Lok Sabha Question No. 736 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-02
Subject: Beneficiaries under Saubhagya
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Anil Firojiya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.736

## ANSWERED ON 02.12.2021

## BENEFICIARIES UNDER SAUBHAGYA

736.  SHRI ANIL FIROJIYA:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of persons benefitted from Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana(Saubhagya) during the last three years  and  the  current  year,  state-wise; and
- (b) the number of persons taken benefit of own your transformer  scheme  under  the said Yojana?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI  R.K. SINGH)

- (a) Government  of  India  launched  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Sahaj  Bijli  Har  Ghar  Yojana (Saubhagya)  in  October,  2017  with  the  objective  to  achieve  universal  household electrification. The Scheme aimed to provide electricity connections to all willing un-electrified  households  in  rural  areas  and  all  willing  poor  households  in  urban areas in the country by March, 2019. As on 31.3.2019, 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 reported that around 19.09 lakh un-electrified households, identified before 31.03.2019, which were unwilling earlier but later on expressed willingness to get electricity  connections.  All  these  seven  States  have  since  then  reported  100% household electrification as on 31.03.2021. Since the launch of Saubhagya Scheme, a total of 2.817 crore households have been electrified up to 31.03.2021. State-wise and  year-wise  details  of  electrification  of  Households  under  Saubhagya  are available as Annexure.
- (b) No  intervention  of  'Own  your  transformer  scheme'  was  envisaged  under  the Saubhagya scheme by the Government of India.

Annexure ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 736 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 02.12.2021

| Sl. No            | State             | Households Electrified since launch of Saubhagya Scheme   | Households Electrified since launch of Saubhagya Scheme   | Households Electrified since launch of Saubhagya Scheme   | Households Electrified since launch of Saubhagya Scheme   | Households Electrified since launch of Saubhagya Scheme   |
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No            | State             | 2017-18                                                   | 2018-19                                                   | 2019-20                                                   | 2020-21                                                   | Total                                                     |
| 1                 | Andhra Pradesh    | 81,949                                                    | 99,981                                                    | 0                                                         |                                                           | 181,930                                                   |
| 2                 | Arunachal Pradesh | 0                                                         | 47,089                                                    | 0                                                         |                                                           | 47,089                                                    |
| 3                 | Assam             | 110,836                                                   | 1,634,313                                                 | 197,807                                                   | 2,193                                                     | 1,945,149                                                 |
| 4                 | Bihar             | 449,016                                                   | 2,810,025                                                 | 0                                                         |                                                           | 3,259,041                                                 |
| 5                 | Chhattisgarh      | 155,490                                                   | 593,907                                                   | 29,534                                                    | 10,860                                                    | 789,791                                                   |
| 6                 | Gujarat           | 15,748                                                    | 25,569                                                    | 0                                                         |                                                           | 41,317                                                    |
| 7                 | Haryana           | 3,497                                                     | 51,184                                                    | 0                                                         |                                                           | 54,681                                                    |
| 8 Pradesh         |                   | 1,943                                                     | 10,948                                                    | 0                                                         |                                                           | 12,891                                                    |
| 9 Jammu & Kashmir |                   | 0                                                         | 387,501                                                   | 0                                                         |                                                           | 387,501                                                   |
| 10 Jharkhand      |                   | 125,389                                                   | 1,405,319                                                 | 131,880                                                   | 68,120                                                    | 1,730,708                                                 |
| 11                | Karnataka         | 59,709                                                    | 297,265                                                   | 26,824                                                    |                                                           | 383,798                                                   |
| 12 Madhya Pradesh |                   | 1,149,748                                                 | 834,516                                                   | 0                                                         |                                                           | 1,984,264                                                 |
| 13 Maharashtra    |                   | 182,896                                                   | 1,335,026                                                 | 0                                                         |                                                           | 1,517,922                                                 |
| 14 Manipur        |                   | 746                                                       | 102,002                                                   | 5,367                                                     |                                                           | 108,115                                                   |
| 15 Meghalaya      |                   | 0                                                         | 199,839                                                   | 0                                                         |                                                           | 199,839                                                   |
| 16 Mizoram        |                   | 0                                                         | 27,970                                                    | 0                                                         |                                                           | 27,970                                                    |
| 17 Nagaland       |                   | 473                                                       | 132,034                                                   | 0                                                         |                                                           | 132,507                                                   |
| 18 Odisha         | 135,348           |                                                           | 2,317,096                                                 | 0                                                         |                                                           | 2,452,444                                                 |
| 19 Puducherry     |                   | 0                                                         | 912                                                       | 0                                                         |                                                           | 912                                                       |
| 20 Punjab         |                   | 0                                                         | 3,477                                                     | 0                                                         |                                                           | 3,477                                                     |
| 21 Rajasthan      | 212,555           |                                                           | 1,650,181                                                 | 212,786                                                   |                                                           | 2,075,522                                                 |
| 22                | Sikkim            | 0                                                         | 14,900                                                    | 0                                                         |                                                           | 14,900                                                    |
| 23 Tamil Nadu     |                   | 2,170                                                     | 0                                                         | 0                                                         |                                                           | 2,170                                                     |
| 24                | Telangana         | 23,803                                                    | 491,281                                                   | 0                                                         |                                                           | 515,084                                                   |
| 25                | Tripura           | 1,882                                                     | 137,208                                                   | 0                                                         |                                                           | 139,090                                                   |
| 26                | Uttar Pradesh     | 1,133,002                                                 | 6,847,566                                                 | 788,083                                                   | 411,920                                                   | 9,180,571                                                 |
| 27                | Uttarakhand       | 4,960                                                     | 243,791                                                   | 0                                                         |                                                           | 248,751                                                   |
| 28                | West Bengal       | 194,153                                                   | 538,137                                                   | 0                                                         |                                                           | 732,290                                                   |
|                   | Total             | 4,045,313                                                 | 22,239,037                                                | 1,392,281                                                 | 493,093                                                   | 28,169,724                                                |