Lok Sabha Question No. 1410 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-26
Subject: Electrification of Villages
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: RODMAL NAGAR, HARI MANJHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1410 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2018

## ELECTRIFICATION OF VILLAGES

†1410.  SHRI NAGAR RODMAL: SHRI HARI MANJHI:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has set any time limit to electrify every village of the country  under  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti  Yojana  (DDUGJY)  and  if  so,  the details thereof;
- (b) the details of number of villages electrified in the country during the last two years, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the  number  of  villages  electrified  so  far  and  the  number  of  them  yet  to  be electrified under DDUGJY, State-wise, including Madhya Pradesh;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  set  any  target  to  supply  electricity  to  all  the villages under electrification scheme; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  R. K. SINGH )

(a) to (c) : Under  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti  Yojana  (DDUGJY),  all  the remaining un-electrified  inhabited  census  villages  in  the  country  were  electrified  as on 28.04.2018. The State-wise details of number of villages electrified in the country during the last two years, is given at Annexure-I.

State-wise  total  number  of  un-electrified  census  villages  electrified under DDUGJY including Madhya Pradesh, is given at Annexure-II.

(d) & (e): The  supply  of  electricity  to  villages  falls  under  the  jurisdiction  of respective  State  Governments/Power  Utilities.  However,  Government  of  India  has taken  a  joint  initiative  with  all  the  States/UTs  for  preparation  of  State  specific documents for providing 24x7 power supply to all households, industrial & commercial consumers  and  adequate  supply  of  power  to  agricultural  consumers  as  per  State policy. All the State Governments and Union Territories have signed the '24X7 Power For All' document to provide electricity to all from 1st April 2019. Government of India supplements the efforts of States through its various schemes including Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) and 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 ANNEX  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.    1410  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  THE  LOK  SABHA  ON 26.07.2018. *************** State-wise number of inhabited census villages electrified during the last two years

| Sr. No.   | Name of the State   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Arunachal Pradesh   | 175       | 854       |
| 2         | Assam               | 1,218     | 572       |
| 3         | Bihar               | 556       | 332       |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh        | 294       | 348       |
| 5         | Himachal Pradesh 27 |           | -         |
| 6         | J & K               | 5         | 35        |
| 7         | Jharkhand           | 1,104     | 613       |
| 8         | Karnataka           | 14        | 25        |
| 9         | Madhya Pradesh      | 159       | 44        |
| 10        | Manipur             | 121       | 77        |
| 11        | Meghalaya           | 681       | 218       |
| 12        | Mizoram             | 24        | 14        |
| 13        | Nagaland            | 76        | 2         |
| 14        | Odisha              | 1,092     | 544       |
| 15        | Rajasthan           | 263       | 1         |
| 16        | Tripura             | 17        | -         |
| 17        | Uttar Pradesh       | 162       | 9         |
| 18        | Uttarakhand         | 18        | 43        |
| 19        | West Bengal         | 9         | 5         |
| Total     | Total               | 6,015     | 3,736     |

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ANNEXURE-II ANNEX  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.    1410  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  THE  LOK  SABHA  ON 26.07.2018.

*************** State-wise total number of  inhabited census villages electrified under DDUGJY

(including RE Component)

| Sr. No.   | Name of the State   |   Cumulative Achievement |
|-----------|---------------------|--------------------------|
| 1         | Arunachal Pradesh   |                     3561 |
| 2         | Assam               |                    11058 |
| 3         | Bihar               |                    26190 |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh        |                     2375 |
| 5         | Himachal Pradesh    |                      118 |
| 6         | J & K               |                      349 |
| 7         | Jharkhand           |                    20373 |
| 8         | Karnataka           |                       94 |
| 9         | Madhya Pradesh      |                     1206 |
| 10        | Maharashtra         |                       80 |
| 11        | Manipur             |                     1174 |
| 12        | Meghalaya           |                     2892 |
| 13        | Mizoram             |                      208 |
| 14        | Nagaland            |                      180 |
| 15        | Odisha              |                    17661 |
| 16        | Rajasthan           |                     4583 |
| 17        | Sikkim              |                       25 |
| 18        | Tripura             |                      167 |
| 19        | Uttar Pradesh       |                    29306 |
| 20        | Uttarakhand         |                     1605 |
| 21        | West Bengal         |                     4205 |
| Total     | Total               |                   127410 |

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