Lok Sabha Question No. 363 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-08
Subject: Stable Electricity Connections
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: S. Jothimani

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.363

## ANSWERED ON 08.12.2022

## STABLE ELECTRICITY CONNECTIONS

363. MS. S. JOTHIMANI:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of households provided with stable electricity connections under the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana-Saubhagya during the last three years and the current year, year-wise;
- (b) the  quantum  of  funds  allocated  and  released  to  the  State  of  Tamil  Nadu  for implementation of the said yojana; and
- (c) the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  provide  stable  electricity connections to villages in hilly areas or those near dense forests?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) & (b) : The  Government  of  India  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  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 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  that  11.84  lakh  households  remained  to be  electrified,  against  which,  States  reported  electrification  of  4.43  lakh  households. Accordingly, a total 2.86 crore households have been electrified. State-wise details are at Annexure.  Tamil Nadu State reported that most of the houses were already electrified before  the  launch  of  Saubhagya  Scheme.  Hence,  Tamil  Nadu  had  not  participated  in

Saubhagya.

- (c) : To provide electricity to un-electrified households in remote & inaccessible villages/habitations,  where  grid  extension  is  neither  feasible  nor  cost  effective,  solar based systems were installed.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  &  (b)  OF  UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 363 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 08.12.2022

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## State-wise electrification of households since launch of Saubhagya Scheme including Additional Households achievement under DDUGJY

| Original Sanction of Saubhagya   | Original Sanction of Saubhagya   | Original Sanction of Saubhagya                                           | Original Sanction of Saubhagya   | Additional Sanction under Saubhagya                                 | Additional Sanction under Saubhagya    | Additional Sanction under DDUGJY   | Additional Sanction under DDUGJY   | Grand Total   |
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|---------------|
| Sl. No.                          | Name of the States               | No of Households electrified from 11.10.2017 to 31.03.2019 as per Portal | Saturation certificate date      | No of Households reported electrified from 01.04.2019 to 31.03.2021 | Total HHs electrified as on 31.03.2021 | HHs sanctione d during 2021-22     | HHs electrifie d as on 31.3.2022   |               |
| 1                                | Andhra Pradesh*                  | 1,81,930                                                                 |                                  | 0                                                                   | 1,81,930                               |                                    |                                    | 1,81,930      |
| 2                                | Arunachal Pradesh                | 47,089                                                                   | 12-Mar-19                        | 0                                                                   | 47,089                                 | 7859                               | 0                                  | 47,089        |
| 3                                | Assam                            | 17,45,149                                                                | 24-Jan-19                        | 2,00,000                                                            | 19,45,149                              | 480249                             | 381507                             | 23,26,656     |
| 4                                | Bihar                            | 32,59,041                                                                | 25-Oct-18                        | 0                                                                   | 32,59,041                              |                                    |                                    | 32,59,041     |
| 5                                | Chhattisgarh                     | 7,49,397                                                                 | 17-Aug-21                        | 40,394                                                              | 7,89,791                               | 21981                              | 2577                               | 7,92,368      |
| 6                                | Gujarat*                         | 41,317                                                                   |                                  | 0                                                                   | 41,317                                 |                                    |                                    | 41,317        |
| 7                                | Haryana                          | 54,681                                                                   | 07-Dec-18                        | 0                                                                   | 54,681                                 |                                    |                                    | 54,681        |
| 8                                | Himachal Pradesh                 | 12,891                                                                   | 30-Nov-18                        | 0                                                                   | 12,891                                 |                                    |                                    | 12,891        |
| 9                                | Jammu & Kashmir                  | 3,77,045                                                                 | 27-Oct-18                        | 0                                                                   | 3,77,045                               |                                    |                                    | 3,77,045      |
| 10                               | Jharkhand                        | 15,30,708                                                                | 26-Dec-18                        | 2,00,000                                                            | 17,30,708                              |                                    |                                    | 17,30,708     |
| 11                               | Karnataka                        | 3,56,974                                                                 | 31-Jan-19                        | 26,824                                                              | 3,83,798                               |                                    |                                    | 3,83,798      |
| 12                               | Ladakh                           | 10,456                                                                   | 27-Oct-18                        | 0                                                                   | 10,456                                 |                                    |                                    | 10,456        |
| 13                               | Madhya Pradesh                   | 19,84,264                                                                | 22-Oct-18                        | 0                                                                   | 19,84,264                              | 99722                              | 0                                  | 19,84,264     |
| 14                               | Maharashtra                      | 15,17,922                                                                | 27-Dec-18                        | 0                                                                   | 15,17,922                              |                                    |                                    | 15,17,922     |
| 15                               | Manipur                          | 1,02,748                                                                 | 20-Dec-18                        | 5,367                                                               | 1,08,115                               | 21135                              | 0                                  | 1,08,115      |
| 16                               | Meghalaya                        | 1,99,839                                                                 | 24-Jan-19                        | 0                                                                   | 1,99,839                               | 420                                | 401                                | 2,00,240      |
| 17                               | Mizoram                          | 27,970                                                                   | 24-Nov-18                        | 0                                                                   | 27,970                                 |                                    |                                    | 27,970        |
| 18                               | Nagaland                         | 1,32,507                                                                 | 18-Dec-18                        | 0                                                                   | 1,32,507                               | 7009                               | 7009                               | 1,39,516      |
| 19                               | Odisha                           | 24,52,444                                                                | 31-Dec-18                        | 0                                                                   | 24,52,444                              |                                    |                                    | 24,52,444     |
| 20                               | Puducherry*                      | 912                                                                      |                                  | 0                                                                   | 912                                    |                                    |                                    | 912           |
| 21                               | Punjab                           | 3,477                                                                    | 13-Dec-18                        | 0                                                                   | 3,477                                  |                                    |                                    | 3,477         |
| 22                               | Rajasthan                        | 18,62,736                                                                | 16-Oct-18                        | 2,12,786                                                            | 20,75,522                              | 210843                             | 52206                              | 21,27,728     |
| 23                               | Sikkim                           | 14,900                                                                   | 26-Nov-18                        | 0                                                                   | 14,900                                 |                                    |                                    | 14,900        |
| 24                               | Tamil Nadu*                      | 2,170                                                                    |                                  | 0                                                                   | 2,170                                  |                                    |                                    | 2,170         |
| 25                               | Telangana                        | 5,15,084                                                                 | 14-Nov-18                        | 0                                                                   | 5,15,084                               |                                    |                                    | 5,15,084      |
| 26                               | Tripura                          | 1,39,090                                                                 | 27-Nov-18                        | 0                                                                   | 1,39,090                               |                                    |                                    | 1,39,090      |
| 27                               | Uttar Pradesh                    | 79,80,568                                                                | 31-Dec-18                        | 12,00,003                                                           | 91,80,571                              | 334652                             | 0                                  | 91,80,571     |
| 28                               | Uttarakhand                      | 2,48,751                                                                 | 30-Nov-18                        | 0                                                                   | 2,48,751                               |                                    |                                    | 2,48,751      |
| 29                               | West Bengal                      | 7,32,290                                                                 | 26-Nov-18                        | 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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