Lok Sabha Question No. 4214 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-19
Subject: Electricity to Every Household
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Santosh Pandey

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4214 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.03.2020

## ELECTRICITY TO EVERY HOUSEHOLD

†4214. SHRI SANTOSH PANDEY:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  had  set  any  target  of  providing  electricity  to  every households in the country;
- (b) if so, whether any time limit has been fixed in this regard;
- (c) the district-wise number of households in rural areas of Chhattisgarh which have been provided electricity by December 31, 2019;
- (d) the  total  number  of  households  in  Rajnandgaon  and  Kabirdham  in  Chhattisgarh which  have  been  provided  electricity  by  December  31,  2019  along  with  the  number  of registered households having no electricity; and
- (e) the funds allocated and sanctioned to Chhattisgarh till December 31, 2019 under 'Saubhagya' Yojana?

## 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) & (b) : Government of India launched Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar YojanaSaubhagya in October, 2017 to achieve universal household electrification by providing last mile connectivity and electricity connections to all willing households in rural and all poor households in urban areas across the country by March, 2019.
- (c) : As  reported  by  State,  since  launch  of  Pradhan  Mantri  Sahaj  Bijli  Har  Ghar Yojana  -  Saubhagya,  7,45,647  households  in  rural  area  of  Chhattisgarh  have  been electrified upto 31.12.2019. District-wise detail is given at Annexure.
- (d) : As  reported  by  the  State  of  Chhattisgarh,  total  24,706  households  in Rajnandgaon  and  28,609  households  in  Kabirdham  districts  have  been  electrified  since launch of Saubhagya up to 31.12.2019 and no household remains un-electrified.
- (e) : There is no upfront allocation for any State under Saubhagya Scheme.  Funds are released for sanctioned projects in installments based on the reported utilization of the  previous  installment(s)  and  fulfillment  of  stipulated  conditionalities.      Under  the scheme, Government of India have sanctioned projects of Rs.648 crore for the State of Chhattisgarh and disbursed Rs.284 crore, as grant, up to 31.12.2019.   In addition to this, Government  of  India  have  also  sanctioned  projects  of  Rs.83.64  crore  for  additional infrastructure up to 31.12.2019, to support household electrification under Saubhagya.

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ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4214 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 19.03.2020.

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## DISTRICT-WISE  DETAILS OF RURAL HOUSEHOLD ELECTRIFICATION DURING 11.10.2017 TO 31.12.2019 IN THE STATE OF CHHATTISGARH

|    | District         |   Number of rural households |
|----|------------------|------------------------------|
| 1  | Balod            |                        16110 |
| 2  | Baloda Bajar     |                        38609 |
| 3  | Balrampur        |                        45204 |
| 4  | Bastar           |                        57969 |
| 5  | Bemetara         |                        30758 |
| 6  | Bijapur          |                        24152 |
| 7  | Bilaspur         |                        47672 |
| 8  | Dantewada        |                        27686 |
| 9  | Dhamtari         |                         6027 |
| 10 | Durg             |                        12893 |
| 11 | Gariyabandh      |                        32313 |
| 12 | Janjgir - Champa |                        24068 |
| 13 | Jashpur          |                        56839 |
| 14 | Kabirdham        |                        28198 |
| 15 | Kanker           |                        23431 |
| 16 | Kondagaon        |                        19506 |
| 17 | Korba            |                        26098 |
| 18 | Koriya           |                        23828 |
| 19 | Mahasamund       |                         8745 |
| 20 | Mungeli          |                        25163 |
| 21 | Narayanpur       |                        10810 |
| 22 | Raigarh          |                        22952 |
| 23 | Raipur           |                        11461 |
| 24 | Rajnandgaon      |                        24565 |
| 25 | Sukma            |                        20136 |
| 26 | Surajpur         |                        35946 |
| 27 | Surguja          |                        44508 |
|    | Total            |                       745647 |

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