Lok Sabha Question No. 1835 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-29
Subject: Electrification under SAUBHAGYA
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Sudarshan Bhagat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1835 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.07.2021

## ELECTRIFICATION UNDER SAUBHAGYA

†1835. SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) whether most of the houses in the country have been electrified under Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana-SAUBHAGYA;

(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and

- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI  R.K. SINGH)

(a) to (c) : Government  of  India  had  launched  Pradhan  Mantri  Sahaj  Bijli  Har  Ghar Yojana - Saubhagya in October, 2017 with the objective to achieve 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.

Under Saubhagya scheme, as on 31.03.2021, all the States have reported 100%  electrification of all the willing un-electrified households,  identified before 31.03.2019.  As  reported  by  the  States,  2.817  crore  households  have  been  electrified since  the  launch  of  Saubhagya,  up  to  31.03.2021.  State-wise  details  are  given  at Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1835 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 29.07.2021 **************

## State-wise electrification of households since launch of Saubhagya

| 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 HHs electrified as on 31.03.2021   |
|-----------|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| 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                                                      | 40,394                                                        | 7,89,791                                 |
| 6         | Gujarat              | 41,317                                                        |                                                               | 41,317                                   |
| 7         | Haryana              | 54,681                                                        |                                                               | 54,681                                   |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh     | 12,891                                                        |                                                               | 12,891                                   |
| 9         | Jammu & Kashmir      | 3,77,045                                                      |                                                               | 3,77,045                                 |
| 10        | Jharkhand            | 15,30,708                                                     | 2,00,000                                                      | 17,30,708                                |
| 11        | Karnataka            | 3,56,974                                                      | 26,824                                                        | 3,83,798                                 |
| 12        | Ladakh               | 10,456                                                        |                                                               | 10,456                                   |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh       | 19,84,264                                                     |                                                               | 19,84,264                                |
| 14        | Maharashtra          | 15,17,922                                                     |                                                               | 15,17,922                                |
| 15        | Manipur              | 1,02,748                                                      | 5,367                                                         | 1,08,115                                 |
| 16        | Meghalaya            | 1,99,839                                                      |                                                               | 1,99,839                                 |
| 17        | Mizoram              | 27,970                                                        |                                                               | 27,970                                   |
| 18        | Nagaland             | 1,32,507                                                      |                                                               | 1,32,507                                 |
| 19        | Odisha               | 24,52,444                                                     |                                                               | 24,52,444                                |
| 20        | Puducherry           | 912                                                           |                                                               | 912                                      |
| 21        | Punjab               | 3,477                                                         |                                                               | 3,477                                    |
| 22        | Rajasthan            | 18,62,736                                                     | 2,12,786                                                      | 20,75,522                                |
| 23        | Sikkim               | 14,900                                                        |                                                               | 14,900                                   |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu           | 2,170                                                         |                                                               | 2,170                                    |
| 25        | Telangana            | 5,15,084                                                      |                                                               | 5,15,084                                 |
| 26        | Tripura              | 1,39,090                                                      |                                                               | 1,39,090                                 |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh        | 79,80,568                                                     | 12,00,003                                                     | 91,80,571                                |
| 28        | Uttarakhand          | 2,48,751                                                      |                                                               | 2,48,751                                 |
| 29        | West Bengal          | 7,32,290                                                      |                                                               | 7,32,290                                 |
|           | Total                | 2,62,84,350                                                   | 18,85,374                                                     | 2,81,69,724                              |

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