Lok Sabha Question No. 3072 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-16
Subject: Rural Households Covered under DDUGJY
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Sambhajirao Mane Dhairyasheel, Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil, Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3072

## ANSWERED ON 16.12.2021

## RURAL HOUSEHOLDS COVERED UNDER DDUGJY

3072.  DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE: DR. HEENA GAVIT: SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE: DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL:

SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of rural households that have been covered under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), State-wise;

(b) whether the Government aims to phase out or phase down the use of coalbased energy in  the  next  three  years  when  compared  to  2019  and  2020  and  if  so the details thereof;

(c) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  reduce  the  burden of the retail consumers and if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether the Government also proposes to transform the companies like Coal India  Ltd.  and  ONGC  with  the  increasing  importance  of  renewable  energy  and if so, the details thereof;

(e) whether the Government plans to install a second national grid for transportation of electricity as analternative to the main power grid in cases of an emergency; and

(f) if so, the details thereof?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) : Government  of  India  had  launched  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.

Under  various  rural  electrification  schemes,  such  as  DDUGJY  and Saubhagya,  2.817  Crore  households  were  electrified  across  the  country  up  to 31.3.2021. State-wise details of the households electrified are at Annexure.

(b) : Setting  up  of  a  Generation  Plant  is  a  de-licensed  activity  under  the Electricity  Act,  2003.  Utilities  take  their  own  decision  to  retire  their  old  and inefficient unit based on their techno-economic and commercial considerations. However, through a Central Government notification dated 13.03.2021,  a  framework  has  been  put  in  place  for  category-wise  retirement  of Thermal Power plants for emission norms on various dates before 31.12.2025 beyond which an environment compensation of Re.0.20 per unit of electricity would be levied from them.

- (c) : A series of steps taken by the Government of India has helped to arrest the price hike of electricity in recent past. Such steps include
- (i)  Government  of  India  announced  a  Liquidity  Infusion  Scheme  (LIS)  through Power  Finance  Corporation  (PFC)  Ltd.  and  Rural  Electrification  Corporation (REC) Ltd. as a part of the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan. Under this intervention, REC and PFC are extending special long term transition loans up to  10  years  to  Discoms.  As  on  07.12.2021,  PFC  &  REC  have  disbursed Rs.1,03,387 crore to various Power Discoms. This has reduced the burden of Late Payment Surcharge of Discoms.
- (ii) CERC,  in  accordance  with  the  directions  issued  by  the  Government  of  India under section 107 of the Electricity Act, 2003, had issued an order to the effect that if any delayed payment by the DISCOMs to the generating companies and inter-state  transmission  licensees  beyond  45  days  from  the  date  of  the presentation of the bills falls between  24.03.2020 and 30.06.2020, the concerned  distribution  companies  shall  make  the  payment  with  LPS  at  the reduced rate of 12% per annum.
- (iii)  The  Electricity  (Late  Payment  Surcharge)  Rules,  2021  notified  on  22.02.2021 have  reduced  the  rate  of  Late  Payment  Surcharge.  This  will  reduce  the financial burden of Discoms.
- (iv)  Discoms have also been permitted to exit from the Power Purchase Agreement of  Central  Generating  Stations  which  have  completed  25  years.  This  will reduce the power purchase cost of the Discoms.
- (d) : Ministry of Coal has informed that Coal India Limited (CIL) has targeted to  install  around  3000  MW  of  solar  power  projects  till  2024,  in  order  to  offset  the current level of power consumption which will help CIL to become Net Zero Energy Company. Further, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas has informed that ONGC is essentially  an  exploration  and  production  company  and  has  also  implemented  few projects on renewable energy.
- (e) & (f) : A strong National grid with adequate redundancy already exists in the country and there is no plan to install second national grid. A framework exists for expanding the National grid on a continuous basis to take care of growth in load and generation.

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ANNEXURE ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3072 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 16.12.2021 **************

State-wise details of households electrified under DDUGJY and Saubhagya

| Sl. No. Name of the States/UTs   | State-wise details of Households electrified upto 31.03.2021   |
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1 Andhra Pradesh                 | 1,81,930                                                       |
| 2 Arunachal Pradesh              | 47,089                                                         |
| 3 Assam                          | 19,45,149                                                      |
| 4 Bihar                          | 32,59,041                                                      |
| 5 Chhattisgarh                   | 7,89,791                                                       |
| 6 Gujarat                        | 41,317                                                         |
| 7 Haryana                        | 54,681                                                         |
| 8 Himachal Pradesh               | 12,891                                                         |
| 9 Jammu & Kashmir                | 3,77,045                                                       |
| 10 Jharkhand                     | 17,30,708                                                      |
| 11 Karnataka                     | 3,83,798                                                       |
| 12 Ladakh                        | 10,456                                                         |
| 13 Madhya Pradesh                | 19,84,264                                                      |
| 14 Maharashtra                   | 15,17,922                                                      |
| 15 Manipur                       | 1,08,115                                                       |
| 16 Meghalaya                     | 1,99,839                                                       |
| 17 Mizoram                       | 27,970                                                         |
| 18 Nagaland                      | 1,32,507                                                       |
| 19 Odisha                        | 24,52,444                                                      |
| 20 Puducherry                    | 912                                                            |
| 21 Punjab                        | 3,477                                                          |
| 22 Rajasthan                     | 20,75,522                                                      |
| 23 Sikkim                        | 14,900                                                         |
| 24 Tamil Nadu                    | 2,170                                                          |
| 25 Telangana                     | 5,15,084                                                       |
| 26 Tripura                       | 1,39,090                                                       |
| 27 Uttar Pradesh                 | 91,80,571                                                      |
| 28 Uttarakhand                   | 2,48,751                                                       |
| 29 West Bengal                   | 7,32,290                                                       |
| Total                            | 2,81,69,724                                                    |

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