Lok Sabha Question No. 219 (STARRED), answered on 2019-07-08
Subject: Electrification of Schools
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Kirron  Kher

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 219 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08 TH  JULY, 2019

## Electrification of Schools

| *219.                                                        | SHRIMATI KIRRON KHER :                                                                                                              |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| (a)                                                          | whether nearly 40 per cent of the schools in the country do not have electricity and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise; and |
| (b)                                                          | the number of schools electrified during the last three years, year and State/ UT-wise?                                             |
| ANSWER HUMANRESOURCE DEVELOPMENT RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK') | ANSWER HUMANRESOURCE DEVELOPMENT RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')                                                                        |
| (a) and (b)                                                  | A statement is laid on the Table of the House.                                                                                      |

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) AND (b) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 219 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 TH  JULY 2019 ASKED BY SHRIMATI KIRRON KHER REGARDING ELECTRIFICATION OF SCHOOLS

(a) As  per  Unified  District  Information  System  for  Education  (UDISE),  2017-18  (provisional), 63.14%  schools  are  having  electricity  connection.  State/UT-wise  details  of  schools  having  electricity connection are at Annexure-I.

(b)       The Department of School Education and Literacy has launched an Integrated Scheme for School Education - Samagra Shiksha w.e.f. 2018-19, which subsumes the three erstwhile Centrally Sponsored Schemes of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education  (TE).  Under  Samagra  Shiksha,  States  and  UTs  are  supported  for  strengthening  of  existing government  schools,  and  for  creation  and  augmentation  of  infrastructure  facilities  including  internal electrification as per proposals received from respective State/UT. Under erstwhile SSA till 2017-18 and Samagra Shiksha effective from 2018-19, 1,95,519 government elementary schools have been provided internal  electrification  till  March,  2019.  State/UT-wise  number  of  government  elementary  schools electrified during last three years is at Annexure-II.

Infrastructure facilities in schools are also provided  in  convergence  with  other  schemes/ programmes of other Ministries/Departments in Central Government/State Government. Under Deendayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana, access to electricity is provided in villages/rural areas. Accordingly, the schools that require electricity service connection may approach the State Power Utility and the electricity service connections are effected by the concerned States Power Utility as per the extant rules.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.  219  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  8 TH JULY  2019  ASKED  BY  SHRIMATI  KIRRON  KHER REGARDING ELECTRIFICATION OF SCHOOLS

Statement showing State/UT-wise percentage of schools having electricity connection

| S. No.   | State/UT                 |   Percentage Of Schools Having Electricity Connection |
|----------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | ANDAMAN &NICOBAR ISLANDS |                                                 89.69 |
| 2        | ANDHRA PRADESH           |                                                 92.8  |
| 3        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH        |                                                 37.5  |
| 4        | ASSAM                    |                                                 24.28 |
| 5        | BIHAR                    |                                                 45.82 |
| 6        | CHANDIGARH               |                                                100    |
| 7        | CHHATTISGARH             |                                                 70.38 |
| 8        | DADRA&NAGAR HAVELI       |                                                100    |
| 9        | DAMAN &DIU               |                                                 98.6  |
| 10       | DELHI                    |                                                 99.93 |
| 11       | GOA                      |                                                 99.54 |
| 12       | GUJARAT                  |                                                 99.91 |
| 13       | HARYANA                  |                                                 97.52 |
| 14       | HIMACHAL PRADESH         |                                                 92.09 |
| 15       | JAMMU AND KASHMIR        |                                                 36.63 |
| 16       | JHARKHAND                |                                                 47.46 |
| 17       | KARNATAKA                |                                                 93.42 |
| 18       | KERALA                   |                                                 96.91 |
| 19       | LAKSHADWEEP              |                                                100    |
| 20       | MADHYA PRADESH           |                                                 32.58 |
| 21       | MAHARASHTRA              |                                                 85.83 |
| 22       | MANIPUR                  |                                                 42.08 |
| 23       | MEGHALAYA                |                                                 26.34 |
| 24       | MIZORAM                  |                                                 69.66 |
| 25       | NAGALAND                 |                                                 55.34 |
| 26       | ODISHA                   |                                                 36.5  |
| 27       | PUDUCHERRY               |                                                 99.86 |
| 28       | PUNJAB                   |                                                 99.55 |
| 29       | RAJASTHAN                |                                                 64.02 |
| 30       | SIKKIM                   |                                                 87.08 |
| 31       | TAMIL NADU               |                                                 99.55 |
| 32       | TELANGANA                |                                                 89.89 |
| 33       | TRIPURA                  |                                                 31.11 |
| 34       | UTTAR PRADESH            |                                                 44.76 |
| 35       | UTTARAKHAND              |                                                 75.28 |
| 36       | WEST BENGAL              |                                                 85.59 |
|          | All India                |                                                 63.14 |

Source: UDISE, 2017-18 (provisional)

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.  219  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  8 TH JULY  2019  ASKED  BY  SHRIMATI  KIRRON  KHER REGARDING ELECTRIFICATION OF SCHOOLS

Statement showing details of State/UT-wise and year-wise number of government elementary schools electrified during last three years

| S. No.   | State/UT                 | Number of government elementary schools electrified during last three years   | Number of government elementary schools electrified during last three years   | Number of government elementary schools electrified during last three years   |
|----------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|          |                          | 2016-17                                                                       | 2017-18                                                                       | 2018-19                                                                       |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh           | 1168                                                                          | 2595                                                                          | 0                                                                             |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh        | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             |
| 3        | Assam                    | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             |
| 4        | Bihar                    | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh             | 105                                                                           | 19                                                                            | 281                                                                           |
| 6        | Goa                      | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             |
| 7        | Gujarat                  | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             |
| 8        | Haryana                  | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh         | 68                                                                            | 39                                                                            | 10                                                                            |
| 10       | Jammu &Kashmir           | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             |
| 11       | Jharkhand                | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             |
| 12       | Karnataka                | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             |
| 13       | Kerala                   | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 613                                                                           |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh           | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             |
| 15       | Maharashtra              | 112                                                                           | 519                                                                           | 0                                                                             |
| 16       | Manipur                  | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             |
| 17       | Meghalaya                | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             |
| 18       | Mizoram                  | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             |
| 19       | Nagaland                 | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             |
| 20       | Odisha                   | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             |
| 21       | Punjab                   | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             |
| 22       | Rajasthan                | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             |
| 23       | Sikkim                   | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu               | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             |
| 25       | Telangana                | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             |
| 26       | Tripura                  | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh            | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             |
| 28       | Uttarakhand              | 0                                                                             | 50                                                                            | 170                                                                           |
| 29       | West Bengal              | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             |
| 30       | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             |
| 31       | Chandigarh               | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             |
| 32       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             |
| 33       | Daman &Diu               | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             |
| 34       | Delhi                    | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             |
| 35       | Lakshadweep              | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             |
| 36       | Puducherry               | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             |
| TOTAL    | TOTAL                    | 1453                                                                          | 3222                                                                          | 1074                                                                          |

Source: Quarterly Progress Reports furnished by States and UTs.