Lok Sabha Question No. 4043 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-10
Subject: Impact of DDUGJY
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: BHARATENDRA SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4043 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2017

## IMPACT OF DDUGJY

4043. KUNWAR BHARATENDRA:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) whether  the  Deendayal  Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti  Yojana  (DDUGJY)  scheme has reached all the households and provided electricity in the currently electrified villages;

(b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  percentage  of  households  with  access  to electricity in these electrified villages;

(c) whether the Government plans to achieve 100 per cent household electrification in these villages;

(d) if so, the details thereof;

(e) whether  Government  has  carried  out  an  estimation  of  number  of  hours  of electricity  supplied  to  the  households  of  villages  which  have  been  electrified under DDUGJY; and

(f) if  so,  the  details  thereof  indicating  the  average  number  of  hours  the electricity is reaching to households in these electrified villages?

## 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 (d) :   Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) includes village electrification, feeder separation, strengthening of sub-transmission and distribution network, metering and free electric connection to below poverty line (BPL), households.

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

As reported by States, there were 18,452 un-electrified villages in the country, as on 01.04.2015.  Out of these, 14,080 villages have been electrified as on 31.07.2017.

Government of India has taken up a joint initiative with all States/UTs for preparation of State specific road map for providing 24x7 power supply to all households/homes,  industrial  &  commercial  consumers  and  adequate  supply  of power to agricultural consumers as per State policy in a phased manner by 202122.

(e) & (f) : Supply of adequate power to the households is the responsibility of the concerned  State  Power  Utilities.    As  reported  by  the  States,  average  of  Power Supply in a day to Rural Areas State-wise is given at Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (e)  &  (f)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4043 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 10.08.2017.

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## Status of Power Supply to Rural Areas

MONTH :

June- 2017

| SL. No.   | Name of the State   |   Average Hours of Power Supply in a day To Rural Areas |
|-----------|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
|           | 1                   |                                                    2    |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh      |                                                   23.86 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh   |                                                   14.3  |
| 3         | Assam               |                                                   18.33 |
| 4         | Bihar               |                                                   17.35 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh        |                                                   23    |
| 6         | Gujarat             |                                                   24    |
| 7         | Haryana             |                                                   13.58 |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh    |                                                   24    |
| 9         | Jammu & Kashmir     |                                                   14.75 |
| 10        | Jharkhand           |                                                   15.48 |
| 11        | Karnataka           |                                                   17.12 |
| 12        | Kerala              |                                                   23    |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh      |                                                   22.94 |
| 14        | Maharashtra         |                                                   23.32 |
| 15        | Manipur             |                                                   21.5  |
| 16        | Meghalaya           |                                                   21.5  |
| 17        | Mizoram *           |                                                   13    |
| 18        | Nagaland            |                                                   19    |
| 19        | Odisha              |                                                   20.9  |
| 20        | Punjab              |                                                   24    |
| 21        | Rajasthan           |                                                   22    |
| 22        | Sikkim              |                                                   17.25 |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu          |                                                   24    |
| 24        | Telangana           |                                                   24    |
| 25        | Tripura             |                                                   23.5  |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh       |                                                   17.43 |
| 27        | Uttarakhand *       |                                                   23.52 |
| 28        | West Bengal         |                                                   24    |

*For Mizoram May, and for Uttarakhand January  month data has been included.

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