Lok Sabha Question No. 2881 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-05
Subject: Saubhagya Scheme
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Ramya  Haridas

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2881 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.12.2019

## SAUBHAGYA SCHEME

2881. MS. RAMYA HARIDAS:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  Saubhagya  Scheme  launched  by  the  Government  to  provide electricity  facility  to  all  households  in  the  country  is  being  implemented  in  the country as per the schedule and targets;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the  details  of  the  States  where  this  scheme  has  achieved  considerable progress in providing electricity to the households and achieved its targets along with the extent of progress made in this regard?

## 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) : Yes, Sir.  Government of India launched Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar  Yojana  -  Saubhagya  in  October,  2017  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 reported electrification of all households on Saubhagya portal, as on  31.03.2019,  except  few  households  in  the  LWE  affected  Bastar  region  of Chhattisgarh.  As informed by the States, 2.628 crore households were electrified up to 31.03.2019 across the country, since launch of the scheme on 11.10.2017. State-wise detail is given at Annexure.

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ANNEXURE ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  UNSTARRED

QUESTION NO.  2881 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 05.12.2019. ***************

State-wise electrification of households as per Saubhagya portal during the period from 11.10.2017 to 31.03.2019.

| Sl. No.            | Name of the States   | Number of households electrified   |
|--------------------|----------------------|------------------------------------|
| 1                  | Andhra Pradesh       | 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  |                      | 3,87,501                           |
| 10                 | Jharkhand            | 15,30,708                          |
| 11                 | Karnataka            | 3,56,974                           |
| 12                 | Madhya Pradesh       | 19,84,264                          |
| 13                 | Maharashtra          | 15,17,922                          |
| 14                 | Manipur              | 1,02,748                           |
| 15                 | Meghalaya            | 1,99,839                           |
| 16 Mizoram         |                      | 27,970                             |
| 17                 | Nagaland             | 1,32,507                           |
| 18                 | Odisha               | 24,52,444                          |
| 19 Puducherry      |                      | 912                                |
| 20                 | Punjab               | 3,477                              |
| 21                 | Rajasthan            | 18,62,736                          |
| 22                 | Sikkim               | 14,900                             |
| 23 Tamil           | Nadu                 | 2,170                              |
| 24                 | Telangana            | 5,15,084                           |
| 25                 | Tripura              | 1,39,090                           |
| 26                 | Uttar Pradesh        | 79,80,568                          |
| 27                 | Uttarakhand          | 2,48,751                           |
| 28                 | West Bengal          | 7,32,290                           |
| Total              |                      | 2,62,84,350                        |

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