Lok Sabha Question No. 911 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-17
Subject: Access to Electricity
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Uttam Kumar Nalamada Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.911 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.09.2020

## ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY

911.   SHRI UTTAM KUMAR REDDY NALAMADA:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) the number of households that have been electrified till date in the country and the number of households that do not have access to electricity, State/UT wise;

(b) whether  all  electrified  households  receive  24x7electricity  supply  and  if  so, the details thereof;

(c) the number of households that do not receive24x7 electricity supply, State/UT wise;

(d) the  reasons  for  not  being  able  to  provide  24x7electricity  supply  to  all households across the country; and

(e) the average number of hours of electricity supplied to each household on a daily basis, State/UT wise?

## 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 had launched Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana - 'Saubhagya' in October, 2017 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. The State-wise details are given at Annexure-I.

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.  The State-wise details are given at Annexure-II.

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(b) to (d) : All the States/UTs have signed a document on '24x7 Power of All' with the Government of India for providing 24x7 power supply to all households, industrial and  commercial  consumers  from  April,  2019  and  adequate  supply  of  power  to agricultural consumers as per State policy.

Government of India  supplements the efforts of the States to provide access to electricity through its various schemes including Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram  Jyoti  Yojana  (DDUGJY),  Integrated  Power  Development  Scheme  (IPDS), Pradhan  Mantri  Sahaj  Bijli  Har  Ghar  Yojana  -  Saubhagya  and  Ujjwal  Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY).

(e) : State-wise average hours of power supply, as reported by the States in rural areas, is given at Annexure-III.

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ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 911 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           | Himachal Pradesh                    | 12,891                                      |
| 9           | 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 PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 911 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-III ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 911 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 17.09.2020. ***************

Status of Power Supply to Rural Areas

| SL. No.            | Name of the States   | Average Hours of Power Supply in a day to Rural Areas during August, 2020   |
|--------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1                  | Andhra Pradesh       | 23.72                                                                       |
| 2                  | Arunachal Pradesh    | 14.30                                                                       |
| 3 Assam            |                      | 19.00                                                                       |
| 4 Bihar            |                      | 20.27                                                                       |
| 5 Chhattisgarh     | 23.33                |                                                                             |
| 6 Gujarat          |                      | 24.00                                                                       |
| 7 Haryana          |                      | 16.82                                                                       |
| 8 Himachal Pradesh | 24.00                |                                                                             |
| 9 Jammu & Kashmir  | 16.75                |                                                                             |
| 10 Jharkhand       |                      | 18.39                                                                       |
| 11 Karnataka       |                      | 18.97                                                                       |
| 12                 | Kerala               | 24.00                                                                       |
| 13 Ladakh          |                      | 15.25                                                                       |
| 14 Madhya Pradesh  |                      | 23.57                                                                       |
| 15 Maharashtra     |                      | 24.00                                                                       |
| 16 Manipur         |                      | 23.50                                                                       |
| 17 Meghalaya       |                      | 18.50                                                                       |
| 18                 | Mizoram              | 15.00                                                                       |
| 19 Nagaland        |                      | 20.00                                                                       |
| 20                 | Odisha               | 23.00                                                                       |
| 21 Punjab          |                      | 24.00                                                                       |
| 22 Rajasthan       |                      | 22.00                                                                       |
| 23 Sikkim          |                      | 16.75                                                                       |
| 24 Tamil           | Nadu                 | 24.00                                                                       |
| 25 Telangana       |                      | 24.00                                                                       |
| 26                 | Tripura              | 23.50                                                                       |
| 27                 | Uttar Pradesh        | 18.21                                                                       |
| 28                 | Uttarakhand          | 18.21                                                                       |
| 29                 | West Bengal          | 24.00                                                                       |

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