Lok Sabha Question No. 73 (STARRED), answered on 2019-11-21
Subject: Electrification of Villages
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Ravindra Kushawaha, Vishnu Dayal Ram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.73 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.11.2019

## ELECTRIFICATION OF VILLAGES

- *73.   SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHWAHA: SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  villages  or  households  connected  and  yet  to  be connected to electricity, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether  every  household  in  electrified  villages  has  electricity facility  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  if  not,  the  reasons  therefor along  with  the  average    electricity  consumption  per  household  in villages, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the  details  of  villages  electrified  along  with  the  allocation  made during the last two years to provide electricity to households across the country, State/UT-wise;
- (d) the average hours for which electricity is provided in villages per day, State/UT-wise; and
- (e) whether the Government proposes to take steps to electrify the remaining  villages  and  tolas  of  the  country  through  solar  and  other sources  of  energy  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  steps taken by the Government to ensure uninterrupted power supply in the villages during the above said period along with the number of villages to be electrified during the next two years?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR POWER, NEW & RENEWABLE  ENERGY  AND  THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  FOR  SKILL DEVELOPMENT & ENTREPRENEURSHIP

( SHRI  R.K. SINGH) (a) to (e) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF STARRED QUESTION NO.73 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 21.11.2019 REGARDING ELECTRIFICATION OF VILLAGES.

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- (a) & (b) : As reported by the States, all the inhabited census villages across  the  country  stand  electrified  as  on  28Apr2018.    All  the  States reported  electrification  of  all  willing  households,  on  Saubhagya  portal, as on 31Mar2019, except few households in LWE affected Bastar region of  Chhattisgarh.      Subsequently,  seven  States  reported  19,09,679  unelectrified households which were un-willing earlier but are now willing to get electricity connection. These houses are being electrified by the concerned  States.  The  State/UT-wise  details  are  given  at  Annexure-I. The State-wise per capita electricity consumption for 2018-19 is given at Annexure-II.
- (c) : As  reported  by  the  States,  5,251  un-electrified  inhabited census villages were electrified under DDUGJY during the last two years i.e.  2017-18  &  2018-19  (up  to  28Apr2018).  The  State-wise  details  are given at Annexure-III.   There is no upfront allocation made to any State under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) and Pradhan Mantri  Sahaj  Bijli  Har  Ghar  Yojana  -  Saubhagya.    Funds  are  released against  sanctioned  projects  in  installments  based  on  the  reported utilization  of  the  previous  installment(s).    Government  of  India  has disbursed  Rs.29,709  crore,  as  grant,  under  DDUGJY  and  Saubhagya during  the  last  two  financial  years  for  various  works  related  to  rural electrification. The State/UT-wise details are given at Annexure-IV.
- (d) : As reported by the States, number of hours of power supply in rural areas, is given at Annexure-V.
- (e) : As  mentioned  in  paras  (a)  &  (b)  above,  all  the  inhabited census  villages  stand  electrified  as  on  28Apr2018.    Electricity  is  a concurrent  subject  and  as  such  providing  electricity  connection  to households falls under the purview of State Governments / Power Utility. All  the  States/UTs  have  entered  into  Memorandum  of  Understanding (MoU) with the Government of India for providing 24 x 7 power supply to all  households,  industrial  and  commercial  consumers  from  April,  2019 and  adequate  supply  of  power  to  agricultural  consumers  as  per  State policy.  Government of India is supplementing the efforts of the States through  its  various  schemes  including  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS), Pradhan  Mantri  Sahaj  Bijli  Har  Ghar  Yojana-  Saubhagya  and  Ujjwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY).

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ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PARTS (a) & (b) OF THE STATEMENT LAID IN  REPLY  TO  STARRED  QUESTION NO.  73  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  THE LOK SABHA ON 21.11.2019 REGARDING ELECTRIFICATION OF VILLAGES. ***********

STATE-WISE WILLING UN-ELECTRIFIED HOUSEHOLDS IDENTIFIED BEFORE 31 ST MARCH 2019 UNDER SAUBHAGYA SCHEME

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State   | Un-electrified HHs (un-willing earlier)   | Households electrified from 01.04.2019 to 31.10.2019   | Balance un- electrified HHs to be electrified (as on 31.10.2019)   |
|-----------|---------------------|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Assam               | 2,00,000                                  | 65,979                                                 | 1,34,021                                                           |
| 2         | Chhattisgarh        | 40,394                                    | 1,888                                                  | 38,506                                                             |
| 3         | Jharkhand           | 2,00,000                                  | 54,234                                                 | 1,45,766                                                           |
| 4         | Karnataka           | 39,738                                    | 20,538                                                 | 19,200                                                             |
| 5         | Manipur             | 1,141                                     | 1,980                                                  | 0                                                                  |
| 6         | Rajasthan           | 2,28,403                                  | 2,12,786                                               | 15,617                                                             |
| 7         | Uttar Pradesh       | 12,00,003                                 | 1,62,738                                               | 10,37,265                                                          |
| Total     | Total               | 19,09,679                                 | 5,20,143                                               | 13,90,375                                                          |

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## ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PARTS (a) & (b) OF THE STATEMENT LAID IN  REPLY  TO  STARRED  QUESTION NO.  73  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  THE LOK SABHA ON 21.11.2019 REGARDING ELECTRIFICATION OF VILLAGES.

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## Per Capita Electricity Consumption For The Year 2018-19

| State/UT             |   Per Capita Consumption (kWh) |
|----------------------|--------------------------------|
| Chandigarh           |                            978 |
| Delhi                |                           1548 |
| Haryana              |                           2082 |
| Himachal Pradesh     |                           1418 |
| Jammu & Kashmir      |                           1322 |
| Punjab               |                           2046 |
| Rajasthan            |                           1282 |
| Uttar Pradesh        |                            606 |
| Uttarakhand          |                           1467 |
| Chhattisgarh         |                           1961 |
| Gujarat              |                           2378 |
| Madhya Pradesh       |                           1084 |
| Maharashtra          |                           1424 |
| Daman & Diu          |                           7758 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli |                          15179 |
| Goa                  |                           2274 |
| Andhra Pradesh       |                           1480 |
| Telangana            |                           1896 |
| Karnataka            |                           1396 |
| Kerala               |                            757 |
| Tamil Nadu           |                           1866 |
| Puducherry           |                           1745 |
| Lakshadweep          |                            554 |
| Bihar                |                            311 |
| Jharkhand            |                            938 |
| Odisha               |                           1628 |
| West Bengal          |                            703 |
| Sikkim               |                            873 |
| Andaman- Nicobar     |                            597 |
| Arunachal Pradesh    |                            703 |
| Assam                |                            341 |
| Manipur              |                            371 |
| Meghalaya            |                            881 |
| Mizoram              |                            617 |
| Nagaland             |                            356 |
| Tripura              |                            514 |
| All India            |                           1181 |

Source : CEA

ANNEXURE-III ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PART (c) OF THE STATEMENT LAID IN REPLY TO STARRED QUESTION NO. 73 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 21.11.2019 REGARDING ELECTRIFICATION OF VILLAGES. ***********

Electrification of of Un-electrified Villages during 2017-18 and 2018-19

| Sl. No. State    |   2017-18 | 2018-19   |   Total |
|------------------|-----------|-----------|---------|
| 1 Arunachal      |       854 | 280       |    1134 |
| 2 Assam          |       572 |           |     572 |
| 3 Bihar          |       332 | 264       |     596 |
| 4 Chhattisgarh   |       348 | 31        |     379 |
| 5 J & K          |        35 | 62        |      97 |
| 6 Jharkhand      |       613 | 116       |     729 |
| 7 Karnataka      |        25 |           |      25 |
| 8 Madhya Pradesh |        44 | 5         |      49 |
| 9 Maharashtra    |        80 |           |      80 |
| 10 Manipur       |        77 | 93        |     170 |
| 11 Meghalaya     |       218 | 151       |     369 |
| 12 Mizoram       |        14 |           |      14 |
| 13 Nagaland      |         2 |           |       2 |
| 14 Odisha        |       544 | 381       |     925 |
| 15 Rajasthan     |         1 |           |       1 |
| 16 Uttar Pradesh |         9 | 22        |      31 |
| 17 Uttarakhand   |        43 | 30        |      73 |
| 18 West Bengal   |         5 |           |       5 |
| Total            |      3736 | 1515      |    5251 |

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  PART  (c)  OF  THE  STATEMENT  LAID  IN REPLY TO STARRED QUESTION NO. 73 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 21.11.2019 REGARDING ELECTRIFICATION OF VILLAGES.

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## State-wise Grant disbursed under DDUGJY and Saubhagya during the financial year 2017-18 & 2018-19

| SI. No.   | Name of the State   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | Total   |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------|-----------|---------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh      | 165       | 175       | 340     |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh   | 81        | 299       | 380     |
| 3         | Assam               | 443       | 1,491     | 1,933   |
| 4         | Bihar               | 878       | 2,611     | 3,489   |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh        | 595       | 298       | 893     |
| 6         | Gujarat             | 143       | 181       | 324     |
| 7         | Haryana             | 45        | 22        | 67      |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh    | -         | 15        | 15      |
| 9         | J&K                 | 67        | 593       | 660     |
| 10        | Jharkhand           | 932       | 1,445     | 2,377   |
| 11        | Karnataka           | 204       | 451       | 655     |
| 12        | Kerala              | 102       | 57        | 159     |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh      | 858       | 1,099     | 1,957   |
| 14        | Maharashtra         | 158       | 622       | 780     |
| 15        | Manipur             | 39        | 76        | 115     |
| 16        | Meghalaya           | 58        | 253       | 310     |
| 17        | Mizoram             | 42        | 69        | 111     |
| 18        | Nagaland            | 29        | 90        | 118     |
| 19        | Odisha              | 442       | 1,528     | 1,971   |
| 20        | Punjab              | 15        | 42        | 57      |
| 21        | Rajasthan           | 782       | 1,349     | 2,131   |
| 22        | Sikkim              | 18        | 21        | 39      |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu          | 2         | 244       | 246     |
| 24        | Telangana           | 60        | 61        | 121     |
| 25        | Tripura             | 62        | 349       | 410     |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh       | 4,013     | 4,083     | 8,096   |
| 27        | Uttarakhand         | 47        | 292       | 339     |
| 28        | West Bengal         | 255       | 1,354     | 1,609   |
| 29        | Goa                 | -         | 3         | 3       |
| 30        | D&N Haveli          | -         | 1         | 1       |
| 31        | Andaman & Nicobar   | 1         | -         | 1       |
|           | Total               | 10,536    | 19,173    | 29,709  |

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ANNEXURE-V

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  PART  (d)  OF  THE  STATEMENT  LAID  IN REPLY TO STARRED QUESTION NO. 73 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 21.11.2019 REGARDING ELECTRIFICATION OF VILLAGES.

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## Status of Power Supply to Rural Areas

During September, 2019

|   Sl. No. | Name of the State   |   Average hours of power supply in a day to rural areas |
|-----------|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh      |                                                   23.63 |
|         2 | Arunachal Pradesh*  |                                                   14.3  |
|         3 | Assam               |                                                   19    |
|         4 | Bihar               |                                                   21.83 |
|         5 | Chhattisgarh        |                                                   23    |
|         6 | Gujarat             |                                                   24    |
|         7 | Haryana             |                                                   17.67 |
|         8 | Himachal Pradesh    |                                                   24    |
|         9 | Jammu & Kashmir*    |                                                   16    |
|        10 | Jharkhand           |                                                   17.46 |
|        11 | Karnataka           |                                                   18.93 |
|        12 | Kerala              |                                                   24    |
|        13 | Madhya Pradesh      |                                                   23.47 |
|        14 | Maharashtra         |                                                   24    |
|        15 | Manipur             |                                                   23.5  |
|        16 | Meghalaya           |                                                   18.5  |
|        17 | Mizoram             |                                                   15    |
|        18 | Nagaland            |                                                   20    |
|        19 | Odisha              |                                                   22.23 |
|        20 | Punjab              |                                                   24    |
|        21 | Rajasthan           |                                                   22    |
|        22 | Sikkim              |                                                   16.75 |
|        23 | Tamil Nadu          |                                                   24    |
|        24 | Telangana           |                                                   24    |
|        25 | Tripura             |                                                   23.5  |
|        26 | Uttar Pradesh       |                                                   17.58 |
|        27 | Uttarakhand         |                                                   23.98 |
|        28 | West Bengal         |                                                   24    |

*  For  Jammu  &  Kashmir,  June  2019  Month  data  has  been  included.  For Arunachal Pradesh, February, 2019 data has been included.

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