Lok Sabha Question No. 3205 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-12
Subject: Electricity Supply to Villages
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Ramesh Chandra Majhi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3205 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.03.2020

## ELECTRICITY SUPPLY TO VILLAGES

3205. SHRI. RAMESH CHANDRA MAJHI:

Will the Minister of POWER

be pleased to state:

(a) the  number  of  villages/households  connected  and  yet  to  be  connected  to electricity, State/UT-wise;

(b) whether  every  household  in  villages  has  electricity  facility  and  if  so,  the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;

(c) the  average  electricity  consumption  per  household  in  villages,  State/UTwise; and

(d) the  details  of  villages  electrified  along  with  the  allocation  made  therefor during the last two years to provide electricity to households across the country, State/UT-wise?

## 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) : As reported by the States, all inhabited census villages in the country stand electrified as on 28.04.2018. Further, all the States reported electrification of all households, on Saubhagya portal, as on 31.03.2019, except few households in  LWE  affected    Bastar  region  of  Chhattisgarh.  Subsequently,  seven  States reported 19,09,679 households which were un-willing earlier but later willing to get electricity connection. Out of these, 11,67,080 households have been electrified up to 28.02.2020. The State-wise details are given at Annexure-I.

(c) : As reported by the States, State-wise Per Capita Electricity Consumption is given at Annexure-II.

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(d) : All the States reported electrification of all inhabited census villages on 28.04.2018.  State-wise detail of villages electrified in last two years is 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 YojanaSaubhagya. Funds are released against sanctioned projects in installments  based  on  the  reported  utilization  of  the  previous  installment(s)  and fulfillment of stipulated conditionalities. Government of India disbursed Rs.29,729.93 crore as grant for various works related to rural electrification in the last two years under DDUGJY and Saubhagya.  The State/UT-wise details are given at Annexure-IV.

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ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  &  (b)  OF  UNSTARRED

QUESTION NO.  3205 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 12.03.2020. *************** STATE-WISE WILLING UN-ELECTRIFIED HOUSEHOLDS IDENTIFIED BEFORE

31.03.2019 UNDER SAUBHAGYA SCHEME

|       | State         | Un-electrified HHs (un-willing earlier)   | Households electrified from 01.04.2019 to 28.02.2020   | Balance (as on 28.02.2020)   |
|-------|---------------|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
| 1     | Assam         | 2,00,000                                  | 1,54,618                                               | 45,382                       |
| 2     | Chhattisgarh  | 40,394                                    | 21,480                                                 | 18,914                       |
| 3     | Jharkhand     | 2,00,000                                  | 1,31,880                                               | 68,120                       |
| 4     | Karnataka     | 39,738                                    | 26,687                                                 | 13,051                       |
| 5     | Manipur       | 1,141                                     | 1,980                                                  | 0                            |
| 6     | Rajasthan*    | 2,28,403                                  | 2,12,786                                               | 0                            |
| 7     | Uttar Pradesh | 12,00,003                                 | 6,17,649                                               | 5,82,354                     |
| Total | Total         | 19,09,679                                 | 11,67,080                                              | 7,27,821                     |

*  State  has  informed  that  cumulative  progress  of  electrification  of  willing households  from  01.04.2019    to  31.12.2019  is  2,12,786  &  reported  100% electrification.

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## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3205 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 12.03.2020.

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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 |

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ANNEXURE-III ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3205 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 12.03.2020.

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State-wise electrification of inhabited census villages under DDUGJY during the last two years i.e. 2017-18 & 2018-19.

|       | State              | Total   |
|-------|--------------------|---------|
| 1     | Arunachal Pradesh  | 1,134   |
| 2     | Assam              | 572     |
| 3     | Bihar              | 596     |
| 4     | Chhattisgarh       | 379     |
| 5     | Jammu & Kashmir 97 |         |
| 6     | Jharkhand          | 729     |
| 7     | Karnataka          | 25      |
| 8     | Madhya Pradesh     | 49      |
| 9     | Maharashtra        | 80      |
| 10    | Manipur            | 170     |
| 11    | Meghalaya          | 369     |
| 12    | Mizoram            | 14      |
| 13    | Nagaland           | 2       |
| 14    | Odisha             | 925     |
| 15    | Rajasthan          | 1       |
| 16    | Uttar Pradesh 31   |         |
| 17    | Uttarakhand        | 73      |
| 18    | West Bengal        | 5       |
| Total | Total              | 5,251   |

All the States reported electrification of all inhabited census villages on 28.04.2018.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3205 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 12.03.2020.

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State-wise  Grant  disbursed  under  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Gram Jyoti  Yojana (DDUGJY)  and Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana- Saubhagya  during the financial year 2017-18 & 2018-19.

| Name of the State   |   Funds released (Rs. Crore) |
|---------------------|------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh      |                       342.2  |
| Arunachal Pradesh   |                       379.59 |
| Assam               |                      1952.08 |
| Bihar               |                      3489.12 |
| Chhattisgarh        |                       892.66 |
| Gujarat             |                       324.39 |
| Haryana             |                        67.47 |
| Himachal Pradesh    |                        15.48 |
| J&K*                |                       637.14 |
| Jharkhand           |                      2376.65 |
| Karnataka           |                       655.36 |
| Kerala              |                       159.25 |
| Ladakh              |                        23.1  |
| Madhya Pradesh      |                      1956.78 |
| Maharashtra         |                       780.05 |
| Manipur             |                       114.61 |
| Meghalaya           |                       310.41 |
| Mizoram             |                       111.32 |
| Nagaland            |                       118.12 |
| Orissa              |                      1970.7  |
| Punjab              |                        57.02 |
| Rajasthan           |                      2130.85 |
| Sikkim              |                        39.04 |
| Tamil Nadu          |                       245.81 |
| Telangana           |                       120.96 |
| Tripura             |                       410.28 |
| Uttar Pradesh       |                      8095.88 |
| Uttarakhand         |                       338.88 |
| West Bengal         |                      1609.29 |
| Goa                 |                         3.27 |
| D&N Haveli          |                         0.9  |
| Puducherry          |                         0.01 |
| Andaman Nicobar     |                         1.26 |
| Total               |                     29729.9  |

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