Lok Sabha Question No. 2549 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-27
Subject: Remote Village Electrification Programme
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2549

TO BE ANSWERED ON-27.12.2018

## REMOTE VILLAGE ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAMME

## 2549. DR. KIRIT P. SOLANKI

Will the Minister of NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to state:-

- (a) the salient features of the Remote Village Electrification Programme (RVEP);
- (b) the total villages covered under this programme when it was introduced, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the reasons for the discontinuation of this programme; and
- (d) whether the Government is planning to introduce a similar programme in the near future and if so, the details thereof

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER (I/C) (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a)  The  Remote  village  electrification  programme  was  launched  by  the  Ministry  of  New  & Renewable Energy (MNRE) to provide electrification/lighting through renewable energy sources of the eligible unelectrified remote census villages and remote unelectrified hamlets of electrified census villages. Major activities covered under the Programme were:
- (i) Installation of power plants based on small hydro power, biomass, wind, biofuels, biogas, etc. for electrification of remote villages/hamlets.
- (ii)  Initial  surveys  and  studies  if  necessary  for  firming  up  of  State-wise  lists  of  remote unelectrified census villages and hamlets;
- (iii) Institution development and capacity building;
- (iv) Development of remote village specific electricity generation systems and packages   based on different renewable energy technologies.
- (b) State-wise list of villages/ hamlets covered is placed at Annexure .
- (c)  The  Remote Village Electrification Programme (RVEP) was discontinued by  MNRE from 2012-13. No new sanctions are being issued by the Ministry under the  Programme, however, budget is kept for settlement of old claims. Electrification of all villages has been taken up under Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) and Saubhagya Scheme launched by the Government, under which all households are being electrified.
- (d) In light of the Saubhagya Scheme, necessity of such a programme is no longer there.

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## Annexure

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No. 2549  for 27/12/2018 regarding 'remote village electrification programme'

## Physical Progress of implementation of Remote Village Electrification Programme

| Sl. No .   | State             | Villages Completed   |   Hamlets completed |
|------------|-------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
| 1.         | Arunachal Pradesh | 297                  |                   0 |
| 2.         | Andhra Pradesh    | 0                    |                  13 |
| 3.         | Assam             | 1953                 |                   0 |
| 4.         | Chhattisgarh      | 568                  |                   0 |
| 5.         | Gujarat           | 38                   |                   0 |
| 6.         | Haryana           | 0                    |                 286 |
| 7.         | Himachal Pradesh  | 21                   |                   0 |
| 8.         | Jammu &Kashmir    | 334                  |                  15 |
| 9.         | Jharkhand         | 700                  |                   0 |
| 10.        | Karnataka         | 16                   |                  14 |
| 11.        | Kerala            | 0                    |                 607 |
| 12.        | Madhya Pradesh    | 577                  |                   0 |
| 13.        | Maharashtra       | 340                  |                   0 |
| 14.        | Manipur           | 237                  |                   3 |
| 15.        | Meghalaya         | 149                  |                   0 |
| 16.        | Mizoram           | 20                   |                   0 |
| 17.        | Nagaland          | 11                   |                   0 |
| 18.        | Orissa            | 1614                 |                  14 |
| 19.        | Rajasthan         | 305                  |                  90 |
| 20.        | Sikkim            | 0                    |                  13 |
| 21.        | Tamil Nadu        | 0                    |                 131 |
| 22.        | Tripura           | 60                   |                 782 |
| 23.        | Uttarakhand       | 476                  |                 118 |
| 24.        | Uttar Pradesh     | 113                  |                 222 |
| 25.        | West Bengal       | 1177                 |                   2 |
| 26.        | Goa               |                      |                  19 |
| Total      | Total             | 9006                 |                2329 |