Lok Sabha Question No. 2759 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-27
Subject: Awards to DISCOMs
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: RAJESH KUMAR DIWAKAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2759 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.12.2018

## AWARDS TO DISCOMS

## 2759. SHRI RAJESH KUMAR DIWAKER:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the current progress of Saubhagya Yojana;
- (b) the  States  which  have  achieved  their  target  of  100%  household electrification and those who failed to achieve their target, State-wise;
- (c) whether  the  Government  is  planning  to  extend  the  date  of  31 December, 2018 for those States who have failed to achieve the target, if so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  new  deadline  if  any  suggested  by  the Government; and
- (d) whether the Government has proposed to give away the awards to the DISCOMs/Power Department of States for those who has achieved the target of 100% electrification, 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 (c) : As reported  by the States, 2.26 crore households have been electrified across the country, as on 20.12.2018, since launch of Saubhagya  scheme on 11.10.2017.  Saubhagya envisages electrification of  remaining  un-electrified  households  by  31 st   March,  2019.    The  Statewise details are given at Annexure.

(d) : Government  have  instituted  cash  awards  for  DISCOMs  and State  Departments  who  achieve  100%  household  electrification  by  30th November  2018  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Sahaj  Bijli  Har  Gahar  Yojana (Saubhagya).

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## Awards are in the following three categories:

- (i) DISCOMs/Power  Departments  of  Special  Category  States  which include seven States of North Eastern Region, Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand.
- (ii) DISCOMs/Power Departments of other than Special Category States having more than 5 Lakh un-electrified households
- (iii) DISCOMs/Power Departments of other than Special Category States having less than 5 Lakh un-electrified households

Other than Special Category States include Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.

States/DISCOMs  which  had  already  achieved  saturation  are not eligible for the award.

There are two awards in each of the above three categories. The first DISCOM/Power Department to achieve 100% household electrification by 30 th  November, 2018 would be given cash award of Rs.50 lakh.  The Principal Secretary (Energy/Power) of the concerned State  will devise the mechanism to distribute this cash prize amongst employees of the concerned DISCOM/Power Department. From this amount, Rs.20 lakh will  be  given  to  employees  of  the  division  of  DISCOM/Power  Department with highest number of households electrified.

The  second  award  includes  cash  award  of  Rs.100  crore  as grant to the concerned DISCOM/Power  Department  to  be spent in distribution  infrastructure  development  in  their  area  of  operation.  The Principal  Secretary  (Energy/Power)  of  the  State  will  decide  work  to  be executed from this amount.

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ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.    2759  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  THE  LOK  SABHA  ON 27.12.2018.

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Status of Household Electrification under Saubhagya As on 20.12.2018

| Sl. No.   | State             | Household Electrification (%)   |   Household Electrification (%) |
|-----------|-------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |                                 |                          100    |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |                                 |                           88.17 |
| 3         | Assam             |                                 |                           89.53 |
| 4         | Bihar             |                                 |                          100    |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      |                                 |                           99.32 |
| 6         | Goa               |                                 |                          100    |
| 7         | Gujarat           |                                 |                          100    |
| 8         | Haryana           |                                 |                          100    |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  |                                 |                          100    |
| 10        | Jammu & Kashmir   |                                 |                          100    |
| 11        | Jharkhand         |                                 |                           93.3  |
| 12        | Karnataka         |                                 |                           98.81 |
| 13        | Kerala            |                                 |                          100    |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    |                                 |                          100    |
| 15        | Maharashtra       |                                 |                           99.99 |
| 16        | Manipur           |                                 |                          100    |
| 17        | Meghalaya         |                                 |                           78.51 |
| 18        | Mizoram           |                                 |                          100    |
| 19        | Nagaland          |                                 |                           91.59 |
| 20        | Odisha            |                                 |                           99.03 |
| 21        | Puducherry        |                                 |                          100    |
| 22        | Punjab            |                                 |                          100    |
| 23        | Rajasthan         |                                 |                           95.66 |
| 24        | Sikkim            |                                 |                           97.81 |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu        |                                 |                          100    |
| 26        | Telangana         |                                 |                          100    |
| 27        | Tripura           |                                 |                          100    |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh     |                                 |                           84.9  |
| 29        | Uttarakhand       |                                 |                          100    |
| 30        | West Bengal       |                                 |                          100    |
|           | Total             |                                 |                           96.71 |

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