Lok Sabha Question No. 904 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-06
Subject: Electricity Connection to Poor Persons
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Rahul Kaswan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.904 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2020

## ELECTRICITY CONNECTION TO POOR PERSONS

†904.  SHRI RAHUL KASWAN:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) whether a scheme has been made to provide electricity connection to every hamlet and house in the country;

(b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  funds  allocated  under  the  scheme,  State-wise including Rajasthan;

(c) whether  household  connection  has  not  been  provided  to  the  poor  persons  who  has submitted the demand note for more than one year;

(d) if so, the details thereof; and

(e) the  total  number  of  hamlets  and  houses  electrified  during  the  last  three  years  and  the number of persons in waiting list, State-wise including Rajasthan?

## 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): Government  of  India  launched  Pradhan  Mantri  Sahaj  Bijli  Har  Ghar  Yojana  SAUBHAGYA in October, 2017 to achieve universal household electrification by providing last mile connectivity and electricity connections to all households in rural areas and all poor households in urban areas across the country.

There  is  no  upfront  allocation  of  funds  for  any  State  under  Saubhagya  scheme. Funds  are  released  for  sanctioned  projects  in  installments  based  on  the  reported  utilisation  of amount  in  the  previous  installment(s)  and  fulfillment  of  stipulated  conditionalities.  Under  the scheme,  grant  of  Rs.  4541  crore  has  been  released  to  States  including  Rajasthan,  up  to 31.12.2019. The State-wise details are given at Annexure-I.

(c) to (e) : All the States reported electrification of all the households on Saubhagya portal as on 31 st  March 2019, except few households in Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected Bastar region 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-II.

Subsequently,  seven  States  reported  19.09  lakh  un-electrified  households  which were  un-willing  earlier,  later  willing  to  get  electricity  connection,  identified  before  31 st March, 2019. Out of these, 10,71,336 households have been electrified up to 31.01.2020. The State-wise details are given at Annexure-III.

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ANNEXURE-I QUESTION NO.  904 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 06.02.2020.

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

State-wise grant disbursed under Saubhagya up to 31.12.2019.

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State   |   Grant disbursed (Rs. in Crore) |
|-----------|---------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1         | Arunachal Pradesh   |                              153 |
| 2         | Assam               |                              490 |
| 3         | Bihar               |                              314 |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh        |                              284 |
| 5         | Haryana             |                                3 |
| 6         | Himachal Pradesh    |                                4 |
| 7         | J&K                 |                               53 |
| 8         | Jharkhand           |                              152 |
| 9         | Kerala              |                               41 |
| 10        | Madhya Pradesh      |                              407 |
| 11        | Maharashtra         |                              189 |
| 12        | Manipur             |                               41 |
| 13        | Meghalaya           |                              168 |
| 14        | Mizoram             |                               35 |
| 15        | Nagaland            |                               39 |
| 16        | Odisha              |                              245 |
| 17        | Rajasthan           |                              123 |
| 18        | Tripura             |                              245 |
| 19        | Uttar Pradesh       |                             1412 |
| 20        | Uttarakhand         |                               36 |
| 21        | West Bengal         |                              107 |
| Total     |                     |                             4541 |

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ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (c)  TO  (e)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  904 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 06.02.2020. ***************

State-wise electrification of households during 11.10.2017 to 31.03.2019.

| Sl. No. Name of the States 1 Andhra Pradesh   | Number of households electrified   |
|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| 2                                             | 1,81,930                           |
| Arunachal Pradesh                             | 47,089                             |
| 3 Assam                                       | 17,45,149                          |
| 4 Bihar                                       | 32,59,041                          |
| 5 Chhattisgarh                                | 7,49,397                           |
| 6 Gujarat                                     | 41,317                             |
| 7 Haryana                                     | 54,681                             |
| 8 Himachal Pradesh                            | 12,891                             |
| 9 Jammu & Kashmir                             | 3,77,045                           |
| 10 Jharkhand                                  | 15,30,708                          |
| 11 Karnataka                                  | 3,56,974                           |
| 12 Ladakh                                     | 10,456                             |
| 13 Madhya Pradesh                             | 19,84,264                          |
| 14 Maharashtra                                | 15,17,922                          |
| 15 Manipur                                    | 1,02,748                           |
| 16 Meghalaya                                  | 1,99,839                           |
| 17 Mizoram                                    | 27,970                             |
| 18 Nagaland                                   | 1,32,507                           |
| 19 Odisha                                     | 24,52,444                          |
| 20 Puducherry                                 | 912                                |
| 21 Punjab                                     | 3,477                              |
| 22 Rajasthan                                  | 18,62,736                          |
| 23 Sikkim                                     | 14,900                             |
| 24 Tamil Nadu                                 | 2,170                              |
| 25 Telangana                                  | 5,15,084                           |
| 26 Tripura                                    | 1,39,090                           |
| 27 Uttar Pradesh                              | 79,80,568                          |
| 28 Uttarakhand                                | 2,48,751                           |
| 29 West Bengal                                | 7,32,290                           |
| Total                                         | 262,84,350                         |

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ANNEXURE-III ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (c)  TO  (e)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  904 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 06.02.2020.

*************** STATE-WISE WILLING UN-ELECTRIFIED HOUSEHOLDS

IDENTIFIED BEFORE 31 ST  MARCH 2019

| S.No.   | Name of the State   | Un-electrified HHs (un-willing earlier)   | Households electrified from 01.04.2019 to 31.01.2020   | Balance un- electrified HHs to be electrified (as on 31.01.2020)   |
|---------|---------------------|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Assam               | 200,000                                   | 135,291                                                | 64,709                                                             |
| 2       | Chhattisgarh        | 40,394                                    | 21,295                                                 | 19,099                                                             |
| 3       | Jharkhand           | 200,000                                   | 127,645                                                | 72,355                                                             |
| 4       | Karnataka           | 39,738                                    | 26,687                                                 | 13,051                                                             |
| 5       | Manipur             | 1,141                                     | 1,980                                                  | 0                                                                  |
| 6       | Rajasthan*          | 228,403                                   | 212,786                                                | 0                                                                  |
| 7       | Uttar Pradesh       | 1,200,003                                 | 545,652                                                | 654,351                                                            |
| Total   | Total               | 1,909,679                                 | 1,071,336                                              | 823,565                                                            |

*  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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