Lok Sabha Question No. 2663 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-27
Subject: Electrification of Households under DDUGJY
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: George Baker, ANIL SHIROLE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2663 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.12.2018

## ELECTRIFICATION OF HOUSEHOLDS UNDER DDUGJY

2663.  SHRI GEORGE BAKER: SHRI ANIL SHIROLE:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the salient features of the Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana;

(b) the  funds  sanctioned,  allocated  and  utilised  thereunder  during  the  last three years and the current year across the country, State/UT-wise including West Bengal and Maharashtra;

(c) the number of households specially in remote areas electrified under this yojana so far along with those still un- electrified;

(d) whether it is upto the set target and if not, the reasons therefor along with the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  cover  the  un-electrified households; and

(e) whether  electricity  consumption  growth  has  been  robust  during  the  last three years and if so, the details thereof including the steps taken/being taken by the Government to meet the increasing demand?

A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  R. K. SINGH )

(a) : Government  of  India  approved  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) with total investment of Rs.43033 crore in December, 2014, with the following components :

(i) Separation  of  agriculture  and  non-agriculture  feeders  facilitating  judicious rostering of supply to agricultural & non- agricultural consumers in the rural areas;

- (ii) Strengthening  and  augmentation  of  sub-transmission  &  distribution  (ST&D) infrastructure in rural areas, including metering at distribution transformers, feeders and consumers end;
- (iii) Rural electrification.

...............2.

In addition to the above, the remaining works of Rural Electrification were  also  subsumed  under  DDUGJY.    The  funding  pattern  under  DDUGJY  is  as under :-

-  GOI Grant: Special Category States-85%, Other States-60%, State Contribution: Special Category States-5%, Other States-10%, Loan : Special Category States-10%, Other States-30%.
-  Additional  GOI  Grant:  Special  Category  States-5%,  Other  States-15%  on achievement of (i) timely completion of projects (ii) AT&C loss reduction as per  trajectory  (iii)  Upfront  release  of  subsidy  by  State  Govt.  based  on metered consumption.
- (b) : Under  DDUGJY,  new  projects  amounting  to  Rs.42,676  crore  have been  sanctioned.  Grant  of  Rs.32,823  crore  has  been  disbursed  to  the  States, including  West  Bengal  and  Maharashtra,  during  the  last  three  years  and  the current year (up to 30.11.2018) under DDUGJY along with its RE component. The State-wise  details  of  projects  sanctioned  and  funds  disbursed  are  given  at Annexure-I and Annexure-II respectively.

Further, an additional amount of Rs.11,996 crore has been sanctioned  under  DDUGJY  during  the  financial  year  2018-19  for  14  States  for creation of additional infrastructure to cater to the need of household electrification under Saubhagya scheme against which a grant of Rs.1,776 crore has been released as on 30.11.2018. The State-wise details are given at AnnexureIII.

- (c) & (d) : Under DDUGJY, free electricity service connections are provided to Below Poverty Line (BPL) households across the country including remote areas. So  far,  free  electricity  service  connections  to  3.07  crore  BPL  households  have been released under the scheme, as on 30.11.2018.

Government  of  India  launched  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Sahaj  Bijli  Har Ghar  Yojana  -'Saubhagya'  in  October,  2017,  with  the  objective  to  achieve universal  household  electrification  by  providing  electricity  connections  to  all households  in  rural  and  all  poor  households  in  urban  areas  by  March,  2019.  As reported by the States, there are 21.73 crore households in the country; of these 20.79 crore households have been electrified as on 30.11.2018 and the remaining 0.94 crore un-electrified  households  including  remote  areas  are  aimed  for electrification by March, 2019.

- (e) : The  growth  in  electricity  consumption  during  the  years  2014-15, 2015-16 & 2016-17 has been 8.5%, 5.55% and 5.99%  respectively.  To meet the increasing demand of electricity, 47,691 MW of capacity has been added during the last three years in addition to the renewable energy.

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ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.

2663 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 27.12.2018. ***************

State-wise sanctioned project cost under DDUGJY including RE Projects, during the last three years and the current year.

(Rs. in crore)

Total

| Sl. No.     | Name of the State   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19 (upto 30.11.2018)   | Total   |
|-------------|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------|---------|
| 1           | Andhra Pradesh      | 593       | -         | -         | -                           | 593     |
| 2           | Arunachal Pradesh   | 267       | -         | -         | -                           | 267     |
| 3           | Assam               | 1,274     | -         | -         | -                           | 1,274   |
| 4           | Bihar               | 5,856     | -         | -         | -                           | 5,856   |
| 5           | Chhattisgarh        | 1,254     | 9         | -         | -                           | 1,263   |
| 6           | Gujarat             | 925       | -         | -         | -                           | 925     |
| 7           | Haryana             | 316       | -         | -         | -                           | 316     |
| 8           | J&K                 | 620       | -         | -         | -                           | 620     |
| 9           | Jharkhand           | 3,696     | 26        | -         | -                           | 3,722   |
| 10          | Karnataka           | 1,750     | 4         | -         | -                           | 1,754   |
| 11          | Kerala              | 485       | -         | -         | -                           | 485     |
| 12          | Madhya Pradesh      | -         | 20        | -         | -                           | 20      |
| 13          | Maharashtra         | 2,163     | 12        | -         | -                           | 2,175   |
| 14          | Manipur             | 55        | -         | -         | -                           | 55      |
| 15          | Meghalaya           | 262       | -         | -         | -                           | 262     |
| 16          | Mizoram             | 30        | -         | -         | -                           | 30      |
| 17          | Nagaland            | 42        | 42        | -         | -                           | 85      |
| 18          | Odisha              | 1,655     | -         | -         | -                           | 1,655   |
| 19          | Punjab              | 252       | -         | -         | -                           | 252     |
| 20          | Rajasthan           | 2,819     | -         | -         | -                           | 2,819   |
| 21          | Sikkim              |           | 50        | -         | -                           | 50      |
| 22          | Tamil Nadu          | 462       | -         | -         | -                           | 462     |
| 23          | Tripura             | 74        | -         | -         | -                           | 74      |
| 24          | Uttar Pradesh       | 6,633     | -         | -         | -                           | 6,633   |
| 25          | Uttarakhand         | 842       | -         | -         | -                           | 842     |
| 26          | Goa                 | 20        | -         | -         | -                           | 20      |
| 27          | D&N Haveli          | 5         | -         | -         | -                           | 5       |
| 28          | Puducherry          | -         | 20        | -         | -                           | 20      |
| 29          | Andaman & Nicobar   | -         | 21        | -         | -                           | 21      |
| Grand Total | Grand Total         | 32353     | 204       | -         | -                           | 32557   |

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## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2663 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 27.12.2018.

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State-wise Grant disbursed under DDUGJY including RE projects during the last three years and the current year.

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State       | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19              | Total     |
|-----------|-------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh          |           |           |           | upto 30.11.2018) 147 |           |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh       | 31        | 128       | 165       | 7                    | 471       |
| 3         | Assam                   | 31        | 101       | 81        | 107                  | 220       |
| 4         | Bihar                   | 338       | 598       | 401       | 1,429                | 1,444     |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh            | 710       | 1,292     | 763       | 64                   | 4,195     |
| 6         | Gujarat                 | 279       | 126       | 552       | 166                  | 1,021     |
| 7         | Haryana                 | 58        | 110       | 143       | 22                   | 478       |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh        | -         | -         | 45        | -                    | 67        |
| 9         | J&K                     | 28        | -         | -         | 116                  | 28        |
| 10        | Jharkhand               | -         | -         | 65        | 892                  | 181       |
| 11        | Karnataka               | -         | 327       | 862       | 296                  | 2,081     |
| 12        | Kerala                  | 44        | 145       | 204       | -                    | 689       |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh          | -         | 134       | 87        | 432                  | 221       |
| 14        | Maharashtra             | 439       | 421       | 598       | 78                   | 1,889     |
| 15        | Manipur                 | 43        | 257       | 143       | 25                   | 521       |
| 16        | Meghalaya               | 7         | 36        | 33        | 45                   | 101       |
| 17        | Mizoram                 | -         | 26        | 58        | 14                   | 128       |
| 18        | Nagaland                | 19        | 14        | 42        | 11                   | 89        |
| 19        | Odisha                  | 48        | 21        | 24        | 751                  | 104       |
| 20        | Punjab                  | 514       | 1,079     | 366       | 42                   | 2,711     |
| 21        | Rajasthan               | -         | -         | 15        | 309                  | 57        |
| 22        | Sikkim                  | 253       | 349       | 782       | 8                    | 1,693     |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu              | -         | -         | 18        | 151                  | 26        |
| 24        | Telangana               | 77        | 110       | 2         | -                    | 341       |
| 25        | Tripura                 | 5         | 27        | 60        | 22                   | 93        |
| 26 Uttar  | Pradesh                 | 49        | 78        | 62        | 1,028                | 211       |
| 27        | Uttarakhand             | 1,249     | 2,262     | 3,149     | 137                  | 7,689     |
| 28        | West Bengal             | 71        | 16        | 33        | 676                  | 258       |
| 29        | Goa                     | 305       | 273       | 241       | 1                    | 1,495     |
| 30        | D&N Haveli              | -         | -         | -         | 1                    | 1         |
| 31        | Puducherry              | -         | -         | -         | -                    | 1         |
| 32 Grand  | Andaman & Nicobar Total | - - 4599  | 1 - 7932  | - 1 8995  | - 6979               | 1 1 28506 |

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ANNEXURE-III ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.    2663  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  THE  LOK  SABHA  ON

27.12.2018.

*************** State-wise details of additional  amount sanction under DDUGJY for household electrification under Saubhagya

As on 30.11.2018

| Sr.   | State          | 2018-19                         | 2018-19   |
|-------|----------------|---------------------------------|-----------|
| No.   |                | Sanctioned cost Grant disbursed |           |
| 1     | Arunachal Pr.  | (Rs. in crore) (Rs. in crore) - |           |
| 2     | Assam          | 292 331                         |           |
| 3     | Chhattisgarh   | 1,298 15                        |           |
| 4     | J & K          | 84 223                          |           |
| 5     | Madhya Pradesh | 875 75                          |           |
| 6     | Maharashtra    | 999 -                           |           |
| 7     | Manipur        | 369 -                           |           |
| 8     | Meghalaya      | 60 -                            |           |
| 9     | Mizoram        | 208 -                           |           |
| 10    | Nagaland       | 32 -                            |           |
| 11    | Odisha         | 28 -                            |           |
| 12    | Rajasthan      | 509 -                           |           |
| 13    | Tripura        | 594 -                           |           |
| 14    | Uttar Pradesh  | 359 1,132                       |           |
| Total | Total          | 6,290 1,776                     |           |

11,996

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