Lok Sabha Question No. 1537 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-26
Subject: Electricity Connection under SAUBHAGYA
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1537 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2018

## ELECTRICITY CONNECTION UNDER SAUBHAGYA

†1537. SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has started the implementation of Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijali Har Ghar Yojana SAUBHAGYA;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and free power connection provided to APL and BPL families, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether  APL  and  BPL  families  are  not  being  provided  power connection  under  SAUBHAGYA  scheme  in  several  States  especially  in Bihar if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  the  Centre  and  State  Government  have  held  talks  in  this regard; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

( SHRI  R. K. SINGH )

(a) to (e) : Under Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana -'Saubhagya'  free  electricity  connection  is  provided  to  all  remaining  unelectrified rural poor and urban poor households in the country.  For nonpoor  in  rural  area  an  amount  of  Rs.500  would  be  recovered  by  the DISCOMs/Power Departments in ten equal installments along with electricity bills.

As reported by the States, 79.34 lakh households (poor & nonpoor)  have  been  electrified  across  the  country  including  Bihar,  as  on 30.06.2018 since the launch of Saubhagya scheme. The State-wise details are  given  at  Annexure.      An  amount  of  Rs.693.61  crore  has  been sanctioned for Bihar under Saubhagya.

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ANNEXURE ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.    1537  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  THE  LOK  SABHA  ON

26.07.2018.

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State-wise details of electrification of households under Saubhagya As on  30.06.2018

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State   | Household electrified w.e.f. 11.10.2018   |
|-----------|---------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh      | 94,546                                    |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh   | 1,725                                     |
| 3         | Assam               | 3,00,031                                  |
| 4         | Bihar               | 15,16,345                                 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh        | 3,92,331                                  |
| 6         | Gujarat             | 23,761                                    |
| 7         | Haryana             | 8,190                                     |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh    | 2,866                                     |
| 9         | Jammu &Kashmir      | 5,165                                     |
| 10        | Jharkhand           | 3,98,182                                  |
| 11        | Karnataka           | 1,28,909                                  |
| 12        | Madhya Pradesh      | 15,56,117                                 |
| 13        | Maharashtra         | 4,27,847                                  |
| 14        | Manipur             | 34,001                                    |
| 15        | Meghalaya           | 26,791                                    |
| 16        | Mizoram             | 4,646                                     |
| 17        | Nagaland            | 27,687                                    |
| 18        | Odisha              | 2,83,302                                  |
| 19        | Puducherry          | 852                                       |
| 20        | Punjab              | 386                                       |
| 21        | Rajasthan           | 2,66,622                                  |
| 22        | Sikkim              | 1,313                                     |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu          | 2,170                                     |
| 24        | Telangana           | 71,111                                    |
| 25        | Tripura             | 69,788                                    |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh       | 19,63,355                                 |
| 27        | Uttarakhand         | 9,370                                     |
| 28        | West Bengal         | 3,17,409                                  |
| Total     | Total               | 79,34,818                                 |

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