Lok Sabha Question No. 3888 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-23
Subject: Electrification of Tribal Areas in Madhya Pradesh
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Guman Singh Damor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3888 ANSWERED ON 23.03.2023

## ELECTRIFICATION OF TRIBAL AREAS IN MADHYA PRADESH

†3888. SHRI GUMAN SINGH DAMOR:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the works related to the feeder separation has been completed in the State of Madhya Pradesh including the tribal dominated districts of Jhabua, Ratlam and Alirajpur;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the feeder separation work is likely  to  be  completed  in  the  said districts in which the said work has not been executed;
- (d) if so, the time by which it is likely to be completed and if not, whether the Government proposes to get the works completed;
- (e) whether there is any provision to accord priority to Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) dominated villages for electrification;
- (f) if not, whether the Government proposes to get the said work done; and
- (g) whether the three phase electrification has not been done in several areas viz. 'Majre', 'Pare' and 'Tole' in Ratlam, Jhabua and Alirajpur districts of Madhya Pradesh whereas the said areas are SC andST dominated and if so, the time by which  the  three  phase  electrification  work  is  likely  to  be  completed  in  these areas?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a) to (d) : The  feeder separation works  in the  State  of  Madhya  Pradesh including the tribal dominated districts of Jhabua, Ratlam and Alirajpur have been completed. The details of the work done under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) are as follows:

|   Sl. No. | Name of the district   |   Feeder separation 11 kV (cKm) |
|-----------|------------------------|---------------------------------|
|         1 | Alirajpur              |                           66.13 |
|         2 | Jhabua                 |                          100.11 |
|         3 | Ratlam                 |                           60.41 |

………2.

(e) to (g) :   Under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), free electricity  connections  were  provided  to  all  the  BPL  households  in  the  rural areas.

Subsequently,  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 free electricity connections to all un-electrified households in the rural areas and the remaining un-electrified  households  of  economically  poor  in  the  urban  areas  across  the country.  A total of 2.817 crore households were electrified since the launch of SAUBHAGYA, and up to 31.03.2021. Thereafter, again some States reported that 11,83,870 additional households, which  were unwilling earlier were now willing for electrification. These were also sanctioned. Against this, 4,40,893 households have been electrified as on 15.03.2022. Accordingly, a total 2.86 crore households have been electrified after launch of SAUBHAGYA.  Both the Schemes stand closed as on 31.03.2022.

As reported by the State Government of Madhya Pradesh, SC and ST dominated  majras,  paras  and  tolas  of  Ratlam,  Jhabua  and  Alirajpur  districts respectively of Madhya Pradesh stand electrified as per norms.

While fresh arising of new  households for electrification 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  to  electrify  all  the  households  identified  before SAUBHAGYA. In this respect, the Government of India recently issued Guidelines for  their  electrification  under  the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) and the States have been advised to pose their DPRs to the Ministry of Power in this regard.

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