Lok Sabha Question No. 3079 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-04
Subject: Works Sanctioned under DDUGJY
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Sumalatha Ambareesh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3079 ANSWERED ON 04.08.2022

## WORKS SANCTIONED UNDER DDUGJY

3079.   SHRIMATI SUMALATHA AMBAREESH:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) the  number  of  works  sanctioned  under  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti  Yojana (DDUGJY) and erstwhile Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) during the last three years and the current year, State and year-wise;

(b) the quantum of funds allocated, released and spent for the sanctioned projects during the said period, State and year-wise;

(c) whether it is true that there are huge number of works yet to be completed under the said yojanas; and

(d) if so, the details thereof along with the reaction of the Government thereon?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) & (b) : Government of India launched Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) in December, 2014 for various rural electrification works including separation of agriculture and non-agriculture  feeders,  strengthening  and  augmentation  of  sub-transmission  &  distribution infrastructure,  metering  of  distribution  transformers/feeders/consumers  and  electrification  of villages  across  the  country.  The  erstwhile  Rajiv  Gandhi  Grameen  Vidyutikaran  Yojana  (RGGVY) was subsumed under DDUGJY. Works under the scheme have been completed and the scheme stands closed on 31.03.2022.

The States/UTs-wise and year-wise details of number of projects sanctioned under the project, funds allocated, released and spent under DDUGJY are furnished at Annexure.

(c) & (d) : Under  DDUGJY  and  thereafter  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Sahaj  Bijli  Har  Ghar  Yojana (Saubhagya),  all  States  had  declared  electrification  of  all  Villages  on  28th  April,  2018  and  all willing Households on 31 st  March, 2019 respectively.

While, a total of 18374 Villages were electrified under DDUGJY, a total of 2.86 crore Households  were electrified under the aegis of Saubhagya including additional households in two tranches that became willing after 31.03.2019 but were unwilling for electrification earlier.

While fresh arisings of new households 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  which  existed  when Saubhagya was sanctioned. In this respect, the Government of India recently issued guidelines for their  electrification  under  the  Revamped  Distribution  Sector  Scheme  (RDSS).    The  States  have been advised to pose their DPRs to the Ministry of Power in this regard.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3079 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 04.08.2022 **************

DDUGJY (New+ Addl. Infra)

## State-wise Financial & Physical Infrastructure created since 2014-15 (as on 31.03.2022)

| Financials (in Rs. Crores)   | Financials (in Rs. Crores)   | Financials (in Rs. Crores)   |
|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|

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