Lok Sabha Question No. 1136 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-21
Subject: Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana – SAUBHAGYA
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: MANOJ RAJORIA, Tejpratap Singh,Yadav, PINAKI MISRA, George Baker, CH. MALLA REDDY, ANJU BALA, HEMAMALINI, KAVITHA KALVAKUNTLA, B. SREERAMULU, KONAKALLA NARAYANA RAO, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, NAGARAJAN P., DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, P.R. SUNDARAM, JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1136 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2017

PRADHAN MANTRI SAHAJ BIJLI HAR GHAR YOJANA - SAUBHAGYA

†1136. DR. MANOJ RAJORIA: SHRI TEJ PRATAP SINGH YADAV: SHRI PINAKI MISRA: SHRI GEORGE BAKER: SHRI CH. MALLA REDDY: SHRIMATI ANJU BALA: SHRIMATI HEMA MALINI: SHRIMATI KAVITHA KALVAKUNTLA: SHRI B. SRIRAMULU: SHRI KONAKALLA NARAYANA RAO: DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT: SHRI P. NAGARAJAN: SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK: SHRI SATAV RAJEEV: SHRI P.R. SUNDARAM: DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN: SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has launched a new scheme called Pradhana Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana- Saubhagya recently, if so, the details thereof including the aims and objectives of the new schemes and the financial outlay and the expected outcome of the scheme;

(b) whether  this  scheme  is  similar  to  programmes  of  the  Union  Government  namely  24x7 Power for All and DDUGJY and if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether  electricity  connection  would  be  totally  free  of  cost  for  every  unelectrified households under the scheme, if so, the details of the total number of unelectrified households in the country and the steps being taken in this regard, State-wise;

(d) whether the scheme would be implemented in the country in a time bound manner, if so, the details including criteria for identification of households and the number of households likely to be benefited out of the scheme, State/UT-wise;

(e) the criteria fixed by the Government for allocation of funds to the States under the scheme and the funds sanctioned and disbursed so far, State-wise; and

(f) whether the Government has launched a web-portal to register citizens for the electricity and for monitoring household electrification process and if so, the details thereof?

## A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  R. K. SINGH )

(a) : Government of India have launched the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (Saubhagya) in September, 2017 with an outlay of Rs.16,320 crore including a Gross Budgetary Support (GBS)  of Rs.12,320  crore  from Government of India.   The  objective  of  the scheme is to

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provide  last  mile  connectivity  and  electricity  connections  to  all  households  in  rural  and  urban areas across the country.  Solar Photovoltaic (SPV) based standalone systems would be provided for  un-electrified  households  located  in  remote  &  inaccessible  areas.  Access  to  electricity improves  quality  of  life  of  households  through  improvement  in  delivery  of  education  services, delivery  of  health  services,  access  to  communications  (radio,  television,  mobile),  public  safety through lighting, increased economic activities,  and job opportunities, increased productivity in agriculture & other economic activities and reduction in drudgery; especially for women, in daily chores.

(b) : The '24x7 Power for All' is a programme jointly initiated by Government of India and States/UTs  aiming  to  ensure  uninterrupted  supply  of  quality  power  to  existing  consumers  and providing access to electricity to all unconnected consumers by 2019 in a phased manner. In order to provide access to electricity to all rural areas 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). Under the scheme, free electricity connections are provided to BPL households only. Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (Saubhagya) is a scheme aiming to provide electricity connection to all remaining un-electrified households. The last mile connectivity is also covered under the scheme.

(c)  & (d) : Under  Saubhagya,  free  of  cost  electricity connections  to  all  remaining  unelectrified households with at least one deprivation on the basis of Socio Economic. Caste Census (SECC) data in rural areas and economically poor households in urban areas would be provided. Others  would  be  charged  a  sum  of  Rs.  500  per  household  which  shall  be  recovered  by  the respective  State  Distribution  utility/Power  Department  in  ten  equal  installments  along  with  the electricity bill. It is targeted to achieve universal household electrification in the country by 31 st March  2019.  State-wise  list  of  un-electrified  households  in  the  country  as  reported  by  the States/UTs, is at Annex.

(e)  : Under Saubhagya, the funds would be provided on the basis of approved projects and prescribed milestones of implementation.

(f)  : In  order  to  monitor  the  universal  household  electrification,  the  Saubhagya  webportal 'http://saubhagya.gov.in' has been launched in November, 2017 to ensure transparency and accelerating  household  electrification  in  the  country.  State  Governments/Power  Distribution utilities have been asked to launch mobile apps to register the details of willing consumers and to expedite the release of electricity connections.

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## ANNEX

## ANNEX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c) & (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1136 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 21.12.2017.

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## Details of un-electrified Households (HHs) as on 07.12.2017

| State             |   Balance No. of HHs |
|-------------------|----------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    |                   12 |
| Arunachal Pradesh |                81200 |
| Assam             |              2402744 |
| Bihar             |              6386207 |
| Chhattisgarh      |               641876 |
| Gujarat           |                  238 |
| Haryana           |               678732 |
| Himachal Pradesh  |                12723 |
| Jammu & Kashmir   |               270859 |
| Jharkhand         |              3019743 |
| Karnataka         |               670064 |
| Kerala            |                  103 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |              4456106 |
| Maharashtra       |               340191 |
| Manipur           |               106480 |
| Meghalaya         |               139267 |
| Mizoram           |                10956 |
| Nagaland          |               108917 |
| Odisha            |              3208536 |
| Puducherry        |                  375 |
| Rajasthan         |              1950545 |
| Sikkim            |                 5628 |
| Telangana         |               384340 |
| Tripura           |               214374 |
| Uttar Pradesh     |             14580929 |
| Uttarakhand       |               185034 |
| West Bengal       |               718548 |
| Total             |             40574727 |

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