Lok Sabha Question No. 1964 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-28
Subject: Twenty-four Hours of Electricity Supply
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Nusrat Jahan Ruhi, Chandeshwar Prasad, Nama Nageswara Rao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1964

## ANSWERED ON 28.07.2022

## TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OF ELECTRICITY SUPPLY

1964. SHRIMATI NUSRAT JAHAN RUHI: SHRI CHANDESHWAR PRASAD: SHRI NAMA NAGESWARA RAO:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to provide twenty-four hours of electricity supply to all by 2022;
- (b) if so, the details of the progress made there under, State-wise including Bihar;
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether  the  Government  would  set  up  any  revised  deadline  for  providing twenty-four hours of electricity supply to all and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) the  details  of  average  daily  power  supply  in  rural  and  urban  areas  of  the country at present, State/UT-wise;
- (f) whether the Government has achieved the target of complete electrification of all the rural and urban areas of the country and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (g) the details regarding ratio of electrification across the country, State-wise?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a) to (e) :  The obligation of providing 24x7 power supply to all consumers lies with the concerned Power Distribution Companies (DISCOMs).   Government of India had been helping the States through its various schemes  including Deen  Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) and Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS)  to  achieve  the  objective  of  providing  uninterrupted  power  supply  to  all households.  Under  the  recently  launched  Revamped  Distribution  Sector  Scheme (RDSS), the State Power Distribution Utilities are financially supported to strengthen Distribution  infrastructure  and  the  fund  releases  under  the  scheme  is  linked  to initiation  of  reforms  and  achievement  of  results  that  also  includes  trajectories  for improving electricity supply hours to urban and rural consumers.

.........2.

As per the information made available by the States on National Power Portal  (NPP),  the  supply  hours  in  urban  areas  and  rural  areas  as  on  8.7.2022,  was 23.78 (HH.hh) & 21.48 (HH.hh) respectively. State-wise details of average hours of power supply in rural areas and urban areas during the year FY 2021-22 and for the current year FY 2022-23 till May, 2022 is at Annexure.

(f) & (g) : Under Deen  Dayal Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti Yojana  (DDUGJY)  and thereafter under Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (Saubhagya), since now closed on 31.03.2022, all States had already declared electrification of all Villages as on 28 th  April, 2018 and all willing Households as on 31 st  March, 2019 respectively.

While a total of 18374 Villages were electrified under DDUGJY, a total of  2.86  crore  Households  were  electrified  under  the  aegis  of  Saubhagya  including additional households in two tranches that became willing after 31.03.2019 but were unwilling for electrification earlier.

While  fresh  arisings  of  new  households  is  a  continuous  process  and electrification of such households is expected to be taken care of by the Distribution Utilities, the Government of India stands committed to help the States electrify all households identified before Saubhagya.  In this respect, the Government of India has recently issued guidelines for their electrification under the  Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS).  States have been advised to pose their DPRs to the Ministry of Power in this regard.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1964 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 28.07.2022

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*Average Hours of Power Supply in a Day (HH.hh) in Urban and rural feeders as on 08.07.2022

| Sl. No            | State Name        | FY 2021-22   | FY 2021-22   | FY 2022-23 (up to May 2022)   | FY 2022-23 (up to May 2022)   |
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|                   |                   | Urban        | Rural        | Urban                         | Rural                         |
| 1                 | Andhra Pradesh    | 23.89        | 23.62        | 23.82                         | 23.30                         |
| 2                 | Arunachal Pradesh | 22.73 #      |              |                               |                               |
| 3                 | Assam             | 23.66 #      |              | 23.70 #                       |                               |
| 4                 | Bihar             | 23.55        | 20.39        | 23.39                         | 20.77                         |
| 5                 | Chhattisgarh      | 23.81        | 21.25        | 23.83                         | 21.61                         |
| 6                 | Delhi             | 24.00 #      |              | 23.98 #                       |                               |
| 7                 | Goa               | 23.65 #      |              |                               |                               |
| 8                 | Gujarat           | 23.96        | 23.50        | 23.96                         | 23.76                         |
| 9                 | Haryana           | 23.63        | 16.26        | 23.46                         | 14.05                         |
| 10                | Himachal Pradesh  | 23.90        | 13.26        |                               | 14.05                         |
| 11 Jammu and      | Kashmir           | 22.28 #      |              | 19.83 #                       |                               |
| 12                | Jharkhand         | 23.31 #      |              |                               |                               |
| 13                | Karnataka         | 23.59        | 17.56        | 23.81                         | 16.88                         |
| 14                | Kerala            | 23.93        | 19.61        | 23.90                         | 0.00                          |
| 15                | Ladakh            | 23.81 #      |              |                               |                               |
| 16 Madhya Pradesh |                   | 23.88        | 19.35        | 23.98                         | 22.70                         |
| 17 Maharashtra    |                   | 23.99        | 23.16        | 23.99                         | 23.93                         |
| 18                | Manipur           | 23.65 #      |              |                               |                               |
| 19 Meghalaya      | 23.93 #           |              | 23.95 #      |                               |                               |
| 20 Mizoram        | 23.86 #           |              |              |                               |                               |
| 21 Nagaland       | 23.45 #           |              |              |                               |                               |
| 22 Odisha         | 23.65             |              | 23.02        |                               | 0.00 #                        |
| 23 Punjab         | 23.68             |              | 22.11        | 23.51                         | 0.00                          |
| 24 Rajasthan      | 23.89             |              | 21.29        | 23.77                         | 21.21                         |
| 25 Tamil          | Nadu              | 23.98        | 22.15        |                               |                               |
| 26 Telangana      |                   | 23.93        | 21.89        | 23.76                         | 22.30                         |
| 27                | Tripura           | 23.90        | 19.93        | 23.90                         | 19.21                         |
| 28                | Uttar Pradesh     | 23.52        | 15.90        |                               |                               |
| 29                | Uttarakhand       | 23.61        | 21.56        | 23.53                         | 21.16                         |
| 30                | West Bengal       | 23.81        | 23.48        | 23.80                         | 23.38                         |
| 31 ALL INDIA      | TOTAL             | 23.80        | 20.61        | 23.78                         | 21.48                         |

* As per data furnished by States on NPP

#  States are not mapped on NPP

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