Lok Sabha Question No. 279 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-08
Subject: Households Electrified under Saubhagya
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.279 ANSWERED ON 08.12.2022

## HOUSEHOLDS ELECTRIFIED UNDER SAUBHAGYA

279. COL. RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the  total  households  electrified  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Sahaj  Bijli  Har  Ghar  YojanaSaubhagya and the percentage of total households electrified the said Yojana through the installation of solar energy systems;
- (d) last threeyears and the current year, State/UT-wise?
- under (b) the number of households electrified under Saubhagya through the installation of solar energy systems, State/UT-wise; (c) the  details  of  the  households  electrified  in  Jaipur  District  under  Saubhagya  through installation of solar energy systems; and the  quantum  of  funds  allocated,  distributed  and  utilised  under  Saubhagya  during  the

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a) to (c) : The Government of India launched Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana Saubhagya in October, 2017 with the objective of achieving universal household electrification,  by  providing  electricity  connections  to  all  unelectrified  households  in  rural areas and all poor households in urban areas in the country. Under the aegis of Saubhagya, as on  31.03.2019,  all  households  were  reported  electrified  by  the  States,  except  18,734 households in Left Wing Extremists (LWE) affected areas of Chhattisgarh. Subsequently, seven States  namely  Assam,  Chhattisgarh,  Jharkhand,  Karnataka,  Manipur,  Rajasthan  and  Uttar Pradesh  had  reported  that  around  19.09  lakh  un-electrified  households,  identified  before 31.03.2019,  which  were  unwilling  earlier  but  later  expressed  willingness  to  get  electricity connection. This was also sanctioned. All these seven States had reported 100% households' electrification as on 31.03.2021. A total of 2.817 crore households were electrified since the launch of Saubhagya, up to 31.03.2021.Thereafter some  States reported 11.84 lakh households  remained  to  be  electrified, against  which  States  reported  that  4.43  lakh households have been electrified. Accordingly, till date, a total 2.86 crore households have been electrified. Specifically, under Saubhagya Scheme, States reported that 2.68% household have  been  electrified  through  installation  of  Solar  energy  system.  State  wise  details  of households  electrified  under  Saubhagya  Scheme  through  the  installation  of  solar  energy systems  are  at  Annexure-I.    As  per  the  closure  report,  no  household  has  been  electrified through solar energy systems in Jaipur district. There was no upfront allocation of funds for any State/District under Saubhagya scheme. Funds were released for sanctioned projects in installments based on the reported utilization  of  the  funds  released  in  the  previous  installments  and  fulfillment  of  stipulated conditions. The quantum of funds allocated, distributed and utilized under SAUBHAGYA during

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- (d) : the last three years are at Annexure-II.

ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 279 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 08.12.2022

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Off grid Households electrified under Saubhagya Scheme  incl. Addl. Households Sanctioned under DDUGJY(New)

| Sl. No.   | State Name/UT          | OFF Grid households electrified under Saubhagya Scheme (as per closure)   | OFF Grid Addl. Households electrified under DDUGJY New   |   Total number of OFF grid households electrified |
|-----------|------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Arunachal Pradesh 5398 |                                                                           |                                                          |                                              5398 |
| 2         | Assam 50754            |                                                                           | 53545                                                    |                                            104299 |
| 3         | Bihar                  | 39100                                                                     |                                                          |                                             39100 |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh           | 65373                                                                     |                                                          |                                             65373 |
| 5         | Jharkhand              | 7740                                                                      |                                                          |                                              7740 |
| 6         | Karnataka              | 207                                                                       |                                                          |                                               207 |
| 7         | Ladakh                 | 168                                                                       |                                                          |                                               168 |
| 8         | Madhya Pradesh         | 12651                                                                     |                                                          |                                             12651 |
| 9         | Maharashtra            | 30538                                                                     |                                                          |                                             30538 |
| 10        | Manipur                | 3387                                                                      |                                                          |                                              3387 |
| 11        | Meghalaya              | 598                                                                       | 401                                                      |                                               999 |
| 12        | Mizoram                | 1466                                                                      |                                                          |                                              1466 |
| 13        | Odisha                 | 13735                                                                     |                                                          |                                             13735 |
| 14        | Rajasthan              | 123682                                                                    |                                                          |                                            123682 |
| 15        | Tripura                | 3601                                                                      |                                                          |                                              3601 |
| 16        | Uttar Pradesh          | 53234                                                                     |                                                          |                                             53234 |
| 17        | Uttarakhand            | 4837                                                                      |                                                          |                                              4837 |
| Total     | Total                  | 416469                                                                    | 53946                                                    |                                            470415 |

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ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 279 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 08.12.2022

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State-wise  Sanctioned  Cost  ,  Grant  disbursed  and  utilized  under  Saubhagya  Scheme  during  last three year and current year i.e. from 2020-21 to 2022-23.

Rs. in crore

| SI. No.   | Name of the States   | Sanctioned cost   | Project Closure Cost   |         |         |         |                       |                              |
|-----------|----------------------|-------------------|------------------------|---------|---------|---------|-----------------------|------------------------------|
|           |                      |                   |                        | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | Total grant disbursed | Funds Utilised by the States |
| 1         | Arunachal Pradesh    | 323.32            | 187.99                 | 13.79   | -       | -       | 13.79                 | 13.8                         |
| 2         | Assam                | 972.86            | 842.36                 | 120.92  | 118.45  | -       | 239.37                | 239.4                        |
| 3         | Bihar                | 796.11            | 815.94                 | 136.25  | 17.10   |         | 153.35                | 153.4                        |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh         | 747.40            | 653.98                 | 32.01   | 42.06   | 38.12   | 112.19                | 112.2                        |
| 5         | Haryana              | 18.20             | 13.85                  | 2.98    | -       | 3.04    | 6.02                  | 6.0                          |
| 6         | Himachal Pradesh     | 5.93              | 2.25                   | 2.89    | -       |         | 2.89                  | 2.9                          |
| 7         | J&K                  | 134.50            | 53.38                  | -       | -       |         | -                     | -                            |
| 8         | Jharkhand            | 887.10            | 472.25                 | 4.31    | 59.85   | 28.30   | 92.46                 | 92.5                         |
| 9         | Karnataka            | 78.67             | 80.05                  | 39.38   | -       | 8.53    | 47.91                 | 47.9                         |
| 10        | Kerala               | 90.00             | 88.45                  | 26.12   | 13.27   | 11.75   | 51.14                 | 51.1                         |
| 11        | Ladakh               | 5.67              | 6.52                   | -       | -       | -       | -                     | -                            |
| 12        | Madhya Pradesh       | 872.65            | 737.88                 | -       | 6.32    | 95.90   | 102.22                | 102.2                        |
| 13        | Maharashtra          | 405.89            | 363.28                 | 43.37   | -       | 19.10   | 62.47                 | 62.5                         |
| 14        | Manipur              | 120.79            | 109.50                 | 33.04   | 12.13   | 4.04    | 49.21                 | 49.2                         |
| 15        | Meghalaya            | 275.73            | 242.03                 | 87.79   | 1.37    | 18.92   | 108.08                | 72.0                         |
| 16        | Mizoram              | 45.63             | 45.73                  | -       | 6.03    | 0.47    | 6.50                  | 6.5                          |
| 17        | Nagaland             | 64.06             | 60.13                  | -       | -       | 14.95   | 14.95                 | 15.0                         |
| 18        | Orissa               | 524.76            | 430.09                 | -       | -       | 51.88   | 51.88                 | 51.9                         |
| 19        | Punjab               | 1.77              | 0.95                   | -       | 0.36    | 0.24    | 0.60                  | 0.6                          |
| 20        | Rajasthan            | 663.39            | 501.98                 | 76.40   | 100.97  | 6.95    | 184.32                | 184.3                        |
| 21        | Sikkim               | 2.24              | 2.12                   | 0.53    | 1.15    | 0.22    | 1.89                  | 1.9                          |
| 22        | Telangana            | 31.65             | 27.73                  | 15.38   | -       | 1.39    | 16.77                 | 16.8                         |
| 23        | Tripura              | 417.54            | 306.60                 | 8.11    | 0.27    | 14.74   | 23.12                 | 23.1                         |
| 24        | Uttar                | 6,188.24          | 2,923.97               | 25.76   | 52.31   | 116.61  | 194.67                | 194.7                        |
| 25        | Uttarakhand          | 149.35            | 51.69                  | 6.83    | 0.54    | -       | 7.37                  | 7.4                          |
| 26        | West Bengal          | 259.06            | 225.60                 | 20.28   | 15.92   | 13.40   | 49.60                 | 49.6                         |
|           | Total                | 14,082.51         | 9,246.27               | 696.13  | 448.09  | 448.55  | 1,592.77              | 1,556.66                     |

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