Lok Sabha Question No. 2555 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-16
Subject: Saubhagya Electrification Scheme
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Jayant Sinha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2555 ANSWERED ON 16.03.2023

## SAUBHAGYA ELECTRIFICATION SCHEME

2555.  SHRI JAYANT SINHA:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) the salient features of the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana-Saubhagya Electrification Scheme;

(b) the current status of the implementation of the scheme, State/UT-wise, till date;

(c) the quantum of the funds sanctioned, allocated and utilised since the inception of the scheme;

(d) the number of the beneficiaries who have been provided with electrical access under the scheme in the Jharkhand, since 2017, district-wise; and

(e) the quantum of the funds sanctioned, allocated and utilised under the scheme in Jharkhand?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) : 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  un-electrified  households  in rural areas and all poor households in urban areas in the country. Salient features of the scheme were:

- (i) Providing  last  mile  connectivity  and  electricity  connections  to  all  un-electrified households in rural areas.
- (ii) Providing Solar Photo Voltaic (SPV) based standalone systems for un-electrified households located in remote and inaccessible villages / habitations where grid extension is not feasible or cost effective.
- (iii)  Providing  last  mile  connectivity  and  electricity  connections  to  all  remaining economically  poor  un-electrified  households  in  urban  areas.  Non-poor  urban households are excluded from this scheme.

……..2.

(b) : 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% household  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. State-wise details are at Annexure-I. The schemes stands closed on 31 st  March, 2022.

- (c) : Under  the  scheme,  projects  worth  Rs.14,082  crore  were  sanctioned  and with  the  closure  cost  of  Rs.9246  Crore,  against  which  central  grant  of  Rs.6305  crore was released upto31 st  March, 2022.

(d) : The  district-wise  details  of  number  of  beneficiaries  who  have  been provided with electrical access under the scheme in the Jharkhand, since 2017 are at Annexure-II.

(e) : 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  details  of  funds  sanctioned,  allocated  and utilized under the scheme in Jharkhand are as under:

(Rs. In Crore)

|   Project Cost |   Sanctioned Cost |   Grant disbursed | Grant utilized   |
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|            887 |               472 |               284 | 100%             |

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2555 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 16.03.2023

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State-wise details of electrification of households since launch of Saubhagya Scheme / Additional Sanctions and Achievement under DDUGJY (status as on 31.03.2022)

| Sl. No.   |                    | ORIGINAL HOUSEHOLDS SANCTIONED UNDER SAUBHAGYA             | ADDITIONAL HOUSEHOLDS SANCTIONED UNDER SAUBHAGYA           | ADDITIONAL HOUSEHOLDS SANCTIONED UNDER SAUBHAGYA   | ADDITIONAL HOUSEHOLDS SANCTIONED UNDER DDUGJY   | ADDITIONAL HOUSEHOLDS SANCTIONED UNDER DDUGJY      |             |
|-----------|--------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|-------------|
| Sl. No.   | Name of the States | No of households electrified from 11.10.2017 to 31.03.2019 | No of households electrified from 01.04.2019 to 31.03.2021 | Total households electrified as on 31.03.2021      | Additional households Sanctioned                | Additional households electrified as on 31.03.2022 | Grand Total |
| 1         | 2                  | 3                                                          | 4                                                          | 5=3+4                                              | 6                                               | 7                                                  | 8=5+7       |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh*    | 1,81,930                                                   | 0                                                          | 1,81,930                                           |                                                 |                                                    | 1,81,930    |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh  | 47,089                                                     | 0                                                          | 47,089                                             | 7859                                            | 0                                                  | 47,089      |
| 3         | Assam              | 17,45,149                                                  | 2,00,000                                                   | 19,45,149                                          | 480249                                          | 381507                                             | 23,26,656   |
| 4         | Bihar              | 32,59,041                                                  | 0                                                          | 32,59,041                                          |                                                 |                                                    | 32,59,041   |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh       | 7,49,397                                                   | 40,394                                                     | 7,89,791                                           | 21981                                           | 2577                                               | 7,92,368    |
| 6         | Gujarat*           | 41,317                                                     | 0                                                          | 41,317                                             |                                                 |                                                    | 41,317      |
| 7         | Haryana            | 54,681                                                     | 0                                                          | 54,681                                             |                                                 |                                                    | 54,681      |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh   | 12,891                                                     | 0                                                          | 12,891                                             |                                                 |                                                    | 12,891      |
| 9         | Jammu & Kashmir    | 3,77,045                                                   | 0                                                          | 3,77,045                                           |                                                 |                                                    | 3,77,045    |
| 10        | Jharkhand          | 15,30,708                                                  | 2,00,000                                                   | 17,30,708                                          |                                                 |                                                    | 17,30,708   |
| 11        | Karnataka          | 3,56,974                                                   | 26,824                                                     | 3,83,798                                           |                                                 |                                                    | 3,83,798    |
| 12        | Ladakh             | 10,456                                                     | 0                                                          | 10,456                                             |                                                 |                                                    | 10,456      |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh     | 19,84,264                                                  | 0                                                          | 19,84,264                                          | 99722                                           | 0                                                  | 19,84,264   |
| 14        | Maharashtra        | 15,17,922                                                  | 0                                                          | 15,17,922                                          |                                                 |                                                    | 15,17,922   |
| 15        | Manipur            | 1,02,748                                                   | 5,367                                                      | 1,08,115                                           | 21135                                           | 0                                                  | 1,08,115    |
| 16        | Meghalaya          | 1,99,839                                                   | 0                                                          | 1,99,839                                           | 420                                             | 401                                                | 2,00,240    |
| 17        | Mizoram            | 27,970                                                     | 0                                                          | 27,970                                             |                                                 |                                                    | 27,970      |
| 18        | Nagaland           | 1,32,507                                                   | 0                                                          | 1,32,507                                           | 7009                                            | 7009                                               | 1,39,516    |
| 19        | Odisha             | 24,52,444                                                  | 0                                                          | 24,52,444                                          |                                                 |                                                    | 24,52,444   |
| 20        | Puducherry*        | 912                                                        | 0                                                          | 912                                                |                                                 |                                                    | 912         |
| 21        | Punjab             | 3,477                                                      | 0                                                          | 3,477                                              |                                                 |                                                    | 3,477       |
| 22        | Rajasthan (Jaipur) | 18,62,736                                                  | 2,12,786                                                   | 20,75,522                                          | 210843                                          | 52206                                              | 21,27,728   |
| 23        | Sikkim             | 14,900                                                     | 0                                                          | 14,900                                             |                                                 |                                                    | 14,900      |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu*        | 2,170                                                      | 0                                                          | 2,170                                              |                                                 |                                                    | 2,170       |
| 25        | Telangana          | 5,15,084                                                   | 0                                                          | 5,15,084                                           |                                                 |                                                    | 5,15,084    |
| 26        | Tripura            | 1,39,090                                                   | 0                                                          | 1,39,090                                           |                                                 |                                                    | 1,39,090    |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh      | 79,80,568                                                  | 12,00,003                                                  | 91,80,571                                          | 334652                                          | 0                                                  | 91,80,571   |
| 28        | Uttarakhand        | 2,48,751                                                   | 0                                                          | 2,48,751                                           |                                                 |                                                    | 2,48,751    |
| 29        | West Bengal        | 7,32,290                                                   | 0                                                          | 7,32,290                                           |                                                 |                                                    | 7,32,290    |
|           | Total              | 2,62,84,350                                                | 18,85,374                                                  | 2,81,69,724                                        | 11,83,870                                       | 4,43,700                                           | 2,86,13,424 |

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ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  OF  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2555 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 16.03.2023

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## District wise details of households electrified since the launch of SAUBHAGYA in Jharkhand

| Sl. No                | District   | No of households electrified from 11.10.2017 to 31.03.2019 as per SAUBHAGYA portal(a)   | No of households electrified from 01.04.2019 to 31.03.2021 from additional sanction allowed in SAUBHAGYA (b)   |   Total (a+b) |
|-----------------------|------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
| 1 Ranchi              | 104669     |                                                                                         | 2500                                                                                                           |        107169 |
| 2 Purbi Singhbhum     |            | 113887                                                                                  |                                                                                                                |        113887 |
| 3                     | Dhanbad    | 31162                                                                                   | 4709                                                                                                           |         35871 |
| 4 Giridih             | 152758     |                                                                                         | 11993                                                                                                          |        164751 |
| 5 Palamu              |            | 216056                                                                                  | 45888                                                                                                          |        261944 |
| 6                     | Dumka      | 46822                                                                                   | 5300                                                                                                           |         52122 |
| 7 Pashchimi Singhbhum | 50968      |                                                                                         | 11457                                                                                                          |         62425 |
| 8 Deoghar             |            | 52959                                                                                   | 12384                                                                                                          |         65343 |
| 9 Hazaribagh          | 77639      |                                                                                         | 5619                                                                                                           |         83258 |
| 10                    | Godda      | 74637                                                                                   | 12599                                                                                                          |         87236 |
| 11 Sarikela-          | Kharswana  | 46019                                                                                   |                                                                                                                |         46019 |
| 12 Bokaro             |            | 58145                                                                                   | 2000                                                                                                           |         60145 |
| 13 Garhwa             | 75495      |                                                                                         | 32731                                                                                                          |        108226 |
| 14 Sahibganj          |            | 41801                                                                                   | 4330                                                                                                           |         46131 |
| 15                    | Chatra     | 87177                                                                                   | 12081                                                                                                          |         99258 |
| 16                    | Pakaur     | 27817                                                                                   | 3882                                                                                                           |         31699 |
| 17                    | Gumla      | 40432                                                                                   | 7093                                                                                                           |         47525 |
| 18 Jamtara            | 39341      |                                                                                         | 1500                                                                                                           |         40841 |
| 19 Latehar            | 44551      |                                                                                         |                                                                                                                |         44551 |
| 20 Simdega            |            | 22215                                                                                   | 19711                                                                                                          |         41926 |
| 21 Ramgarh            |            | 42870                                                                                   |                                                                                                                |         42870 |
| 22                    | Koderma    | 26652                                                                                   | 709                                                                                                            |         27361 |
| 23 Khunti             |            | 27321                                                                                   |                                                                                                                |         28030 |
| 24                    | Lohardaga  | 29315                                                                                   | 3514                                                                                                           |         32829 |
| Total                 |            | 15,30,708                                                                               | 200000                                                                                                         |       1730708 |

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