Lok Sabha Question No. 992 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-27
Subject: Uninterrupted Power Supply
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Ritesh Pandey

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.992 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.06.2019

## UNINTERRUPTED POWER SUPPLY

## 992. SHRI RITESH PANDEY:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  households  that  do  not  have  uninterrupted  power  supply or24 hours power supply, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the  average  number  of  hours  of  power  supply  available  to  households, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether  the  said  data  meets  the  target  set  forth  under  the  Deen  dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY); and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## 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 (d): Electricity  is  a  concurrent  subject  and  distribution  of  electricity  & management of associated functions is carried out by concerned State Government / Distribution utility. Government of India has taken a joint initiative with all the States/UTs for preparation of State specific plans for providing 24x7 power supply to all households, industrial & commercial consumers and adequate supply  of  power  to  agricultural  consumers  as  per  State  policy.  Government  of India  is  supplementing  the  efforts  of  the  States  through  its  schemes  including Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), Integrated Power Development  Scheme  (IPDS),  Pradhan  Mantri  Sahaj  Bijli  Har  Ghar  YojanaSaubhagya  and  Ujjwal  Discom  Assurance  Yojana  (UDAY).      Urban  areas  are expected to have regular supply.  Urban area covered under RAPDRP are reported on Urja App to have average outage hours as given at Annexure-I.  The State-wise average number of hours of power supply to rural areas, is given in Annexure-II.

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ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  992 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 27.06.2019.

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| State-wise monthly Average Duration of Power Cuts in Urban area (RAPDRP) at 11KV feeder level   | State-wise monthly Average Duration of Power Cuts in Urban area (RAPDRP) at 11KV feeder level   | State-wise monthly Average Duration of Power Cuts in Urban area (RAPDRP) at 11KV feeder level   |
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|                                                                                                 |                                                                                                 | May, 2019                                                                                       |
| Sl. No                                                                                          | Name                                                                                            | Value                                                                                           |
| 1                                                                                               | Jammu & Kashmir                                                                                 | 0:24 hrs                                                                                        |
| 2                                                                                               | Rajasthan                                                                                       | 0:26 hrs                                                                                        |
| 3                                                                                               | Gujarat                                                                                         | 1:07 hrs                                                                                        |
| 4                                                                                               | Kerala                                                                                          | 1:31 hrs                                                                                        |
| 5                                                                                               | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                  | 1:58 hrs                                                                                        |
| 6                                                                                               | Maharashtra                                                                                     | 2:16 hrs                                                                                        |
| 7                                                                                               | Telangana                                                                                       | 2:33 hrs                                                                                        |
| 8                                                                                               | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                   | 2:48 hrs                                                                                        |
| 9                                                                                               | Tripura                                                                                         | 3:10 hrs                                                                                        |
| 10                                                                                              | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                  | 4:10 hrs                                                                                        |
| 11                                                                                              | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                | 5:16 hrs                                                                                        |
| 12                                                                                              | Goa                                                                                             | 6:55 hrs                                                                                        |
| 13                                                                                              | West Bengal                                                                                     | 8:37 hrs                                                                                        |
| 14                                                                                              | Karnataka                                                                                       | 9:34 hrs                                                                                        |
| 15                                                                                              | Punjab                                                                                          | 10:16 hrs                                                                                       |
| 16                                                                                              | Uttarakhand                                                                                     | 14:05 hrs                                                                                       |
| 17                                                                                              | Chhattisgarh                                                                                    | 17:17 hrs                                                                                       |
| 18                                                                                              | Haryana                                                                                         | 18:37 hrs                                                                                       |
| 19                                                                                              | Manipur                                                                                         | 25:43 hrs                                                                                       |

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ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  992 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 27.06.2019.

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## Status of Power Supply to Rural Areas

April, 2019

|   SL. No. | State              |   Average power supply in a day |
|-----------|--------------------|---------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh     |                           23.9  |
|         2 | Arunachal Pradesh* |                           14.3  |
|         3 | Assam              |                           19    |
|         4 | Bihar              |                           22.07 |
|         5 | Chhattisgarh       |                           23    |
|         6 | Gujarat            |                           24    |
|         7 | Haryana            |                           15.64 |
|         8 | Himachal Pradesh   |                           24    |
|         9 | Jammu & Kashmir    |                           14.25 |
|        10 | Jharkhand          |                           17.71 |
|        11 | Karnataka          |                           18.74 |
|        12 | Kerala             |                           24    |
|        13 | Madhya Pradesh     |                           23.63 |
|        14 | Maharashtra        |                           24    |
|        15 | Manipur            |                           22.5  |
|        16 | Meghalaya          |                           18.5  |
|        17 | Mizoram            |                           15    |
|        18 | Nagaland           |                           20    |
|        19 | Odisha             |                           20.69 |
|        20 | Punjab             |                           24    |
|        21 | Rajasthan          |                           22    |
|        22 | Sikkim             |                           17.13 |
|        23 | Tamil Nadu         |                           24    |
|        24 | Telangana          |                           24    |
|        25 | Tripura            |                           23.5  |
|        26 | Uttar Pradesh*     |                           17.89 |
|        27 | Uttarakhand        |                           23.6  |
|        28 | West Bengal        |                           24    |

* for Arunachal Pradesh & Uttar Pradesh March 2019 data.

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