Lok Sabha Question No. 3905 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-09
Subject: Electrification in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: DEVENDRA (ALIAS) BHOLE SINGH SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3905 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.08.2018

## ELECTRIFICATION IN UTTAR PRADESH

†3905. SHRI DEVENDRA SINGH BHOLE:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the number and details of the villages which have been electrified during the  last  two  years  in  the  country  along  with  the  number  of  remaining  villages which are yet to be electrified ;
- (b) the district-wise details of remaining villages in Uttar Pradesh along with the time by which electrification is likely to be completed there;
- (c) the number of people belonging to BPL category in Uttar Pradesh who have been provided connection free of cost; and
- (d) the  number  of  villages  in  Kanpur  city  and  Dehat  which  have  been electrified during the last two years and the number of free connections provided to BPL category?

## A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  R. K. SINGH )

- (a) : Under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), electrification  works  in  9,751  un-electrified  villages  were  completed  during  the last two years i.e. 2016-17 to 2017-18. The State-wise and year-wise details are given at Annexure.
- (b) : As reported by the State, all the  inhabited census villages in  Uttar Pradesh stand electrified on 28.04.2018.
- (c) : Under DDUGJY, cumulatively, free electricity service connections to 32.36  lakh  Below  Poverty  Line  (BPL)  households  have  been  released  in  Uttar Pradesh, up to 30.06.2018.
- (d) : As  reported  by  the  State,  there  were  no  un-electrified  village  in district  Kanpur  Nagar  and  Kanpur  Dehat  on  01.04.2015.  Under  DDUGJY  free electricity service connections to 2,113 and 2,366 BPL households were released in District Kanpur Nagar and Kanpur Dehat respectively during the last two years i.e. 2016-17 to 2017-18.

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ANNEXURE ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3905 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 09.08.2018. ***************

STATE-WISE AND YEAR-WISE ELECTRIFICATION OF  UNELECTRIFIED VILLAGES

| Sl. No. State       | 2016-17   | 2017-18   |
|---------------------|-----------|-----------|
| 1 Arunachal Pradesh | 175 854   |           |
| 2 Assam             | 1,218     | 572       |
| 3 Bihar             | 556       | 332       |
| 4 Chhattisgarh      | 294       | 348       |
| 5 Himachal Pradesh  | 27        | -         |
| 6 J & K             | 5         | 35        |
| 7 Jharkhand         | 1,104     | 613       |
| 8 Karnataka         | 14        | 25        |
| 9 Madhya Pradesh    | 159       | 44        |
| 10 Manipur          | 121       | 77        |
| 11 Meghalaya        | 681       | 218       |
| 12 Mizoram          | 24        | 14        |
| 13 Nagaland         | 76        | 2         |
| 14 Odisha           | 1,092     | 544       |
| 15 Rajasthan        | 263       | 1         |
| 16 Tripura          | 17        | -         |
| 17 Uttar Pradesh    | 162       | 9         |
| 18 Uttarakhand      | 18        | 43        |
| 19 West Bengal      | 9         | 5         |
| Total               | 6,015     | 3,736     |

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