Lok Sabha Question No. 356 (STARRED), answered on 2017-08-10
Subject: Electricity to All Citizens
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.356 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2017

## ELECTRICITY TO ALL CITIZENS

†*356.   SHRI ARVIND SAWANT:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  initiatives/launched  any schemes to make electricity available to all the citizens in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the number of settlements and commercial establishments/centres/ companies to which electric connection is yet to be given;
- (c) the  number  of  electric  connections  provided  to  the  tribal  people living in forest areas, islands, other remote areas and the people living in slums; and
- (d) the  quantum of  power  and  length of  electricity  wire  in  kilometres required for this purpose?

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) :  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  STARRED QUESTION  NO.356  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  THE  LOK  SABHA  ON  10.08.2017 REGARDING ELECTRICITY TO ALL CITIZENS.

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- (a) : Electricity  is  a  concurrent  subject.    Supply  of  electricity  is  in  the jurisdiction of State. However, in order to enable continuous supply, 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.  All the State  Governments  and  Union Territories  have  signed  the  '24X7  Power  For  All'  agreement  with  the  Union Government.

Government of India supplements the efforts of State through its schemes  including  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti  Yojana  (DDUGJY), Integrated  Power  Development  Scheme  (IPDS),  Ujwal  DISCOM  Assurance Yojana (UDAY) etc.

- (b) : Number of commercial establishment/centres/companies/settlement is dynamic in nature and keeps on changing.   Connections to them are released as  per  Standard  of  Performance  (SoP)  defined  by  concerned  State  Electricity Regulatory Commission.
- (c) : As  on  30.6.2017,  free  electricity  service  connection  to  2.63  crore Below Poverty Line (BPL) households have been released including tribal people living  in  forest  areas,  islands  and  other  remote  areas  under  Deen  Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY).
- (d) : To facilitate power to all, as per the assessment made by the states and Union Territories in Power For All document, the required total quantum of power  and  the  length  of  electricity  wire  in  kilometers  are  provided  by  the concerned State/DISCOMs.  For 2017-18, estimated amount is given below:

| Details                                                       | 2017-18      |
|---------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
| Power requirement in Million Units (MU)                       | 13,57,091.10 |
| Peak Demand in MW                                             | 2,26,182.07  |
| Intra State Transmission in Ckt Km                            | 24,866.86    |
| New & Capacity Augmentation of 66, 33 & 11 KV lines in Ckt Km | 2,44,032.70  |
| Capacity Augmentation of LT lines in Ckt Km                   | 1,90,616.50  |

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