Lok Sabha Question No. 4132 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-18
Subject: Definition of Electrified Village
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Shashi Tharoor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4132 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2019

## DEFINITION OF ELECTRIFIED VILLAGE

4132.  DR. SHASHI THAROOR:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- the total number of villages electrified under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram
- (a) Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), State/UT-wise;
- (b) the total number of villages with electricity connections to every households out of the aforesaid number of villages, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether for a village to be considered 'electrified', only 10% of households in a village needs to be electrified and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  change  the  definition  of  village electrification to electrification of 100% of households in a village; and
- (e) 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 THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT & ENTREPRENEURSHIP

( SHRI  R.K. SINGH)

- (a) & (b) : As reported by the States, all the inhabited census villages across the  country  stand  electrified  on  28.04.2018.    There  were  18,452  un-electrified villages in the country as reported by the States on 01.04.2015.  Additional 1,227 villages  were  subsequently  reported  un-electrified  by  the  States.    During  the execution  of  the  programme  1305  villages  were  found  un-inhabited/permanent grazing  reserve;  and  remaining  18,374  villages  were  electrified.      State-wise details are at Annexure.

Government of  India  launched  Pradhan  Mantri  Sahaj  Bijli  Har  Ghar Yojana-Saubhagya, in October 2017, with the aim to achieve universal household electrification by providing electricity connections to all un-electrified households in rural and all poor households in urban areas across the country, by 31st March, 2019.    All  States  have  declared  electrification  of  all  households  on  Saubhagya portal,  except  18,734  households  in  LWE  affected  areas  of  Chhattisgarh  as  on 31.03.2019.

- (c) : The definition of village electrification has lost its significance since launch of Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana - Saubhagya on 11.10.2017 which  provides  for  last  mile  connectivity  and  electricity  connections  to  all  unelectrified households in rural and all poor households in urban areas across the country.
- (d) & (e): Does not arise in view of (c) above.

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ANNEXURE ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED

QUESTION NO. 4132 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 18.07.2019. *************** Status of villages Electrification in the Country (State-wise)

| Sl. No. State   |   No. Of un-electrified Villages reported by the States as on 01.04.2015 | No. of un- electrified villages subsequently reported by the States   | Total Un- electrified villages   | Villages found un- inhabited/ permanent grazing reserve   | Total No. Of Villages Electrified   |
|-----------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1 2             |                                                                        3 | 4                                                                     | 5 = (3)+(4)                      | 6                                                         | 7 = (5)-(6)                         |
| 1 Arunachal Pr. |                                                                     1578 | 77                                                                    | 1655                             | 172                                                       | 1483                                |
| 2 Assam         |                                                                     2892 |                                                                       | 2892                             | 160                                                       | 2732                                |
| 3 Bihar         |                                                                     2747 | 267                                                                   | 3014                             | 108                                                       | 2906                                |
| 4 Chhattisgarh  |                                                                     1080 |                                                                       | 1080                             | 2                                                         | 1078                                |
| 5 Himachal Pr.  |                                                                       35 |                                                                       | 35                               | 7                                                         | 28                                  |
| 6 J&K           |                                                                      134 |                                                                       | 134                              | 5                                                         | 129                                 |
| 7 Jharkhand     |                                                                     2525 | 120                                                                   | 2645                             | 62                                                        | 2583                                |
| 8 Karnataka     |                                                                       39 |                                                                       | 39                               |                                                           | 39                                  |
| 9 Madhya Pr.    |                                                                      472 |                                                                       | 472                              | 50                                                        | 422                                 |
| 10 Maharashtra  |                                                                       88 |                                                                       | 88                               | 8                                                         | 80                                  |
| 11 Manipur      |                                                                      276 | 95                                                                    | 371                              | 5                                                         | 366                                 |
| 12 Meghalaya    |                                                                      912 | 154                                                                   | 1066                             | 15                                                        | 1051                                |
| 13 Mizoram      |                                                                       58 |                                                                       | 58                               | 4                                                         | 54                                  |
| 14 Nagaland     |                                                                       82 |                                                                       | 82                               | 4                                                         | 78                                  |
| 15 Odisha       |                                                                     3474 | 386                                                                   | 3860                             | 579                                                       | 3281                                |
| 16 Rajasthan    |                                                                      495 |                                                                       | 495                              | 68                                                        | 427                                 |
| 17 Tripura      |                                                                       26 |                                                                       | 26                               |                                                           | 26                                  |
| 18 Uttar Pr.    |                                                                     1529 | 22                                                                    | 1551                             | 53                                                        | 1498                                |
| 19 Uttarakhand  |                                                                       76 | 18                                                                    | 94                               | 3                                                         | 91                                  |
| 20 West Bengal  |                                                                       22 |                                                                       | 22                               |                                                           | 22                                  |
| Total           |                                                                    18452 | 1227                                                                  | 19679                            | 1305                                                      | 18374                               |

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