Lok Sabha Question No. 4802 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-31
Subject: Village Electrification under DDUGJY
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Ajay Nishad, Chandan Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4802

## ANSWERED ON 31.03.2022

## VILLAGE ELECTRIFICATION UNDER DDUGJY

†4802. SHRI AJAY NISHAD:

SHRI CHANDAN SINGH:

Will the Minister of POWER

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has evaluated the performance of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) across the country;
- (b) if so, the details along with the outcome thereof, State-wise including Bihar;

(c) the number of villages electrified during the last three years and the current year, State-wise;

- (d) whether any special steps have been taken for electrifying the remaining number of villages; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) & (b) :     The performance of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) is regularly monitored by Ministry of Power, for the entire country   including the State of Bihar at various levels  from time to time.

Following  steps  were  taken  by  Government  for  implementation  of  the projects and completion of projects:

- i. At Central level, an inter-ministerial Monitoring Committee on DDUGJY headed by the Secretary, Ministry of Power, Government of India monitored the implementation of the scheme. Besides, the progress is reviewed with States / Power Utilities in Review, Planning and Monitoring (RPM) meetings of Ministry of Power on a monthly basis.
- ii. Time extension was granted as requested by the States to facilitate execution and completion of the scheme.

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- iii. At  the  State  level,  a  Committee  under  the  Chairmanship  of  Chief  Secretary monitored the progress to resolve issues relating to implementation. Further, the progress was reviewed on a monthly basis and on a fortnightly basis.
- iv. Rural  Electrification  Corporation  (REC)  Limited,  the  nodal  agency,  monitored implementation  of  the  scheme  through  its  State  Offices  at  the  field  level.  The nodal  agency  also  appointed  third  party  M/s  Ernst  &  Young  LLP,  New  Delhi through  e-tendering  process  for  post  implementation  evaluation  of  DDUGJY  for providing consulting services for evaluation of DDUGJY scheme.
- v. At District level, (DISHA) District Development  Coordination & Monitoring Committee meetings (under the aegis of Ministry of Rural Development) headed by senior-most Hon'ble Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) of the district & other MPs of the district as co-chair with District Magistrate as Convener, review the progress.

No major issues were reported by the States including Bihar.

(c) to (e):     As reported by the States, all the inhabited un-electrified census villages across  the  country  stand  electrified  as  on  28th  April,  2018  under  DDUGJY.    Under DDUGJY,  18,374  un-electrified  census  villages  were  reported  to  be  electrified  from 2014-15  till  28.04.2018.  State-wise  number  of  villages  electrified  under  DDUGJY  are presented at Annexure.

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ANNEXURE ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (c)  TO  (e)  OF  UNSTARRED

QUESTION  NO. 4802 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 31.03.2022 **************

STATE-WISE NUMBER OF INHABITED UNELECTRIFIED CENSUS VILLAGES ELECTRIFIED DURING THE FINANCIAL YEARS 2015-16 TO 2018-19.

| Sl. No.   | Name of the States   | Total   |
|-----------|----------------------|---------|
| 1         | Arunachal Pradesh    | 1,483   |
| 2         | Assam                | 2,732   |
| 3         | Bihar                | 2,906   |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh         | 1,078   |
| 5         | Himachal Pradesh     | 28      |
| 6         | Jammu & Kashmir 129  |         |
| 7         | Jharkhand            | 2,583   |
| 8         | Karnataka            | 39      |
| 9         | Madhya Pradesh       | 422     |
| 10        | Maharashtra 80       |         |
| 11        | Manipur 366          |         |
| 12        | Meghalaya            | 1,051   |
| 13        | Mizoram              | 54      |
| 14        | Nagaland             | 78      |
| 15        | Odisha               | 3,281   |
| 16        | Rajasthan            | 427     |
| 17        | Tripura              | 26      |
| 18        | Uttar Pradesh        | 1,498   |
| 19        | Uttarakhand          | 91      |
| 20        | West Bengal          | 22      |
| Total     | Total                | 18,374  |

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