Lok Sabha Question No. 2989 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-05
Subject: Electricity Demand
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: V. Kalanidhi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2989 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.12.2019

## ELECTRICITY DEMAND

## 2989.  DR. KALANIDHI VEERASWAMY:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the villages  across  the  country  are  experiencing  a  huge  growth  in  their electricity demand;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including Tamil Nadu;
- (c) whether  the  Government  is  finding  it  difficult  to  manage  the  huge  growth  in demand of their electricity;
- (d) if so, the reasons therefor;
- (e) the details of the number of villages resulting in severe electricity shortages within North Chennai; and
- (f) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to meet this demand?

## 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) : Electricity is a concurrent subject. The supply of electricity to its consumers including in villages is the responsibility of the States/State power utilities. All inhabited census  villages  have  been  electrified.  The  state-wise  electrification  of  inhabited  unelectrified  census  villages  under  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti  Yojana  (DDUGJY) during the last two years i.e. 2017-18 & 2018-19 is given at Annexure. As regard Tamil Nadu, all the inhabited census villages are stated to have been electrified by the end of 2014-15.

The  Energy  requirement  in  the  country  has  increased  to  1,274,595  Million Units (MU) during the year 2018-19 from 1,213,326 MU during 2017-18. This also includes increase in electricity demand of the villages across the country.

- (c) & (d): No difficulty is being faced in meeting the demand of electricity in the country. As  on  31.10.2019,  the  installed  generation  capacity  in  the  country  has  been  around 3,64,960  Mega  Watt  (MW),  which  is  sufficient  to  meet  the  electricity  demand  in  the country.
- (e)  &  (f):  As  per  the  information  received  from  Tamil  Nadu  Generation  and  Distribution Corporation  Limited  (TANDEDCO),  there  is  no  electricity  shortage  anywhere  in  Tamil Nadu.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  &  (b)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  2989 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 05.12.2019. ***************

State-wise electrification of inhabited un-electrified census villages under DDUGJY during the last two years i.e. 2017-18 and 2018-19

| Sl. No.            | Name of the State 2017-18   | 2018-19   | Total   |
|--------------------|-----------------------------|-----------|---------|
| 1 Andhra Pradesh   | -                           | - -       |         |
| 2                  | Arunachal Pradesh 854       | 280       | 1,134   |
| 3                  | Assam 572                   |           | 572     |
| 4                  | Bihar 332                   | 264       | 596     |
| 5 Chhattisgarh     | 348                         | 31        | 379     |
| 6 Gujarat          | -                           | -         | -       |
| 7 Haryana          | -                           | -         | -       |
| 8 Himachal Pradesh | -                           | -         | -       |
| 9 Jammu & Kashmir  | 35                          | 62        | 97      |
| 10 Jharkhand       | 613                         | 116       | 729     |
| 11 Karnataka       | 25                          |           | 25      |
| 12 Kerala          |                             |           | -       |
| 13 Madhya Pradesh  | 44                          | 5         | 49      |
| 14 Maharashtra     |                             | 80        | 80      |
| 15 Manipur         | 77                          | 93        | 170     |
| 16 Meghalaya       | 218                         | 151       | 369     |
| 17 Mizoram         | 14                          |           | 14      |
| 18 Nagaland        | 2                           | 2         |         |
| 19 Odisha          | 544                         | 381       | 925     |
| 20 Punjab          | -                           | -         | -       |
| 21 Rajasthan       | 1                           | 1         |         |
| 22 Sikkim          | -                           | -         | -       |
| 23 Tamil Nadu      | -                           | -         | -       |
| 24 Telangana       | -                           | -         | -       |
| 25 Tripura         | -                           | -         | -       |
| 26 Uttar Pradesh   | 9                           | 22        | 31      |
| 27 Uttarakhand     | 43                          | 30        | 73      |
| 28                 | West Bengal 5               |           | 5       |
|                    | Total 3,736                 | 1,515     | 5,251   |

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