Lok Sabha Question No. 5352 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-25
Subject: Beneficiaries under RGGVY and DDUGJY
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Arjunlal Meena, Anto  Antony

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5352 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.07.2019

## BENEFICIARIES UNDER RGGVY AND DDUGJY

†5352. SHRI ARJUN LAL MEENA: SHRI ANTO ANTONY:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has implemented a scheme called Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY)and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  any  data  regarding  the  total  number  of beneficiaries  under  the  said  yojana  since  its  inception  and  if  so,  the  details thereof, Year and State-wise;
- (c) whether  the  Government  is  implementing  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY);
- (d) if  so,  the  details  including  the  number  of  beneficiaries  under  the  said yojana since its inception, year and State-wise; and
- (e) whether the Government proposes to take any new steps to cover more and more farmers under the said yojana and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## A N S W E R

THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  FOR  POWER,  NEW  & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND MINISTER OF STATE FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT & ENTREPRENEURSHIP

( SHRI  R.K. SINGH)

(a) to (e) : Government  of  India  launched  Rajiv  Gandhi  Grameen  Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY)  in April, 2005  for creation of Rural Electricity Infrastructure & Household Electrification and Deen Dayal Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY)    in  December,  2014  for  various  rural  electrification  works  including separation of agriculture and non-agriculture feeders, strengthening and augmentation  of  sub-transmission  &  distribution  infrastructure,  metering  at distribution  transformers/feeders/consumers  and  electrification  of  villages  & households  across  the  country.    The  erstwhile  RGGVY  was  subsumed  in DDUGJY as RE component.

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In  addition  to  development  and  strengthening  of  sub-transmission and distribution network in rural areas, the schemes had provision of providing free electricity connection to Below Poverty Line (BPL) household.  Cumulatively, under DDUGJY including RE component, free electricity service connections to 3.45 crore households were released   upto 31.03.2019. The State-wise and Yearwise release of free electricity connections to  BPL households, is at Annexure.

Government of India  launched Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana  - SAUBHAGYA in October, 2017 for 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  States declared  electrification  of  all  households  on  Saubhagya  portal,  except  18,734 households in LWE affected areas of Chhattisgarh as on 31 March, 2019. Since the launch of Saubhagya scheme, 2.63 crore households were electrified across the country upto 31.03.2019.

Under DDUGJY, an amount of Rs.15190.87 crore has been sanctioned  by  the  Government  of  India  for  separation  of  agriculture  and  nonagriculture feeders to facilitate judicious rostering of power supply to agricultural  &  non-  agricultural  consumers  in  the  rural  areas.  This  will  help States to provide adequate supply of electricity to the farmers  in rural areas.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  5352 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 25.07.2019. ***************

## STATE-WISE AND YEAR-WISE RELEASE OF FREE ELECTRICITY SERVICE CONNECTIONS TO BPL HOUSEHOLDS UNDER DDUGJY INCLUDING RE COMPONENT

| Sl. No.          | Name of the State   | 2005-06   | 2006-07   | 2007-08   | 2008-09   | 2009-10   | 2010-11   | 2011-12   | 2012-13   | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2016-17 2017-18   | 2018-19   |
|------------------|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------|-----------|
| 1 Andhra         | Pradesh             | 226654    | 606750    | 945368    | 566518    | 258751    | 51348     | 50570     |           |           |           | 416593    | 301200            | 11760     |
| 2 Arunachal      | Pradesh             |           |           |           | 967       | 9205      | 11347     | 7140      | 18762     | 4200      |           |           | 1892              | 6399      |
| 3 Assam          |                     |           |           | 32718     | 189816    | 352237    | 229936    | 99506     | 204904    | 79004     | 22077     | 13        | 245999            | 514281    |
| 4 Bihar          | 487                 | 2724      | 64609     | 474277    | 560985    | 641016    | 153650    | 201081    | 103564    | 190571    | 829336    | 779552    | 917057            | 859652    |
| 5 Chhattisgarh   |                     |           | 15302     | 75592     | 145990    | 196552    | 469005    | 64504     | 69538     | 62172     | 38239     | 12373     | 78933             | 34006     |
| 6 Gujarat        |                     | 10373     | 67944     | 116310    | 85931     | 420126    | 102134    | 26729     | 11672     | 1726      |           |           | 4440              | 620       |
| 7 Haryana        |                     |           | 6907      | 16930     | 69453     | 90535     | 9303      | 19        | 5432      | 1         |           |           |                   | 5419      |
| 8 Himachal       | Pradesh             |           |           | 392       | 148       | 3637      | 5135      | 5200      | 927       | 324       |           |           |                   | 43        |
| 9 J&K            |                     |           | 4062      | 3924      | 14163     | 8452      | 8806      | 9072      | 14276     | 5260      | 420       | 713       | 97                | 52436     |
| 10 Jharkhand     |                     |           | 2826      | 243830    | 555289    | 359213    | 56545     | 26070     | 11608     | 12022     | 6314      | 2687      | 158175            | 507998    |
| 11 Karnataka     | 12268               | 107047    | 255421    | 226046    | 134949    | 48861     | 44631     | 24640     | 16560     | 19532     | 2735      | 89004     | 87018             | 190869    |
| 12 Kerala        |                     |           | 6596      | 3394      | 6131      | 1117      |           | 35755     | 60229     | 12329     | 15657     | 9097      | 108327            | 3112      |
| 13 Madhya        | Pradesh             |           | 1099      | 76026     | 75477     | 211816    | 350132    | 244422    | 180737    | 173281    | 146391    | 284748    | 272095            | 343899    |
| 14 Maharashtra   |                     |           | 56287     | 145715    | 429026    | 403387    | 126317    | 21148     | 32709     | 6702      | 59        |           | 4392              | 382047    |
| 15 Manipur       |                     |           | 1300      | 2056      | 1640      | 4397      | 19301     | 37        | 807       | 40649     |           |           | 2784              | 46015     |
| 16 Meghalaya     |                     |           |           | 1264      | 17832     | 12880     | 30334     | 22727     | 18262     | 1063      | 21        | 74        | 2544              |           |
| 17 Mizoram       |                     |           |           |           | 378       | 8129      | 6236      | 401       | 4096      | 10023     |           | 447       | 285               | 1183      |
| 18 Nagaland      |                     |           |           |           | 4368      | 13434     | 10590     | 9048      | 8237      | 8300      | 507       |           | 5223              | 54971     |
| 19 Odisha        |                     |           | 72        | 144056    | 674156    | 1435007   | 358777    | 78003     | 38896     | 22149     | 19477     | 42028     | 183685            | 1384305   |
| 20 Punjab        |                     |           |           |           | 16413     | 28890     |           | 26479     | 20000     | 1206      |           |           |                   |           |
| 21 Rajasthan     |                     | 9236      | 246142    | 237727    | 208695    | 255939    | 22058     | 97324     | 17163     | 16755     | 8035      | 71643     | 166884            | 164042    |
| 22 Sikkim        |                     |           |           |           | 66        | 7121      | 2179      | 417       | 346       | 1622      | 1850      |           |                   | 3421      |
| 23 Tamil Nadu    |                     |           |           | 296       | 383533    | 115044    | 2329      |           |           |           |           | 1192      | 22297             | 7         |
| 24 Telangana     |                     |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           | 868       |           |           | 16909             | 522397    |
| 25 Tripura       |                     |           |           |           | 22085     | 36886     | 21170     | 18516     | 16383     | 1272      | 4435      | 23221     | 31416             | 22947     |
| 26 Uttar Pradesh | 4060                | 251628    | 191576    | 251575    | 157263    | 15818     | 172502    | 3037      | 14695     | 86750     | 337313    | 482521    | 1010062           | 297115    |
| 27               | Uttarakhand         | 21539     | 61642     | 50111     | 51998     | 19596     |           | 4035      | 29000     |           |           |           | 46                | 7205      |
| 28 West          | Bengal              | 26572     | 32647     | 37181     | 345198    | 925309    | 524499    | 220661    | 62927     | 1596      | 6278      | 26857     | 30954             | 17850     |

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