                              |                                                                                                   0.07 |
| 4           | Arunachal Pradesh    | 0.01                              |                                                                                                   0.01 |
| 5           | Assam                | 0.39                              |                                                                                                   0.12 |
| 6           | Bihar                | 1.52                              |                                                                                                   0.43 |
| 7           | Chandigarh           | 0.00                              |                                                                                                   0    |
| 8           | Chhattisgarh         | 0.13                              |                                                                                                   0.11 |
| 9           | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 0.00                              |                                                                                                   0    |
| 10          | Daman & Diu          | 0.00                              |                                                                                                   0    |
| 11          | Goa                  | 0.00                              |                                                                                                   0    |
| 12          | Gujarat              | 0.10                              |                                                                                                   0.08 |
| 13          | Haryana              | 0.04                              |                                                                                                   0.02 |
| 14          | Himachal Pradesh     | 0.00                              |                                                                                                   0    |
| 15          | Jammu & Kashmir      | 0.03                              |                                                                                                   0.01 |
| 16          | Jharkhand            | 0.32                              |                                                                                                   0.13 |
| 17          | Karnataka            | 0.10                              |                                                                                                   0.1  |
| 18          | Kerala               | 0.03                              |                                                                                                   0.02 |
| 19          | Lakshadweep          | 0.00                              |                                                                                                   0    |
| 20          | Madhya Pradesh       | 0.46                              |                                                                                                   0.18 |
| 21          | Maharashtra          | 0.34                              |                                                                                                   0.12 |
| 22          | Manipur              | 0.01                              |                                                                                                   0.01 |
| 23          | Meghalaya            | 0.02                              |                                                                                                   0.01 |
| 24          | Mizoram              | 0.00                              |                                                                                                   0    |
| 25          | Nagaland             | 0.01                              |                                                                                                   0.01 |
| 26          | NCT Delhi            | 0.00                              |                                                                                                   0    |
| 27          | Odisha               | 0.52                              |                                                                                                   0.28 |
| 28          | Puducherry           | 0.00                              |                                                                                                   0    |
| 29          | Punjab               | 0.01                              |                                                                                                   0.01 |
| 30          | Rajasthan            | 0.40                              |                                                                                                   0.12 |
| 31          | Sikkim               | 0.00                              |                                                                                                   0    |
| 32          | Tamil Nadu           | 0.09                              |                                                                                                   0.05 |
| 33          | Tripura              | 0.02                              |                                                                                                   0.01 |
| 34          | Uttar Pradesh        | 1.94                              |                                                                                                   0.21 |
| 35          | Uttarakhand          | 0.02                              |                                                                                                   0.02 |
| 36          | West Bengal          | 0.82                              |                                                                                                   0.22 |
| GRAND TOTAL |                      | 7.50                              |                                                                                                   2.63 |

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