Lok Sabha Question No. 1542 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-10
Subject: Electrification of Villages under DDUGJY
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Dharmendra Kumar Kashyap, Balubhau (Alias Suresh Narayan) Dhanorkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1542

## ANSWERED ON 10.02.2022

## ELECTRIFICATION OF VILLAGES UNDER DDUGJY

1542.  SHRI DHARMENDRA KASHYAP: SHRI BALUBHAU ALIAS SURESH NARAYAN DHANORKAR:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  villages  that  have  been  electrified  under  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), State-wise including districts of Maharashtra;
- (b) the number  of households electrified under the said yojana, State-wise including districts of Maharashtra;
- (c) the number of States which have adopted Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY) to help in converting DISCOMs into profit-making bodies;
- (d) the current status of the implementation of UDAY indifferent States;
- (e) the States and DISCOMs which have failed to perform their duties under the said yojana; and
- (f) the details of action taken against them?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) : The  Government  of  India  launched  the  Deendayal  Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) in December, 2014 for rural electrification works across the country. As reported by the States, all the inhabited un-electrified villages as per census 2011 stand electrified  on  28th  April,  2018  across  the  country  under  DDUGJY.  A  total  of  18,374 villages were electrified under the scheme. State-wise number of inhabited un-electrified census villages electrified across the country including Maharashtra State, are given in Annexure-I.

- (b) : State-wise details of BPL Households covered under DDUGJY from 2015 to 31.03.2019 are enclosed at Annexure-II.
- (c) : Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY), a scheme for financial turnaround of Power Distribution Companies (DISCOMs) was launched by the Government on 20-112015  with  an  objective  to  improve  operational  and  financial  efficiency  of  the  State DISCOMs.

………..2.

A  total  of  32  States  /  UTs  joined  the  UDAY  Scheme  out  of  which,  the  16 States of Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, HP, J&K, Jharkhand, MP, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana & UP signed UDAY MoUs for Operational as well as Financial turnaround while the rest of the States/ UTs joined  for  only  operational  turnaround.  States/UTs  of  Odisha,  West  Bengal,  Delhi  & Chandigarh did not join the scheme.

(d) to (f) : UDAY  was  launched  with  an  overall  aim  of  operational  and  financial turnaround of State owned Distribution Utilities (DISCOMs) through efficiency improvements  and  financial  restructuring  in  Generation,  Transmission  and  Distribution Sectors. As a result  of the scheme, State Power Distribution Utilities have reported an overall  improvement  which  include  (i)  Reduction  in  Aggregate  Technical  &  Commercial (AT&C) losses from 23.70% in FY 16 to 20.93% in FY 20 and (ii) Reduction of Average Cost of Supply (ACS) - Average Revenue Realised (ARR) gap from Re.0.48 per kWh in FY 16 to Re.0.30 per kWh in FY 20. The details of the performance of the States on AT&C loss and ACS-ARR gaps are enclosed as Annexure-III and Annexure-IV respectively.

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ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.

1542 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 10.02.2022 **************

STATE-WISE  ELECTRIFICATION  OF  INHABITED  CENSUS  VILLAGES  FROM  2014-15  TILL 28.04.2018

| SI. No.   | Name of the States   | Number of villages electrified   |
|-----------|----------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1         | Arunachal Pradesh    | 1,483                            |
| 2         | Assam                | 2,732                            |
| 3         | Bihar                | 2,906                            |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh         | 1,078                            |
| 5         | Himachal Pradesh 28  |                                  |
| 6         | J & K 129            |                                  |
| 7         | Jharkhand            | 2,583                            |
| 8         | Karnataka            | 39                               |
| 9         | Madhya Pradesh 422   |                                  |
| 10        | Maharashtra 80       |                                  |
| 11        | Manipur 366          |                                  |
| 12        | Meghalaya            | 1,051                            |
| 13        | Mizoram              | 54                               |
| 14        | Nagaland 78          |                                  |
| 15        | Odisha               | 3,281                            |
| 16        | Rajasthan            | 427                              |
| 17        | Tripura              | 26                               |
| 18        | Uttar Pradesh 1,498  |                                  |
| 19        | Uttarakhand          | 91                               |
| 20        | West Bengal          | 22                               |
|           | Total                | 18,374                           |

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ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.

1542 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 10.02.2022 **************

## COVERAGE OF BPL HOUSEHOLDS UNDER DDUGJY

| Sl. No.   | State                |   Cumulative achievement as on 31.03.2019 |
|-----------|----------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh       |                                    729553 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh    |                                      8291 |
| 3         | Assam                |                                    782370 |
| 4         | Bihar                |                                   3385597 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh         |                                    163551 |
| 6         | Gujarat              |                                      5060 |
| 7         | Haryana              |                                      5419 |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh     |                                        43 |
| 9         | J&K                  |                                     53666 |
| 10        | Jharkhand            |                                    675174 |
| 11        | Karnataka            |                                    369626 |
| 12        | Kerala               |                                    136193 |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh       |                                   1047133 |
| 14        | Maharashtra          |                                    386498 |
| 15        | Manipur              |                                     48799 |
| 16        | Meghalaya            |                                      2639 |
| 17        | Mizoram              |                                      1915 |
| 18        | Nagaland             |                                     60701 |
| 19        | Odisha               |                                   1629495 |
| 20        | Punjab               |                                         0 |
| 21        | Rajasthan            |                                    410604 |
| 22        | Sikkim               |                                      5271 |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu           |                                     23496 |
| 24        | Telangana            |                                    539306 |
| 25        | Tripura              |                                     82019 |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh        |                                   2127011 |
| 27        | Uttarakhand          |                                      7251 |
| 28        | West Bengal          |                                     81939 |
| 29        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |                                         0 |
| 30        | Puducherry           |                                         0 |
| Total     | Total                |                                  12768620 |

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## ANNEXURE-III

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (d)  TO  (f)  OF  UNSTARRED

## QUESTION NO. 1542 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 10.02.2022 **************

## STATE-WISE AND YEAR-WISE DETAILS OF AT&C LOSSES

|                              | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |
|------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| State Sector                 | 24.04     | 24.05     | 22.15     |     22.57 |     21.73 |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands    |           |           | 19.34     |     23.39 |     22.71 |
| Andhra Pradesh               | 10.36     | 13.77     | 14.26     |     25.67 |     10.77 |
| Arunachal Pradesh            | 54.58     | 53.64     | 58.36     |     55.5  |     45.71 |
| Assam                        | 26.02     | 20.11     | 17.64     |     20.14 |     23.37 |
| Bihar                        | 43.30     | 43.34     | 33.51     |     33.3  |     40.38 |
| Chandigarh (Non-Uday UT)     |           |           | 4.00      |      4.21 |      4.6  |
| Chhattisgarh                 | 22.10     | 23.87     | 22.50     |     29.81 |     23.68 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli         |           |           | 6.55      |      5.45 |      3.56 |
| Daman & Diu                  |           |           | 17.01     |      6.19 |      4.07 |
| Goa                          | 19.77     | 24.33     | 13.52     |     15.69 |     13.99 |
| Gujarat                      | 16.23     | 14.42     | 12.96     |     13.99 |     11.95 |
| Haryana                      | 29.27     | 26.42     | 21.78     |     18.08 |     18.19 |
| Himachal Pradesh             | 9.68      | 11.48     | 11.08     |     12.46 |     11.68 |
| Jammu & Kashmir              | 58.75     | 59.96     | 53.67     |     49.94 |     60.46 |
| Jharkhand                    | 33.34     | 35.95     | 32.48     |     28.6  |     36.96 |
| Karnataka                    | 17.13     | 16.84     | 15.61     |     19.83 |     17.59 |
| Kerala                       | 12.40     | 13.42     | 12.81     |      9.1  |     14.47 |
| Lakshadweep                  |           |           | 19.15     |     23.33 |     14.28 |
| Madhya Pradesh               | 27.37     | 26.80     | 30.51     |     36.64 |     30.38 |
| Maharashtra                  | 21.74     | 22.84     | 14.38     |     16.23 |     19.92 |
| Manipur                      | 31.72     | 33.01     | 27.50     |     38.17 |     20.27 |
| Meghalaya                    | 45.98     | 38.81     | 41.19     |     35.22 |     34.32 |
| Mizoram                      | 35.18     | 24.98     | 22.44     |     16.2  |     20.66 |
| Nagaland                     | 33.44     | 38.50     | 41.36     |     40.06 |     52.93 |
| Odisha (Non-Uday State)      | 38.60     | 37.19     | 33.59     |     31.55 |     28.94 |
| Puducherry                   | 22.43     | 21.34     | 19.19     |     19.77 |     18.45 |
| Punjab                       | 15.88     | 14.46     | 17.31     |     11.28 |     14.35 |
| Rajasthan                    | 31.59     | 27.33     | 24.07     |     28.25 |     29.85 |
| Sikkim                       | 43.89     | 35.62     | 32.48     |     41.83 |     28.88 |
| Tamil Nadu                   | 16.83     | 18.23     | 19.47     |     17.86 |     15    |
| Telangana                    | 14.01     | 15.19     | 19.08     |     17.8  |     21.54 |
| Tripura                      | 32.68     | 31.79     | 30.31     |     35.49 |     37.85 |
| Uttar Pradesh                | 39.76     | 40.91     | 37.80     |     33.19 |     30.05 |
| Uttarakhand                  | 18.01     | 16.68     | 16.34     |     16.96 |     20.35 |
| West Bengal (Non-Uday State) | 28.08     | 27.83     | 26.69     |     23    |     20.4  |
| Private Sector               | 12.44     | 10.80     | 9.36      |      8.28 |      8    |
| Delhi                        | 12.44     | 10.80     | 9.93      |      9.17 |      8.19 |
| Gujarat                      |           |           | 6.53      |      5.2  |      4.59 |
| Maharashtra                  |           |           |           |      8.2  |      9.52 |
| Uttar Pradesh                |           |           | 9.08      |      9.36 |      9.76 |
| West Bengal                  |           |           | 10.74     |      8.95 |      9.06 |
| Grand Total                  | 23.70     | 23.66     | 21.50     |     21.74 |     20.93 |

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (d) TO (f)  OF  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1542 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 10.02.2022

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## ACS-ARR GAP ON TARIFF SUBSIDY RECEIVED BASIS (RS/KWH)

|                              | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   |
|------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| State Sector                 | 0.50      | 0.39      | 0.32      | 0.54      | 0.35      |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands    |           |           | 19.86     | 19.47     | 19.58     |
| Andhra Pradesh               | 0.80      | 0.52      | 0.09      | 2.67      | (0.19)    |
| Arunachal Pradesh            | 0.49      | 3.65      | 4.64      | 4.27      | 4.92      |
| Assam                        | 0.23      | 0.06      | (0.32)    | (0.32)    | (0.36)    |
| Bihar                        | 0.46      | 0.51      | 0.68      | 0.61      | 0.92      |
| Chandigarh (Non-Uday UT)     |           |           | (1.64)    | (0.26)    | (0.82)    |
| Chhattisgarh                 | (0.01)    | 0.21      | 0.23      | 0.45      | 0.17      |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli         |           |           | 0.01      | (0.02)    | (0.03)    |
| Daman & Diu                  |           |           | (1.38)    | (0.61)    | (0.30)    |
| Goa                          | 0.71      | 0.70      | (0.06)    | 0.39      | 0.60      |
| Gujarat                      | (0.02)    | (0.05)    | (0.06)    | (0.02)    | (0.06)    |
| Haryana                      | 0.16      | 0.04      | (0.08)    | (0.05)    | (0.06)    |
| Himachal Pradesh             | (0.31)    | 0.18      | 0.03      | (0.09)    | (0.02)    |
| Jammu & Kashmir              | 3.00      | 2.65      | 1.85      | 1.72      | 2.03      |
| Jharkhand                    | 0.93      | 1.39      | 0.16      | 0.58      | 0.87      |
| Karnataka                    | 0.01      | 0.29      | 0.30      | 0.24      | 0.39      |
| Kerala                       | 0.30      | 0.62      | 0.32      | 0.05      | 0.10      |
| Lakshadweep                  |           |           | 19.11     | 20.30     | 18.22     |
| Madhya Pradesh               | 0.87      | 0.18      | 0.78      | 1.29      | 0.69      |
| Maharashtra                  | 0.21      | 0.06      | (0.13)    | (0.19)    | (0.19)    |
| Manipur                      | 0.02      | 0.06      | (0.02)    | 0.34      | 0.08      |
| Meghalaya                    | 0.82      | 1.66      | 1.16      | 0.85      | 1.80      |
| Mizoram                      | 2.06      | 2.12      | (1.30)    | 1.18      | (1.94)    |
| Nagaland                     | 0.20      | 0.81      | 0.81      | 4.09      | 5.62      |
| Odisha (Non-Uday State)      | 0.39      | 0.38      | 0.32      | 0.60      | 0.34      |
| Puducherry                   | (0.02)    | 0.03      | (0.02)    | 0.13      | 0.97      |
| Punjab                       | 0.53      | 0.65      | 0.48      | (0.07)    | 0.17      |
| Rajasthan                    | 1.83      | 0.50      | (0.09)    | 0.06      | 0.31      |
| Sikkim                       | 2.09      | 1.20      | 0.25      | 0.02      | 0.54      |
| Tamil Nadu                   | 0.67      | 0.50      | 0.89      | 1.32      | 1.27      |
| Telangana                    | 0.74      | 1.23      | 1.12      | 1.38      | 1.09      |
| Tripura                      | 0.42      | (0.15)    | (0.09)    | (0.06)    | 0.43      |
| Uttar Pradesh                | 0.29      | 0.33      | 0.45      | 0.54      | 0.34      |
| Uttarakhand                  | 0.10      | 0.24      | 0.18      | 0.38      | 0.38      |
| West Bengal (Non-Uday State) | (0.04)    | 0.04      | (0.02)    | (0.01)    | (0.12)    |
| Private Sector               | (0.10)    | (0.16)    | (0.44)    | (0.38)    | (0.48)    |
| Delhi                        | (0.10)    | (0.16)    | (0.19)    | (0.26)    | (0.37)    |
| Gujarat                      |           |           | (0.50)    | (0.26)    | (0.52)    |
| Maharashtra                  |           |           |           | (0.15)    | (0.22)    |
| Uttar Pradesh                |           |           | (1.34)    | (0.97)    | (0.69)    |
| West Bengal                  |           |           | (0.93)    | (0.99)    | (0.94)    |
| Grand Total                  | 0.48      | 0.37      | 0.28      | 0.49      | 0.30      |

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