Lok Sabha Question No. 3060 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-11
Subject: Agreements for Saubhagya
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Rebati Tripura, Ajay Nishad, Manoj Kumar Tiwari, Santosh Kumar, Vijay Kumar Dubey, Anurag Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3060 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.07.2019

## AGREEMENTS FOR SAUBHAGYA

3060.  SHRI REBATI TRIPURA: SHRI AJAY NISHAD: SHRI MANOJ TIWARI: SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR: SHRI VIJAY KUMAR DUBEY: SHRI ANURAG SHARMA:

Will the Minister of POWER

be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  efforts  being  made  by  the  Government  to  achieve  the objectives  of  Pradhan  Mantri  Sahaj  BijliHar  Ghar  Yojana  'Saubhagya'  in  near future in each State/UT including North East region;

(b) whether  the  Government  has  made  any  time  limit  to  achieve  these objectives and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;

(c) the details of the agreements signed/made for achieving the objectives of this Yojana, State/UT-wise; and

(d) the details of the allocation made for the year 2019-20, 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) to (c) : Government of  India  launched  Pradhan  Mantri  Sahaj  Bijli  Har  Ghar Yojana - Saubhagya, in October 2017, with an outlay of Rs.16,320 crore to achieve universal  household  electrification  by  providing  electricity  connections  to  all remaining  un-electrified  households  in  rural  and  all  poor  households  in  urban areas across the country.

All States have declared electrification of all households on Saubhagya portal, except 18,734 households in LWE affected areas of Chhattisgarh.    Since  the  launch  of  Saubhagya  scheme,  2.63  crore  households were electrified across the country up to 31.03.2019. The State-wise details are given  at  Annexure.  Subsequently  Government  of  Rajasthan  on  01.07.2019  has reported  that  an  additional  1,45,528  un-electrified  households  in  the  State  and Government  of  Chhattisgarh  on  14.06.2019  has  reported  40,394  un-electrified households. They have been advised to complete connecting these households.

- (d) : The  time-line  for  electrification  under  Saubhagya  Scheme  was 31.03.2019, hence question does not arise.

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ANNEXURE ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF UNSTARRED

QUESTION NO.3060 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 11.07.2019. ***************

State-wise number of households electrified as per Saubhagya portal during the period from 11.10.2017 to 31.03.2019.

| Sl. No. Name of the   | Number of households electrified   |
|-----------------------|------------------------------------|
| 1 Andhra Pradesh      | 1,81,930                           |
| 2 Arunachal Pradesh   | 47,089                             |
| 3 Assam               | 17,45,149                          |
| 4 Bihar               | 32,59,041                          |
| 5 Chhattisgarh        | 749,397                            |
| 6 Gujarat             | 41,317                             |
| 7 Haryana             | 54,681                             |
| 8 Himachal Pradesh    | 12,891                             |
| 9 Jammu & Kashmir     | 3,87,501                           |
| 10 Jharkhand          | 15,30,708                          |
| 11 Karnataka          | 3,56,974                           |
| 12 Madhya Pradesh     | 19,84,264                          |
| 13 Maharashtra        | 15,17,922                          |
| 14 Manipur            | 1,02,748                           |
| 15 Meghalaya          | 1,99,839                           |
| 16 Mizoram            | 27,970                             |
| 17 Nagaland           | 1,32,507                           |
| 18 Odisha             | 24,52,444                          |
| 19 Puducherry         | 912                                |
| 20 Punjab             | 3,477                              |
| 21 Rajasthan          | 18,62,736                          |
| 22 Sikkim             | 14,900                             |
| 23 Tamil Nadu         | 2,170                              |
| 24 Telangana          | 5,15,084                           |
| 25 Tripura            | 1,39,090                           |
| 26 Uttar Pradesh      | 79,80,568                          |
| 27 Uttarakhand        | 2,48,751                           |
| 28 West Bengal        | 7,32,290                           |
| Total                 | 2,62,84,350                        |

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