Lok Sabha Question No. 2060 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-22
Subject: Saubhagya and DDUGJY
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Rahul Kaswan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2060 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.09.2020

## SAUBHAGYA AND DDUGJY

2060. SHRI RAHUL KASWAN:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the electrification done under Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (Saubhagya) during the last three years, State-wise including Rajasthan;
- (b) the details of the funds allocated, released and expenditure incurred thereunder during the said period in Rajasthan, district-wise;
- (c) the status of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY);
- (d) whether the said yojana has been discontinued in Rajasthan; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor?

## 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 launched 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 willing unelectrified households  in  rural  areas and  all  willing  poor  households  in urban  areas  in  the  country,  by  March,  2019.    All  States  have  declared electrification of all households on Saubhagya  portal, except 18,734 households in Left Wing Extremists (LWE) affected areas of Chhattisgarh as on  31.03.2019.    Subsequently,  seven  States  reported  that  19.09  lakh  unelectrified  households  identified  before  31.03.2019,  which  were  earlier  unwilling but have expressed willingness to get electricity connection.  States have been asked to electrify these households under Saubhagya.

As  reported  by  the  States,  2.77  crore  households  have  been electrified since the launch of Saubhagya, up to 31.03.2020.  The State-wise details are furnished at Annexure-I.

(b) : Under  Saubhagya,  funds  are  not  allocated  or  released  districtwise. Under this scheme, Government of India, based on the un-electrified household  data  submitted  by  the  States,  had  sanctioned  an  amount  of Rs.663.39 crore for the State of Rajasthan.  Under the scheme cumulatively, Rs.179.34 crore has been disbursed, as grant, for the State of Rajasthan, since launch of the Saubhagya scheme up to 31.03.2020 and the State of Rajasthan has  reported  utilization  of  the  amount  released.   The  funds  sanctioned, released and spent during the last three years in respect of Rajasthan are as under:-

(Rupees in Crore)

| Sanctioned Amount   | Grant Released till 31.03.2020   | Grant Released till 31.03.2020   | Grant Released till 31.03.2020   | Grant Released till 31.03.2020   | Expenditure by Rajasthan   |
|---------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|                     | 2017-18                          | 2018-19                          | 2019-20                          | Total                            |                            |
| 663.39              | 0.00                             | 102.94                           | 76.40                            | 179.34                           | 179.34                     |

(c) to (e) :    Government of India had launched Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti  Yojana  (DDUGJY)  in  December,  2014  for  various  rural  electrification works  across  the  country,  including  electrification  of  villages.  Under  the scheme, all the un-electrified villages proposed by the States were covered for electrification, including those in difficult, forest and remote areas. States have informed that all the inhabited un-electrified census villages across the country including Rajasthan stand electrified on 28.04.2018. In all, 19,779  unelectrified census villages were reported to be electrified from 2014-15 till 28.04.2018. The State-wise details are at Annexure-II.

Under  DDUGJY  (including  RE  projects  and  additional  infra), Government of India have disbursed Rs.48,342 crore, as grant, to the States for various rural electrification works including electrification of villages from 2014-15  till  31.08.2020  against  which  a  sum  of  Rs.  47,274  crore  has  been spent. The State-wise details of funds released and spent as on 31.08.2020 are furnished at Annexure-III.

The scheme is under implementation in the State of Rajasthan and based  on  the  request  of  Rajasthan  State  last  date  for  implementation  of projects sanctioned under DDUGJY for infrastructure strengthening has been extended to 31.03.2021.

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ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2060 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 22.09.2020 ***************

## State-wise households electrified under Saubhagya since launch of the scheme i.e. 11.10.2017 to 31.03.2020.

| Sl.No.   | Name of the States   | Households electrified during 11.10.2017 to 31.03.2019.   | Additional Households electrified during 01.04.2019 to 31.03.2020   | Total Number of households electrified during last three years i.e. 2017-18 to 2019-20   |
|----------|----------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       | 1,81,930                                                  | -                                                                   | 1,81,930                                                                                 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh    | 47,089                                                    | -                                                                   | 47,089                                                                                   |
| 3        | Assam                | 1,745,149                                                 | 1,97,807                                                            | 19,42,956                                                                                |
| 4        | Bihar                | 32,59,041                                                 |                                                                     | 32,59,041                                                                                |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh         | 7,49,397                                                  | 29,534                                                              | 7,78,931                                                                                 |
| 6        | Gujarat              | 41,317                                                    | -                                                                   | 41,317                                                                                   |
| 7        | Haryana              | 54,681                                                    | -                                                                   | 54,681                                                                                   |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh     | 12,891                                                    | -                                                                   | 12,891                                                                                   |
| 9        | Jammu & Kashmir      | 3,77,045                                                  | -                                                                   | 3,77,045                                                                                 |
| 10       | Jharkhand            | 15,30,708                                                 | 1,31,880                                                            | 16,62,588                                                                                |
| 11       | Karnataka            | 3,56,974                                                  | 26,824                                                              | 3,83,798                                                                                 |
| 12       | Ladakh               | 10,456                                                    | -                                                                   | 10,456                                                                                   |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh       | 19,84,264                                                 | -                                                                   | 19,84,264                                                                                |
| 14       | Maharashtra          | 15,17,922                                                 | -                                                                   | 15,17,922                                                                                |
| 15       | Manipur              | 1,02,748                                                  | 5,367                                                               | 1,08,115                                                                                 |
| 16       | Meghalaya            | 1,99,839                                                  | -                                                                   | 1,99,839                                                                                 |
| 17       | Mizoram              | 27,970                                                    | -                                                                   | 27,970                                                                                   |
| 18       | Nagaland             | 1,32,507                                                  | -                                                                   | 1,32,507                                                                                 |
| 19       | Odisha               | 24,52,444                                                 | -                                                                   | 24,52,444                                                                                |
| 20       | Puducherry           | 912                                                       | -                                                                   | 912                                                                                      |
| 21       | Punjab               | 3,477                                                     | -                                                                   | 3,477                                                                                    |
| 22       | Rajasthan            | 18,62,736                                                 | 2,12,786                                                            | 20,75,522                                                                                |
| 23       | Sikkim               | 14,900                                                    | -                                                                   | 14,900                                                                                   |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu           | 2,170                                                     | -                                                                   | 2,170                                                                                    |
| 25       | Telangana            | 5,15,084                                                  | -                                                                   | 5,15,084                                                                                 |
| 26       | Tripura              | 1,39,090                                                  | -                                                                   | 1,39,090                                                                                 |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh        | 79,80,568                                                 | 7,88,083                                                            | 87,68,651                                                                                |
| 28       | Uttarakhand          | 2,48,751                                                  | -                                                                   | 2,48,751                                                                                 |
| 29       | West Bengal          | 7,32,290                                                  | -                                                                   | 7,32,290                                                                                 |
| Total    | Total                | 2,62,84,350                                               | 13,92,281                                                           | 2,76,76,631                                                                              |

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ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c)  TO  (e)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2060 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 22.09.2020

*************** State-wise electrification of inhabited census villages under DDUGJY

from 2014-15 till 28.04.2018

| SI. No. Name of the States   | Number of villages electrified   |
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1 Arunachal Pr.              | 1,590                            |
| 2 Assam                      | 2,922                            |
| 3 Bihar                      | 3,247                            |
| 4 Chhattisgarh               | 1,145                            |
| 5 Himachal Pr.               | 34                               |
| 6 J & K                      | 138                              |
| 7 Jharkhand                  | 2,744                            |
| 8 Karnataka                  | 39                               |
| 9 Madhya Pradesh             | 508                              |
| 10 Maharashtra               | 80                               |
| 11 Manipur                   | 558                              |
| 12 Meghalaya                 | 1,094                            |
| 13 Mizoram                   | 101                              |
| 14 Nagaland                  | 88                               |
| 15 Odisha                    | 3,294                            |
| 16 Rajasthan                 | 497                              |
| 17 Tripura                   | 26                               |
| 18 Uttar Pradesh             | 1,557                            |
| 19 Uttarakhand               | 95                               |
| 20 West Bengal               | 22                               |
| Total                        | 19,779                           |

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ANNEXURE-III

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c)  TO  (e)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2060 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 22.09.2020 ***************

## State-wise Grant disbursed under DDUGJY (including RE projects and additional infra) and fund spent by States (till 31.08.2020)

| SI. No.   | Name of the States   | Fund Released during 2014-15 to 2020-21 (till 31.08.2020) (Rs. in crore)   | Fund spent (Rs. in Crore)   |
|-----------|----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh       | 534                                                                        | 534                         |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh    | 502                                                                        | 470                         |
| 3         | Assam                | 3,236                                                                      | 3,116                       |
| 4         | Bihar                | 7,565                                                                      | 7,565                       |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh         | 1,202                                                                      | 1,195                       |
| 6         | Gujarat              | 505                                                                        | 505                         |
| 7         | Haryana              | 107                                                                        | 107                         |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh     | 83                                                                         | 83                          |
| 9         | J&K                  | 671                                                                        | 613                         |
| 10        | Jharkhand            | 3,274                                                                      | 3,246                       |
| 11        | Karnataka            | 1,153                                                                      | 1,151                       |
| 12        | Kerala               | 301                                                                        | 301                         |
| 13        | Ladakh               | 47                                                                         | 47                          |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh       | 3,228                                                                      | 3,182                       |
| 15        | Maharashtra          | 1,223                                                                      | 1,114                       |
| 16        | Manipur              | 266                                                                        | 248                         |
| 17        | Meghalaya            | 409                                                                        | 395                         |
| 18        | Mizoram              | 130                                                                        | 120                         |
| 19        | Nagaland             | 177                                                                        | 153                         |
| 20        | Orissa               | 3,721                                                                      | 3,502                       |
| 21        | Punjab               | 172                                                                        | 153                         |
| 22        | Rajasthan            | 2,927                                                                      | 2,876                       |
| 23        | Sikkim               | 67                                                                         | 56                          |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu           | 489                                                                        | 489                         |
| 25        | Telangana            | 232                                                                        | 232                         |
| 26        | Tripura              | 444                                                                        | 409                         |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh        | 12,490                                                                     | 12,337                      |
| 28        | Uttarakhand          | 661                                                                        | 563                         |
| 29        | West Bengal          | 2,507                                                                      | 2,493                       |
| 30        | Goa                  | 10                                                                         | 10                          |
| 31        | D&N Haveli           | 1                                                                          | 1                           |
| 32        | Puducherry           | 7                                                                          | 6                           |
| 33        | Andaman Nicobar      | 3                                                                          | 3                           |
|           | Total                | 48,342                                                                     | 47,274                      |

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