Lok Sabha Question No. 967 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-27
Subject: Electricity to All Villages
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Vishnu Dayal Ram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.967 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.06.2019

## ELECTRICITY TO ALL VILLAGES

†967. SHRI VISHNU DAYALRAM:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) the  number  of  villages  which  have  been  provided  with  electricity during the last two years, State-wise;

(b) the details of action being taken by the Government to achieve the target  of  providing  electricity  to  all  the  villages  and  hamlets  across  the country; and

(c) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  provide  electricity  to  such villages and hamlets through solar energy which may not have facility of electricity due to not being covered under the said target?

## 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 (c) : As reported by the States, all inhabited census villages in the country stand electrified on 28thApril, 2018. The state-wise number of unelectrified  villages  electrified  during  the  last  two  year  under  Deen  Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), are given at Annexure.  Since the launch of Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojna (Saubhagya) all States have reported electrification of 2.62 crore households including those in different villages and hamlets.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  967 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 27.06.2019. ***************

## State-wise number of un-electrified villages electrified during the last two years under DDUGJY including RE component.

| Sl. No .   | Name of the State   | 2017-18   | 2018-19     | Total   |
|------------|---------------------|-----------|-------------|---------|
| 1          | Arunachal           | 854       | 280         | 1,134   |
| 2          | Assam 572           |           | 572         |         |
| 3          | Bihar               | 332       | 264         | 596     |
| 4          | Chhattisgar h       | 348       | 31          | 379     |
| 5          | J & K               | 35        | 62          | 97      |
| 6          | Jharkhand           | 613       | 116         | 729     |
| 7          | Karnataka           | 25        | -           | 25      |
| 8          | Madhya Pradesh      | 44        | 5           | 49      |
| 9          | Maharashtr a        | -         | 80          | 80      |
| 10         | Manipur             | 77        | 93          | 170     |
| 11         | Meghalaya           | 218       | 151         | 369     |
| 12         | Mizoram             | 14        | -           | 14      |
| 13         | Nagaland            | 2         | -           | 2       |
| 14         | Odisha              | 544       | 381         | 925     |
| 15         | Rajasthan           | 1         | -           | 1       |
| 16         | Uttar Pradesh       | 9         | 22          | 31      |
| 17         | Uttarakhan d        | 43        | 30          | 73      |
| 18         | West Bengal         | 5         | -           | 5       |
| Total      | Total               | 3,736     | 1,515 5,251 |         |

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