Lok Sabha Question No. 1683 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-11
Subject: Electrification Target of Every Household
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Devendra (Alias) Bhole Singh Singh, Bheemrao Baswanthrao Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1683 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.02.2021

## ELECTRIFICATION TARGET OF EVERY HOUSEHOLD

†1683. SHRI DEVENDRA SINGH BHOLE: SHRI B.B. PATIL:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) whether  the  Government  has  fixed  any  target  for  electrification  of  every household in the country and if so, the details thereof;

(b) the details of the schemes being implemented in this regard and the status of implementation of the same;

(c) the amount of funds spent for the said purpose during the last three years;

(d) the total number of households electrified so far along with the number of those yet to be electrified in the country, State-wise; and

(e) the steps being taken by the Government to complete the said work in a timebound manner?

## 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) to (e) : Government  of  India  had  launched  Pradhan  Mantri  Sahaj  Bijli  Har  Ghar Yojana -  'Saubhagya' in  October,  2017  with  an  outlay  of  Rs.16,320  crore  including Gross Budgetary Support (GBS) of Rs.12,320.00 crore from Government of India with the aim  to achieve universal household  electrification by providing last mile connectivity and electricity connections to all households in rural areas and all poor households in urban areas across the country.

………2.

All  the  States  had  declared  on  Saubhagya  portal  that  all  the  willing unelectrified  households  had  been  electrified  as  on  31.03.2019,  except  18,734 households in LWE affected areas of Chhattisgarh. Subsequently, seven States namely Assam, Chhattisgarh,  Jharkhand,  Karnataka,  Manipur,  Rajasthan  and  Uttar  Pradesh reported that 19.09 lakh un-electrified households identified before 31.03.2019, which were unwilling earlier had expressed willingness to get electricity connections. The States were asked to electrify these households also under Saubhagya. Out of these, 18.57  lakh  households  have  been  electrified  up  to  31.12.2020.  Time  extension  has been  granted  to  allow  the  remaining  households  in  LWE  areas  of  Chhattisgarh  and Jharkhand  to  be  electrified  by  31st  March,  2021.  Since  the  launch  of  Saubhagya scheme, 2.81 crore households were electrified across the country up to 31.03.2020. State-wise list of such households electrified is at Annexure-I.

There  is  no  upfront  allocation  of  funds  for  any  State/District  under Saubhagya scheme. Funds are released for sanctioned projects in instalments based on  the  reported  utilization  of  amount  released  in  the  previous  instalment(s)  and fulfilment  of  stipulated  conditionalities.  Accordingly,  Rs.  4,946  crore,  has  been disbursed as grant, under Saubhagya during the last three years. The State/UT-wise grant disbursed under Saubhagya, is presented at Annexure-II.

All  the  works  under  Saubhagya  have  been  completed  in  a  time  bound manner within the stipulated timelines.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  1683 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 11.02.2021.

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## SAUBHAGYA - Statewise Physical Progress

|               |                                                                   | Electrification of Households (Nos.)                              | Electrification of Households (Nos.)                              | Electrification of Households (Nos.)                              | Electrification of Households (Nos.)                              |
|---------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.       | Name of the State/UT                                              | No. of Households electrified from 11.10.2017 to 31.03.2019       | Progress from 01.04.2019 to 31.12.2020                            | No. of Households electrified from 11.10.2017 to 31.12.2020       | Balance Un- electrified HHs. as on 31.12.2020                     |
| 1             | Andhra Pradesh                                                    | 1,81,930                                                          |                                                                   | 1,81,930                                                          |                                                                   |
| 2             | Arunachal Pradesh                                                 | 47,089                                                            |                                                                   | 47,089                                                            |                                                                   |
| 3             | Assam                                                             | 17,45,149                                                         | 2,00,000                                                          | 19,45,149                                                         |                                                                   |
| 4             | Bihar                                                             | 32,59,041                                                         |                                                                   | 32,59,041                                                         |                                                                   |
| 5             | Chhattisgarh                                                      | 7,49,397                                                          | 38,005                                                            | 7,87,402                                                          | 2,389                                                             |
| 6             | Gujarat                                                           | 41,317                                                            |                                                                   | 41,317                                                            |                                                                   |
| 7             | Haryana                                                           | 54,681                                                            |                                                                   | 54,681                                                            |                                                                   |
| 8             | Himachal Pradesh                                                  | 12,891                                                            |                                                                   | 12,891                                                            |                                                                   |
| 9             | Jammu & Kashmir                                                   | 3,87,501                                                          |                                                                   | 3,87,501                                                          |                                                                   |
| 10            | Jharkhand                                                         | 15,30,708                                                         | 1,74,571                                                          | 17,05,279                                                         | 25,429                                                            |
| 11            | Karnataka                                                         | 3,56,974                                                          | 26,824                                                            | 3,83,798                                                          |                                                                   |
| 12 Kerala     | 3.19 Lakh HHs re-electrified (which were de-electrified in flood) | 3.19 Lakh HHs re-electrified (which were de-electrified in flood) | 3.19 Lakh HHs re-electrified (which were de-electrified in flood) | 3.19 Lakh HHs re-electrified (which were de-electrified in flood) | 3.19 Lakh HHs re-electrified (which were de-electrified in flood) |
| 13            | Ladakh                                                            |                                                                   |                                                                   |                                                                   |                                                                   |
| 14            | Madhya Pradesh                                                    | 19,84,264                                                         |                                                                   | 19,84,264                                                         |                                                                   |
| 15            | Maharashtra                                                       | 15,17,922                                                         |                                                                   | 15,17,922                                                         |                                                                   |
| 16 Manipur    |                                                                   | 1,02,748                                                          | 5,367                                                             | 1,08,115                                                          |                                                                   |
| 17 Meghalaya  |                                                                   | 1,99,839                                                          |                                                                   | 1,99,839                                                          |                                                                   |
| 18 Mizoram    |                                                                   | 27,970                                                            |                                                                   | 27,970                                                            |                                                                   |
| 19 Nagaland   |                                                                   | 1,32,507                                                          |                                                                   | 1,32,507                                                          |                                                                   |
| 20 Odisha     |                                                                   | 24,52,444                                                         |                                                                   | 24,52,444                                                         |                                                                   |
| 21 Puducherry | 912                                                               |                                                                   |                                                                   | 912                                                               |                                                                   |
| 22 Punjab     |                                                                   | 3,477                                                             |                                                                   | 3,477                                                             |                                                                   |
| 23 Rajasthan  |                                                                   | 18,62,736                                                         | 2,12,786                                                          | 20,75,522                                                         |                                                                   |
| 24            | Sikkim                                                            | 14,900                                                            |                                                                   | 14,900                                                            |                                                                   |
| 25            | Tamil Nadu                                                        | 2,170                                                             |                                                                   | 2,170                                                             |                                                                   |
| 26 Telangana  |                                                                   | 5,15,084                                                          |                                                                   | 5,15,084                                                          |                                                                   |
| 27            | Tripura                                                           | 1,39,090                                                          |                                                                   | 1,39,090                                                          |                                                                   |
| 28            | Uttar Pradesh                                                     | 79,80,568                                                         | 12,00,003                                                         | 91,80,571                                                         |                                                                   |
| 29            | Uttarakhand                                                       | 2,48,751                                                          |                                                                   | 2,48,751                                                          |                                                                   |
| 30 West       | Bengal                                                            | 7,32,290                                                          |                                                                   | 7,32,290                                                          |                                                                   |
|               | Total                                                             | 2,62,84,350                                                       | 18,57,556                                                         | 2,81,41,906                                                       | 27,818                                                            |

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ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  1683 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON11.02.2021.

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State-wise & Year-wise Grant disbursed under Saubhagya Scheme during last three years  i.e. 2017-18 to 2019-20.

Rs. in crore

| SI. No.   | Name of the States   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | Total   |
|-----------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
| 1         | Arunachal Pradesh    | -         | 139       | 14        | 153     |
| 2         | Assam                | 42        | 403       | 121       | 566     |
| 3         | Bihar                | 115       | 199       | 136       | 450     |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh         | 43        | 219       | 32        | 294     |
| 5         | Haryana              | -         | -         | 3         | 3       |
| 6         | Himachal Pradesh     | -         | 1         | 3         | 4       |
| 7         | J&K                  | 2         | 51        | -         | 53      |
| 8         | Jharkhand            | 70        | 83        | 4         | 157     |
| 9         | Karnataka            | -         | -         | 39        | 39      |
| 10        | Kerala               | 15        | -         | 26        | 41      |
| 11        | Madhya Pradesh       | 260       | 147       | -         | 407     |
| 12        | Maharashtra          | 15        | 140       | 43        | 198     |
| 13        | Manipur              | 6         | 35        | 33        | 74      |
| 14        | Meghalaya            | -         | 98        | 88        | 186     |
| 15        | Mizoram              | -         | 35        | -         | 35      |
| 16        | Nagaland             | 5         | 34        | -         | 39      |
| 17        | Odisha               | 76        | 168       | -         | 245     |
| 18        | Rajasthan            | -         | 103       | 76        | 179     |
| 19        | Sikkim               | -         | -         | 1         | 1       |
| 20        | Telangana            | -         | -         | 15        | 15      |
| 21        | Tripura              | -         | 237       | 8         | 245     |
| 22        | Uttar Pradesh        | 864       | 523       | 26        | 1,412   |
| 23        | Uttarakhand          | 13        | 22        | 7         | 43      |
| 24        | West Bengal          | 14        | 73        | 20        | 107     |
|           | Total                | 1,541     | 2,709     | 696       | 4,946   |

Note: Saubhagya scheme was launched in October, 2017.

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