Lok Sabha Question No. 3419 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-15
Subject: Electrification of Villages under DDUGJY
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: RAM CHARITRA, RAJESH PANDEY, KINJARAPU RAM MOHAN NAIDU, NARAMALLI SIVAPRASAD

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3419 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.03.2018

## ELECTRIFICATION OF VILLAGES UNDER DDUGJY

3419. SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY: SHRI RAJESH PANDEY: SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU: DR. NARAMALLI SIVA PRASAD:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Union Government is determined to provide electricity to all villages  in  the  country  under  the  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti  Yojana (DDUGJY);

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) the  number  of  un-electrified  villages  in  the  country  including  Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand, State/UT-wise; and

(d) the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  provide  electricity  to  the remaining  villages  and  the  time  frame  for  the  same,  State/UT-wise  including Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand?

## A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  R. K. SINGH )

(a) to (d) : Government of India, under Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), has targeted to electrify all the remaining un-electrified villages across the  country.  As  reported  by  States,  there  were  18,452  un-electrified  census villages in the country as on 01.04.2015.  Only 881 census villages remained unelectrified  as  on  08.03.2018.    It  is  targeted  to  electrify  all  the  remaining  unelectrified census villages by 1 st  May, 2018.

There was no un-electrified village reported by the State of Andhra Pradesh as on 1 st  April, 2015. The State of Jharkhand has reported that there were 2525  un-electrified  census  villages,  as  on  1 st   April,  2015;  and  all  have  been electrified  excluding  58  villages  found  un-inhabited.    The  State-wise  details  are given at Annexure.

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ANNEXURE ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.    3419  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  THE  LOK  SABHA  ON 15.03.2018. ***********

State-wise status of electrification of un-electrified villages As on 08.03.2018

| Sl. No.   | States            | Un-electrified villages as on 28.02.2018 out of 18,452 reported on 01.04.2015   |
|-----------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Arunachal Pradesh | 665                                                                             |
| 2         | Chhattisgarh 92   |                                                                                 |
| 3         | Jammu & Kashmir   | 70                                                                              |
| 4         | Madhya Pradesh    | 21                                                                              |
| 5         | Manipur           | 2                                                                               |
| 6         | Mizoram           | 2                                                                               |
| 7         | Odisha            | 7                                                                               |
| 8         | Uttarakhand       | 22                                                                              |
| Total     | Total             | 881                                                                             |

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