Lok Sabha Question No. 1813 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-20
Subject: Electrification of Villages
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT, ANANDRAO  ADSUL, SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL, DHARMENDRA YADAV

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1813 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2018

## ELECTRIFICATION OF VILLAGES

1813. SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT:

SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL:

SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO:

SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Union  Government  had  claimed  that  84%  of  rural  households  will have electricity connections till 2017;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, Statewise;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  launched  the  'Saubhagya'  scheme  to  provide connections to the remaining 3.4 crore unconnected households by 2019;
- (d) if so, the number of households remained unconnected till October, 2018
- (e) the names of the States which have provided electricity to all households; and
- (f) the  sources  from  which  the  funds  are  received  to  cover  the  rural  households under the Saubhagya Scheme?

## A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  R. K. SINGH )

- (a) & (b) : As reported by the States, there are 21.73 crore households in the country; of these 18.66 crore households were electrified as on 10.10.2017. The details are given at Annexure-I.

(c)  to (f) : Government of India launched Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana 'Saubhagya'  with  the  objective  to  achieve  universal  household  electrification  by providing   electricity connections to all households in rural and all poor households in urban areas by March, 2019. Under Saubhagya, Government of India provides funds to the States to the extent of 60% (85% for special category states) as grant.  An additional grant of 15% (5% for special category states) is also available subject to achievement of 100% household electrification by 31st December  2018.  As  on 31.10.2018,  under the scheme 1.18  crore  households  remain  un-electrified.    The  names  of  the  States  which have provided electricity to all households as reported by them is given at Annexure-II.

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ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  &  (b)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  1813 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 20.12.2018.

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Status of Households Electrification as reported by States

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State   | Total number of Households   | Number of households electrified as on 10.10.2017   |
|-----------|---------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh      | 1,14,25,758                  | 1,12,81,072                                         |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh   | 3,05,547                     | 2,55,185                                            |
| 3         | Assam               | 65,15,583                    | 46,11,773                                           |
| 4         | Bihar               | 1,39,73,122                  | 1,07,14,081                                         |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh        | 56,56,770                    | 49,55,330                                           |
| 6         | Goa                 | 1,28,208                     | 1,28,208                                            |
| 7         | Gujarat             | 1,14,14,532                  | 1,13,73,215                                         |
| 8         | Haryana             | 34,66,874                    | 34,08,052                                           |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh    | 18,56,990                    | 18,36,911                                           |
| 10        | Jammu & Kashmir     | 24,39,547                    | 20,72,861                                           |
| 11        | Jharkhand           | 65,60,031                    | 48,92,518                                           |
| 12        | Karnataka           | 1,02,57,659                  | 97,67,245                                           |
| 13        | Kerala              | 98,13,032                    | 98,13,032                                           |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh      | 1,26,21,007                  | 1,06,36,743                                         |
| 15        | Maharashtra         | 2,42,49,145                  | 2,33,03,595                                         |
| 16        | Manipur             | 4,53,047                     | 3,48,410                                            |
| 17        | Meghalaya           | 6,20,082                     | 4,35,963                                            |
| 18        | Mizoram             | 2,41,682                     | 2,13,909                                            |
| 19        | Nagaland            | 4,31,123                     | 3,02,267                                            |
| 20        | Odisha              | 96,02,597                    | 72,00,359                                           |
| 21        | Puducherry          | 95,616                       | 94,704                                              |
| 22        | Punjab              | 36,89,970                    | 36,89,584                                           |
| 23        | Rajasthan           | 1,29,44,395                  | 1,08,59,210                                         |
| 24        | Sikkim              | 80,498                       | 71,203                                              |
| 25 Tamil  | Nadu                | 1,02,85,848                  | 1,02,83,678                                         |
| 26        | Telangana           | 65,15,907                    | 60,84,656                                           |
| 27        | Tripura             | 7,88,787                     | 6,52,463                                            |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh       | 3,38,50,906                  | 2,12,06,385                                         |
| 29        | Uttarakhand         | 20,44,596                    | 18,44,305                                           |
| 30        | West Bengal         | 1,50,57,882                  | 1,43,25,592                                         |
|           | Total               | 21,73,86,741                 | 18,66,62,509                                        |

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ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (c)  TO  (f)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  1813 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 20.12.2018.

*************** Name of the States which have provided electricity to all households

|   Sl. No. | Name of the State   |
|-----------|---------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh      |
|         2 | Bihar               |
|         3 | Goa                 |
|         4 | Gujarat             |
|         5 | Haryana             |
|         6 | Himachal Pradesh    |
|         7 | Jammu & Kashmir     |
|         8 | Kerala              |
|         9 | Madhya Pradesh      |
|        10 | Mizoram             |
|        11 | Puducherry          |
|        12 | Punjab              |
|        13 | Sikkim              |
|        14 | Tamil Nadu          |
|        15 | Telangana           |
|        16 | Tripura             |
|        17 | Uttarakhand         |
|        18 | West Bengal         |

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