Lok Sabha Question No. 2566 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-27
Subject: Saubhagya Scheme
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2566 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.12.2018

## SAUBHAGYA SCHEME

2566. SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the  percentage  of  target  achieved  till  September  2018,  under  the Saubhagya scheme, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether any State has achieved 100% household electrification and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  achieve  100%  household electrification in the country?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

( SHRI  R. K. SINGH )

- (a) : As  informed  by  the  States,  under  Saubhagya,  92.4%  of  total households have been electrified up to September, 2018. The State-wise details are given at Annexure.
- (b) : Eighteen States, namely, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram,  Puducherry,  Punjab,  Sikkim,  Tamil  Nadu,  Telangana,  Tripura, Uttarakhand  and  West  Bengal  have  informed  that  they  have  achieved 100% household electrification, as on 17.12.2018.
- (c) : Government  of  India,  through  Saubhagya  scheme,  aims  to electrify  all  the  remaining  un-electrified  households by  31 st   March,  2019. Under the scheme, Government of India gives funds to the States to the extent of 60% (85% for special category states) as grant.  An additional grant of 15% (5% for special category states) is also available subject to achievement of 100% household electrification of all willing households by 31st  December, 2018.

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ANNEXURE ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.    2566  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  THE  LOK  SABHA  ON

27.12.2018.

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Saubhagya: State-wise details of households electrification

| Sl. No.            | State             | Household Electrification (%)   |
|--------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1                  | Andhra Pradesh    | 100.0%                          |
| 2                  | Arunachal Pradesh | 75.8%                           |
| 3                  | Assam             | 78.5%                           |
| 4                  | Bihar             | 94.9%                           |
| 5 Chhattisgarh     | 98.1%             |                                 |
| 6                  | Goa               | 100.0%                          |
| 7                  | Gujarat           | 100.0%                          |
| 8                  | Haryana           | 99.6%                           |
| 9 Himachal Pradesh | 99.4%             |                                 |
| 10 Jammu & Kashmir | 88.0%             |                                 |
| 11 Jharkhand       | 87.6%             |                                 |
| 12 Karnataka       |                   | 96.4%                           |
| 13                 | Kerala            | 100.0%                          |
| 14 Madhya Pradesh  |                   | 99.5%                           |
| 15                 | Maharashtra       | 99.5%                           |
| 16 Manipur         |                   | 84.8%                           |
| 17 Meghalaya       |                   | 69.2%                           |
| 18 Mizoram         |                   | 92.9%                           |
| 19 Nagaland        |                   | 77.6%                           |
| 20                 | Odisha            | 88.8%                           |
| 21 Puducherry      |                   | 100.0%                          |
| 22                 | Punjab            | 100.0%                          |
| 23                 | Rajasthan         | 93.4%                           |
| 24 Sikkim          |                   | 92.7%                           |
| 25 Tamil           | Nadu              | 100.0%                          |
| 26                 | Telangana         | 96.2%                           |
| 27                 | Tripura           | 87.9%                           |
| 28                 | Uttar Pradesh     | 71.4%                           |
| 29                 | Uttarakhand       | 95.2%                           |
| 30 West            | Bengal            | 98.0%                           |
|                    | Total             | 92.4%                           |

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