Lok Sabha Question No. 854 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-17
Subject: Electricity connection to every Household
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Bidyut Baran Mahato, Rama Devi, Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik, Sudheer Gupta, Shrirang Appa Barne

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.854 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.09.2020

## ELECTRICITY CONNECTION TO EVERY HOUSEHOLD

854.   SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO: SHRI SANJAY SADASHIVRAO MANDLIK: SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA: SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  set  any  target  for  providing  electricity connection to every household in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of the schemes being implemented in this regard and the status of implementation of the same;
- (c) the funds earmarked and spent thereon during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (d) the  number  of  households  already  electrified  and  yet  to  be  electrified, State/UT-wise; and
- (e) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to complete the work in time bound manner?

## 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 (e) : Government of India had launched Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana -'Saubhagya' in October, 2017 with an outlay of Rs.16,320 crore including Gross Budgetary Support (GBS) of Rs.12,320.00 crore from Government of India 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 had declared on Saubhagya portal that all the willing unelectrified  households  had  been  electrified  as  on  31.03.2019,  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.   State-wise list such households electrified is at Annexure-I.

………..2.

Subsequently, seven States reported 19.09 lakh un-electrified households  which  were  un-willing  earlier,  but  later  willing  to  get  electricity connection, identified before 31.03.2019.  States have been asked to electrify these households  under  Saubhagya.    Out  of  these,  15.65  lakh  households  have  been electrified up to 31.08.2020.  State-wise list of such households electrified is at Annexure-II.

There  is  no  upfront  allocation  of  funds  for  any  State/District  under Saubhagya  scheme.  Funds  are  released  for  sanctioned  projects  in  installments based  on  the  reported  utilization of the amount  released  in  the  previous installment(s) and fulfillment of stipulated conditionalities. Accordingly, Rs.5,117 crore, has been disbursed as grant, under Saubhagya during the last three years and the current year up to 31.08.2020. The State/UT-wise grant disbursed under Saubhagya, is at Annexure-III.

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ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  854 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 17.09.2020. ***************

State-wise households electrified under Saubhagya since launch of the scheme i.e. 11.10.2017 to 31.03.2019.

| Sl. No. 1   | Name of the States Andhra Pradesh   | Number of households electrified 1,81,930   |
|-------------|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| 2           | 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           | Pradesh                             | 12,891                                      |
| 9           | Himachal 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       | Total                               | 2,62,84,350                                 |

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ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  854 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 17.09.2020. ***************

STATE-WISE WILLING UN-ELECTRIFIED HOUSEHOLDS IDENTIFIED BEFORE 31 ST  MARCH 2019 UNDER SAUBHAGYA SCHEME

|         |                   |                                         | Households electrified          | Households electrified          | Households electrified   | Balance un- electrified HHs to be electrified (as on   |
|---------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No. | Name of the State | Un-electrified HHs (un-willing earlier) | During 01.04.2019 to 31.03.2020 | During 01.04.2020 to 31.08.2020 | Total                    | 31.08.2020)                                            |
| 1       | Assam             | 2,00,000                                | 1,97,807                        | 0                               | 1,97,807                 | 2,193                                                  |
| 2       | Chhattisgarh      | 40,394                                  | 29,534                          | 7,341                           | 36,875                   | 3,519                                                  |
| 3       | Jharkhand         | 2,00,000                                | 1,31,880                        | 7,195                           | 1,39,075                 | 60,925                                                 |
| 4       | Karnataka*        | 39,738                                  | 26,824                          | 0                               | 26,824                   | 0                                                      |
| 5       | Manipur*          | 1,141                                   | 5,367                           | 0                               | 5,367                    | 0                                                      |
| 6       | Rajasthan*        | 2,28,403                                | 2,12,786                        | 0                               | 2,12,786                 | 0                                                      |
| 7       | Uttar Pradesh     | 12,00,003                               | 7,88,083                        | 1,58,135                        | 9,46,218                 | 2,53,785                                               |
| Total   | Total             | 19,09,679                               | 13,92,281                       | 1,72,671                        | 15,64,952                | 3,20,422                                               |

* Karnataka, Manipur & Rajasthan States have confirmed 100% household electrification and balance actual HHs to be electrified is NIL.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  854 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 17.09.2020.

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## State-wise & Year-wise Grant disbursed under Saubhagya Scheme since its launch in October, 2017 up to 31.08.2020

Rs. in crore

| SI. No.           | Name of the States   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21 till 31.08.2020   | Total   |
|-------------------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------|---------|
| Arunachal Pradesh | -                    | 139       | 14        | -         | 153                       | 1       |
| Assam             | 42                   | 403       | 121       | 37        | 603                       | 2       |
| Bihar             | 115                  | 199       | 136       | 17        | 468                       | 3       |
| Chhattisgarh      | 43                   | 219       | 32        | 27        | 320                       | 4       |
| Haryana           | -                    | -         | 3         | -         | 3                         | 5       |
| Himachal Pradesh  | -                    | 1         | 3         | -         | 4                         | 6       |
| J&K               | 2                    | 51        | -         | -         | 53                        | 7       |
| Jharkhand         | 70                   | 83        | 4         | -         | 157                       | 8       |
| Karnataka         | -                    | -         | 39        | -         | 39                        | 9       |
| Kerala            | 15                   | -         | 26        | 13        | 55                        | 10      |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 260                  | 147       | -         | -         | 407                       | 11      |
| Maharashtra       | 15                   | 140       | 43        | -         | 198                       | 12      |
| Manipur           | 6                    | 35        | 33        | 10        | 84                        | 13      |
| Meghalaya         | -                    | 98        | 88        | 1         | 187                       | 14      |
| Mizoram           | -                    | 35        | -         | 6         | 41                        | 15      |
| Nagaland          |                      | 5 34      | -         | -         | 39                        | 16      |
| Orissa            | 76                   | 168       | -         | -         | 245                       | 17      |
| Rajasthan         | -                    | 103       | 76        | 42        | 222                       | 18      |
| Sikkim            |                      | - -       | 1         | 1         | 2                         | 19      |
| 20 Telangana      | -                    | -         | 15        | -         |                           | 15      |
| Tripura           | -                    | 237       | 8         | 0         | 245                       | 21      |
| 22 Uttar Pradesh  | 864                  | 523       | 26        | -         | 1,412                     |         |
| Uttarakhand       | 13                   | 22        | 7         | -         | 43                        | 23      |
| West Bengal       | 14                   | 73        | 20        | 16        | 123                       | 24      |
| Total             |                      | 2,709     | 696       |           |                           |         |
|                   | 1,541                |           |           | 171       |                           | 5,117   |

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