Lok Sabha Question No. 235 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-03
Subject: Electricity Cut or Power Outage
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Aparajita Sarangi, Pradeep Kumar Singh, Sangamlal Kadedin Gupta, Parbatbhai Savabhai Patel, Vishnu Dayal Ram, Naranbhai Bhikhabhai Kachhadiya, Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre, P.P. Chaudhary, Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar, Shivkumar Chanabasappa Udasi, Sunil Kumar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.235

## ANSWERED ON 03.02.2022

## ELECTRICITY CUT OR POWER OUTAGE

## 235.   SHRIMATI APARAJITA SARANGI:

SHRI PRADEEP KUMAR SINGH:

SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA:

SHRI PARBATBHAI SAVABHAI PATEL:

SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:

SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE:

SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY:

SHRI RANJEETSINGH HINDURAO NAIK NIMBALKAR:

SHRI SHIVAKUMAR C. UDASI:

SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the cumulative hours of electricity cut during the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (b) the details of the cumulative hours for which electricity cut was experienced in urban cities during the said period, State-wise;
- (c) the details of the cumulative hours for which electricity cut was experienced in rural areas during the said period, State-wise;
- (d) the details of the cumulative hours for which electricity cut was experienced in metropolitan cities during the said period, city-wise;
- (e) whether the Government has been able to identify major reasons for prolonged electricity cuts across various States in the country and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) whether  the  Government  has  taken  measures  to  reduce  the  electricity  cut  or power  outage  in  the  country  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State-wise  including Jharkhand?

## A N S W E R

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

(a) to (f) : There  is  no  shortage  of  electricity  in  the  country.  As  per  independent surveys, the availability of power in surveyed rural areas has gone up from an average of 12 hours in 2015  to 20.50 hours in the year 2020; and in the urban areas  the availability of power has gone up to 22.23  hours. In June, 2021, the average availability of power in rural areas was 22.17 hours  and in  urban areas  was  23.36  hours.  So far  as  State  of

Jharkhand  is  concerned,  independent  surveys  indicate  that  average  hours  of  rural power supply has gone up from 9 hours in the year 2015 to 16 hours in the year 2020. Based  on  the  data  ported  by  various  utilities  on  communicable  feeders  on  National Power Portal (NPP), State-wise details of average hours of power outage in rural areas are at Annexure-I and city-wise of average hours of power outage are at Annexure-II.

Interruptions  in  the  supply  of  electricity  are  generally  on  account  of constraints  in  distribution  network,  or  financial  constraints  with  some  Distribution Companies not having the money to pay for power. Further, electricity is a concurrent subject and supply/distribution of electricity to all consumers is done by the respective State Governments and/or State Power Utilities. Government of India has been helping the  States  through  its  various  schemes  including  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti Yojana  (DDUGJY)  and  Integrated  Power  Development  Scheme  (IPDS)  to  achieve  the objective of providing uninterrupted power supply to all households.

The  DDUGJY  scheme  was  notified  by  Ministry  of  Power,  Government  of India  in  December  2014  for  strengthening  and  augmentation  of  sub-transmission  & distribution infrastructure in rural areas, including metering of distribution transformers/ feeders/consumers. Under DDUGJY, Rs.4799.81 crore was sanctioned for Jharkhand, of which Rs.2397.44 crore has been released till 31.12.2021.

The IPDS Scheme was notified by Ministry of Power, Government of India, on 03.12.2014, for strengthening the power sub-transmission and distribution networks in  urban  areas.  R-APDRP  (Restructured  Accelerated  Power  Development  &  Reforms Programme) was subsumed under IPDS.  Under IPDS, Rs.755 crore was sanctioned for Jharkhand, of which Rs.380 crore has been released till 17.01.2022.

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## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (f) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 235 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 03.02.2022

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| State-wise Average hours of Power Outage in a year for last three years and current year till October 2021 (HH.hh) as available on NPP   | State-wise Average hours of Power Outage in a year for last three years and current year till October 2021 (HH.hh) as available on NPP   | State-wise Average hours of Power Outage in a year for last three years and current year till October 2021 (HH.hh) as available on NPP   | State-wise Average hours of Power Outage in a year for last three years and current year till October 2021 (HH.hh) as available on NPP   | State-wise Average hours of Power Outage in a year for last three years and current year till October 2021 (HH.hh) as available on NPP   | State-wise Average hours of Power Outage in a year for last three years and current year till October 2021 (HH.hh) as available on NPP   | State-wise Average hours of Power Outage in a year for last three years and current year till October 2021 (HH.hh) as available on NPP   | State-wise Average hours of Power Outage in a year for last three years and current year till October 2021 (HH.hh) as available on NPP   | State-wise Average hours of Power Outage in a year for last three years and current year till October 2021 (HH.hh) as available on NPP   | State-wise Average hours of Power Outage in a year for last three years and current year till October 2021 (HH.hh) as available on NPP   |
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|                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                          | As on 28.01.2022                                                                                                                         | As on 28.01.2022                                                                                                                         |
| Sl. No.                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                          | 2019-20                                                                                                                                  | 2019-20                                                                                                                                  | 2020-21                                                                                                                                  | 2020-21                                                                                                                                  | 2021-22 (upto Oct 21)                                                                                                                    | 2021-22 (upto Oct 21)                                                                                                                    |
|                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                          | RURAL                                                                                                                                    | URBAN                                                                                                                                    | RURAL                                                                                                                                    | URBAN                                                                                                                                    | RURAL                                                                                                                                    | URBAN                                                                                                                                    | RURAL                                                                                                                                    | URBAN                                                                                                                                    |
| 1                                                                                                                                        | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                           | 687.42                                                                                                                                   | 12.17                                                                                                                                    | 134.20                                                                                                                                   | 30.50                                                                                                                                    | 121.67                                                                                                                                   | 36.50                                                                                                                                    | 76.37                                                                                                                                    | 23.32                                                                                                                                    |
| 2                                                                                                                                        | Arunachal Pradesh#$                                                                                                                      | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 462.33                                                                                                                                   | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 154.23                                                                                                                                   |
| 3                                                                                                                                        | Assam#$                                                                                                                                  | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 97.33                                                                                                                                    | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 73.2                                                                                                                                     | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 66.32                                                                                                                                    |
| 4                                                                                                                                        | Bihar                                                                                                                                    | 1015.92                                                                                                                                  | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 786.90                                                                                                                                   | 317.20                                                                                                                                   | 772.58                                                                                                                                   | 225.08                                                                                                                                   | 779.65                                                                                                                                   | 94.02                                                                                                                                    |
| 5                                                                                                                                        | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                             | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 85.17                                                                                                                                    | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 6.10                                                                                                                                     | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 6.08                                                                                                                                     | 539.40                                                                                                                                   | 50.45                                                                                                                                    |
| 6                                                                                                                                        | Delhi*                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 1.27                                                                                                                                     |
| 7                                                                                                                                        | Goa#$                                                                                                                                    | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 457.50                                                                                                                                   | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 97.33                                                                                                                                    | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 53.39                                                                                                                                    |
| 8                                                                                                                                        | Gujarat                                                                                                                                  | 79.08                                                                                                                                    | 18.25                                                                                                                                    | 323.30                                                                                                                                   | 18.30                                                                                                                                    | 97.33                                                                                                                                    | 18.25                                                                                                                                    | 46.63                                                                                                                                    | 12.39                                                                                                                                    |
| 9                                                                                                                                        | Haryana                                                                                                                                  | 1599.92                                                                                                                                  | 261.58                                                                                                                                   | 1744.60                                                                                                                                  | 268.40                                                                                                                                   | 1478.25                                                                                                                                  | 219.00                                                                                                                                   | 1014.37                                                                                                                                  | 84.04                                                                                                                                    |
| 10                                                                                                                                       | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                         | 2986.92                                                                                                                                  | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 3056.10                                                                                                                                  | 54.90                                                                                                                                    | 2980.83                                                                                                                                  | 54.75                                                                                                                                    | 2562.55                                                                                                                                  | 19.90                                                                                                                                    |
| 11                                                                                                                                       | Jammu and Kashmir                                                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 736.08                                                                                                                                   | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 257.64                                                                                                                                   |
| 12                                                                                                                                       | Jharkhand $                                                                                                                              | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 164.70                                                                                                                                   | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 0.00                                                                                                                                     |
| 13                                                                                                                                       | Karnataka                                                                                                                                | 2323.83                                                                                                                                  | 24.33                                                                                                                                    | 2482.70                                                                                                                                  | 61.00                                                                                                                                    | 1758.08                                                                                                                                  | 54.75                                                                                                                                    | 1082.40                                                                                                                                  | 26.64                                                                                                                                    |
| 14                                                                                                                                       | Kerala $                                                                                                                                 | 1015.92                                                                                                                                  | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 744.20                                                                                                                                   | 6.10                                                                                                                                     | 1095.00                                                                                                                                  | 30.42                                                                                                                                    | 670.12                                                                                                                                   | 17.23                                                                                                                                    |
| 15                                                                                                                                       | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                           | 243.33                                                                                                                                   | 109.50                                                                                                                                   | 353.80                                                                                                                                   | 54.90                                                                                                                                    | 492.75                                                                                                                                   | 24.33                                                                                                                                    | 228.20                                                                                                                                   | 23.50                                                                                                                                    |
| 16                                                                                                                                       | Maharashtra                                                                                                                              | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 18.25                                                                                                                                    | 1299.30                                                                                                                                  | 12.20                                                                                                                                    | 1107.17                                                                                                                                  | 6.08                                                                                                                                     | 277.15                                                                                                                                   | 4.16                                                                                                                                     |
| 17                                                                                                                                       | Meghalaya                                                                                                                                | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 18.25                                                                                                                                    | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 6.10                                                                                                                                     | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 24.33                                                                                                                                    | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 18.65                                                                                                                                    |
| 18                                                                                                                                       | Manipur#$                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 74.91                                                                                                                                    |
| 19                                                                                                                                       | Mizoram#                                                                                                                                 | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 97.33                                                                                                                                    | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 122.00                                                                                                                                   | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 73.00                                                                                                                                    | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 28.09                                                                                                                                    |
| 20                                                                                                                                       | Nagaland#$                                                                                                                               | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 183.00                                                                                                                                   | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 462.33                                                                                                                                   | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 88.81                                                                                                                                    |
| 21                                                                                                                                       | Odisha $                                                                                                                                 | 1411.33                                                                                                                                  | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 1457.90                                                                                                                                  | 128.10                                                                                                                                   | 997.67                                                                                                                                   | 54.75                                                                                                                                    | 29.38                                                                                                                                    | 58.96                                                                                                                                    |
| 22                                                                                                                                       | Puducherry $                                                                                                                             | 693.50                                                                                                                                   | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 1299.30                                                                                                                                  | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 310.25                                                                                                                                   | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 564.45                                                                                                                                   | 0.00                                                                                                                                     |
| 23                                                                                                                                       | Punjab $                                                                                                                                 | 267.67                                                                                                                                   | 79.08                                                                                                                                    | 305.00                                                                                                                                   | 103.70                                                                                                                                   | 511.00                                                                                                                                   | 85.17                                                                                                                                    | 302.40                                                                                                                                   | 79.26                                                                                                                                    |
| 24                                                                                                                                       | Rajasthan                                                                                                                                | 985.50                                                                                                                                   | 30.42                                                                                                                                    | 988.20                                                                                                                                   | 42.70                                                                                                                                    | 961.17                                                                                                                                   | 6.08                                                                                                                                     | 468.12                                                                                                                                   | 23.53                                                                                                                                    |
| 25                                                                                                                                       | Tamil Nadu $                                                                                                                             | 1180.17                                                                                                                                  | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 1110.20                                                                                                                                  | 12.20                                                                                                                                    | 906.42                                                                                                                                   | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 226.77                                                                                                                                   | 0.00                                                                                                                                     |
| 26                                                                                                                                       | Telangana                                                                                                                                | 711.75                                                                                                                                   | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 652.70                                                                                                                                   | 30.50                                                                                                                                    | 675.25                                                                                                                                   | 30.42                                                                                                                                    | 469.50                                                                                                                                   | 16.65                                                                                                                                    |
| 27                                                                                                                                       | Tripura#$                                                                                                                                | 1575.58                                                                                                                                  | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 1628.70                                                                                                                                  | 0.00                                                                                                                                     | 1624.25                                                                                                                                  | 6.08                                                                                                                                     | 223.33                                                                                                                                   | 18.98                                                                                                                                    |
| 28                                                                                                                                       | Uttar Pradesh $                                                                                                                          | 1788.50                                                                                                                                  | 310.25                                                                                                                                   | 2549.80                                                                                                                                  | 158.60                                                                                                                                   | 2761.83                                                                                                                                  | 91.25                                                                                                                                    | 1749.57                                                                                                                                  | 92.00                                                                                                                                    |
|                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                          | 194.67                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                          |
| 29                                                                                                                                       | Uttarakhand                                                                                                                              | 949.00                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                          | 854.00                                                                                                                                   | 219.60                                                                                                                                   | 742.17                                                                                                                                   | 127.75                                                                                                                                   | 562.83                                                                                                                                   | 98.77                                                                                                                                    |
| 30                                                                                                                                       | West Bengal $                                                                                                                            | 2123.08                                                                                                                                  | 12.17                                                                                                                                    | 341.60                                                                                                                                   | 12.20                                                                                                                                    | 340.67                                                                                                                                   | 6.08                                                                                                                                     | 47.30                                                                                                                                    | 45.80                                                                                                                                    |

Note 1 Outage Data as submitted by States on NPP. Outage Duration includes both planned and unplanned outage durations. Note 2 # Only Urban data is Available. Note 3 $ States have not submitted data till October 2021 in FY 2021-22. Note 4 States/UTs not present in the list are not mapped on NPP. Note 5* Delhi has been onboarded on NPP in April 2021. So data for previous FYs is not available on NPP.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (f) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 235 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 03.02.2022

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City-wise Average hours of Power  Outage  in a year for FY 2020-21 and 2021-22 (till October-21) (HH.hh) as available on NPP

| No.              | State Name         | Metro Cities   | 2020-21   | As on 28.01.2022 2021-22 (upto Oct-21)   |
|------------------|--------------------|----------------|-----------|------------------------------------------|
| 1 Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam      | 16.79          | 18        |                                          |
| 2 Bihar          | Patna #            |                | 4.19      | 30.59                                    |
| 3 Chhattisgarh   | Raipur #           |                | 26.57     | 22.92                                    |
| 4 Gujarat        |                    | Ahmadabad #    | 28.59     | 11.33                                    |
| 5 Gujarat        | Surat              |                | 12.47     | 9.2                                      |
| 6 Karnataka      |                    | Bangalore      | 25.22     | 14.97                                    |
| 7 Maharashtra    | Mumbai Suburban    | 23.09          |           | 6.42                                     |
| 8 Maharashtra    | Nagpur             |                | 18.85     | 5.18                                     |
| 9 Maharashtra    | Pune               |                | 19.17     | 6.42                                     |
| 10 Rajasthan     | Jaipur #           |                | 46.88     | 17.05                                    |
| 11 Rajasthan     | Jodhpur #          |                | 0         | 0                                        |
| 12 Tamil Nadu    | Chennai #          | 3.06           |           |                                          |
| Tamil Nadu       | Madurai #          | 13.78          |           | 13                                       |
| Telangana        | Hyderabad *        |                |           | 14                                       |
| 15 Uttar Pradesh | Gorakhpur #        |                | 140.61    | 107.24                                   |
| 16 Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur Nagar #     | 57.75          |           | 13.65                                    |
| 17 Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow #          |                | 7.3       | 1.82                                     |
| West Bengal      | Kolkata *          |                |           | 18                                       |
| Tamil Nadu       | Coimbatore *       |                |           | 19                                       |
| Kerala           | Kochi #            | 19.35          |           | 20                                       |
| Kerala           | Kozhikode #        | 14.84          |           | 21                                       |
| Tamil Nadu       | Salem *            |                |           | 22                                       |
| Kerala           | Thiruvananthapuram | 5.94           |           | 23                                       |
| 24 Delhi         | Delhi*             |                | 1.27      |                                          |

Note 1 *Metro Cities have not submitted data on NPP.

Note 2 #Metro Cities have submitted partial data till October 2021 on NPP.

Note 3 States/UTs not present in the list are not mapped on NPP.

Note 4 * Delhi has been onboarded on NPP in April 2021. So data for previous FYs is not available on NPP.

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