Lok Sabha Question No. 4153 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-18
Subject: Coverage of Saubhagya
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Bhagwanth Khuba

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4153 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2019

## COVERAGE OF SAUBHAGYA

4153.  SHRI BHAGWANTH KHUBA:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) the  details  of  the  coverage  of  villages  for  electrification  under  Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana-Saubhagya during each of the last three years, State/UT-wise including Karnataka;

(b) the details of the estimated requirement of electricity in the country and the quantum of electricity available at present; and

(c) the  details  of  the  assessment  made  by  the  Government  on  the  loss  of electricity during transmission and distribution in terms of quantity and revenue in order to address the issue?

## 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) : Government of  India  launched  Pradhan  Mantri  Sahaj  Bijli  Har  Ghar Yojana-Saubhagya  in  October,  2017  with  the  objective  to  achieve  universal household  electrification  by  providing  electricity  connections  to  all  willing  unelectrified households in rural and all poor households in urban areas across the country, by March, 2019.      As reported by the States, 2.628 crore households were electrified up to 31.03.2019 across the country including Karnataka, since launch of the scheme on 11.10.2017.    State-wise detail is at Annexure.

(b) : Adequate  installed  capacity  exists  in  the  country  to  meet  the demand.  The total installed capacity of the country stands at 356.100 GW as on 31.03.2019 with average peak demand of 177.022 GW.

(c) : As  reported  by  the  States  on  Ujwal  DISCOM  Assurance  Yojana (UDAY)  portal,  provisional  Aggregate  Technical  &  Commercial  (AT&C)  loss  for India was 18.29% in 2018-19.

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ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4153 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 18.07.2019. ***************

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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