Lok Sabha Question No. 2314 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-05
Subject: Electricity to Dhanis
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Rahul Kaswan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2314 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.03.2020

## ELECTRICITY TO DHANIS

†2314. SHRI RAHUL KASWAN:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  provide  electricity  connection  to  every farmstead (Dhani) and house in the country;

(b) if so, the funds allocated for the same, State/UT-wise including Rajasthan;

(c) whether during the last more than one year, domestic connection is not being given to poor people who have deposited Demand Note amount;

(d) if so, the details thereof; and

(e) the  number  of  farmsteads  (Dhanis)  and  houses  electrified  during  the  last  three years,  State/UT-wise  including  Rajasthan  along  with  the  number  of  people  yet  to  be benefited?

## 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) : Government  of  India  had  launched  Pradhan  Mantri  Sahaj  Bijli  Har  Ghar Yojana  -  SAUBHAGYA  in  October,  2017  with  the  aim  to  achieve  universal  household electrification  by  providing  last  mile  connectivity  and  electricity  connections  to  all households in rural and all poor households in urban areas across the country.   All the States reported electrification of all households, on Saubhagya portal, as on 31.03.2019; except a few in LWE affected Bastar region of Chhattisgarh.

(b) : Projects  of  Rs.14,014.40  crore  have  been  sanctioned  under  Saubhagya, including Rajasthan.  The State-wise details are given at Annexure-I.

(c) to (e) : Release  of  electricity  connection  is  an  ongoing  process.    States  keep releasing  connections  as  per  their  extant  policies  and  rules.    Government  of  India supplement  the  efforts  of  State  through  its  various  schemes  including  Deen  Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana, Saubhagya, Integrated Power Development System (IPDS), etc.  Under various GoI Schemes 3,02,16,258 electricity connections have been released in the last three years.   The State-wise details are given at Annexure-II.

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ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2314 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 05.03.2020.

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## Saubhagya: State-wise Projects sanctioned

| Sr. No.           | Name of State/UT Sanctioned Cost   |
|-------------------|------------------------------------|
| 1                 | Arunachal Pradesh 323.32           |
| 2                 | Assam 972.87                       |
| 3 Bihar           | 925.63                             |
| 4 Chhattisgarh    | 647.63                             |
| 5 Haryana         | 18.20                              |
| 6 Himachal Pr.    | 5.93                               |
| 7 J&K             | 133.43                             |
| 8 Jharkhand       | 887.11                             |
| 9 Karnataka       | 78.67                              |
| 10 Kerala         | 90.00                              |
| 11 Madhya Pradesh | 872.65                             |
| 12 Maharashtra    | 405.89                             |
| 13 Manipur        | 120.79                             |
| 14 Meghalaya      | 275.73                             |
| 15 Mizoram        | 45.63                              |
| 16 Nagaland       | 64.06                              |
| 17 Odisha         | 524.76                             |
| 18 Punjab         | 1.77                               |
| 19 Rajasthan      | 571.91                             |
| 20 Sikkim         | 2.24                               |
| 21 Telangana      | 35.05                              |
| 22 Tripura        | 417.54                             |
| 23 Uttar Pradesh  | 6188.24                            |
| 24 Uttarakhand    | 149.35                             |
| 25 West           | Bengal 259.06                      |
| Total             |                                    |
|                   | 14017.40                           |

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## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (c)  TO  (e)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2314 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 05.03.2020. ***************

Household Electrification, under Government of India Schemes, in last 3 years

| Sl. No   | State             | Household Electrified from 2016-17 to 2018-19   | Household Electrified from 2016-17 to 2018-19   | Household Electrified from 2016-17 to 2018-19   | Household Electrified from 2016-17 to 2018-19   |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No   | State             | 2016-17                                         | 2017-18                                         | 2018-19                                         | Total                                           |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 4,16,593                                        | 3,54,876                                        | 99,981                                          | 871,450                                         |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 0                                               | 0                                               | 47,089                                          | 47,089                                          |
| 3        | Assam             | 13                                              | 2,93,919                                        | 16,34,313                                       | 1,928,245                                       |
| 4        | Bihar             | 7,79,552                                        | 9,45,641                                        | 28,10,025                                       | 4,535,218                                       |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 12,373                                          | 1,68,634                                        | 5,93,907                                        | 774,914                                         |
| 6        | Gujarat           | 0                                               | 16,561                                          | 25,569                                          | 42,130                                          |
| 7        | Haryana           | 0                                               | 3,497                                           | 51,184                                          | 54,681                                          |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh  | 0                                               | 1,424                                           | 10,948                                          | 12,372                                          |
| 9        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 713                                             | 0                                               | 3,87,501                                        | 388,214                                         |
| 10       | Jharkhand         | 2,687                                           | 1,28,779                                        | 14,05,319                                       | 1,536,785                                       |
| 11       | Karnataka         | 89,004                                          | 66,791                                          | 2,97,265                                        | 453,060                                         |
| 12       | Kerala            | 9,097                                           | 239                                             | 0                                               | 9,336                                           |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh    | 2,84,748                                        | 12,79,863                                       | 8,34,516                                        | 2,399,127                                       |
| 14       | Maharashtra       | 0                                               | 1,82,896                                        | 13,35,026                                       | 1,517,922                                       |
| 15       | Manipur           | 0                                               | 626                                             | 1,02,002                                        | 102,628                                         |
| 16       | Meghalaya         | 74                                              | 0                                               | 1,99,839                                        | 199,913                                         |
| 17       | Mizoram           | 447                                             | 0                                               | 27,970                                          | 28,417                                          |
| 18       | Nagaland          | 0                                               | 473                                             | 1,32,034                                        | 132,507                                         |
| 19       | Odisha            | 42,028                                          | 1,85,545                                        | 23,17,096                                       | 2,544,669                                       |
| 20       | Puducherry        | 0                                               | 0                                               | 912                                             | 912                                             |
| 21       | Punjab            | 0                                               | 0                                               | 3,477                                           | 3,477                                           |
| 22       | Rajasthan         | 71,643                                          | 2,86,648                                        | 16,50,181                                       | 2,008,472                                       |
| 23       | Sikkim            | 0                                               | 0                                               | 14,900                                          | 14,900                                          |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu        | 1,192                                           | 2,954                                           | 0                                               | 4,146                                           |
| 25       | Telangana         | 0                                               | 24,652                                          | 4,91,281                                        | 515,933                                         |
| 26       | Tripura           | 23,221                                          | 17,307                                          | 1,37,208                                        | 177,736                                         |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh     | 4,82,521                                        | 15,72,659                                       | 68,47,566                                       | 8,902,746                                       |
| 28       | Uttarakhand       | 0                                               | 5,006                                           | 2,43,791                                        | 248,797                                         |
| 29       | West Bengal       | 26,857                                          | 1,95,468                                        | 5,38,137                                        | 760,462                                         |
| Total    |                   | 22,42,763                                       | 57,34,458                                       | 2,22,39,037                                     | 3,02,16,258                                     |

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