Lok Sabha Question No. 1464 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-15
Subject: Rural Electrification Schemes
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Gomati Sai

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1464

## ANSWERED ON 15.12.2022

## RURAL ELECTRIFICATION SCHEMES

†1464. SHRIMATI GOMATI SAI:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has launched various rural electrification schemes including Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY);
- (b) if  so,  the  details  of  the  schemes  launched  by  the  Government  during  the last three years and the current year including the targets set and achieved under each of the said schemes;
- (c) the  details  of  the  proposals  received  from  various  States  along  with  the proposals sanctioned by the Union Government  under  the  said  schemes, State/UT-wise;
- (d) whether the Government has fixed any time limit to complete the pending schemes and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the other steps being taken by the Government in this regard?

## A N S W E R

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

(a) : Government of India had launched Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana  (DDUGJY)  in  December  2014  for  the  rural  areas  with  the  objectives  of electrification of all un-electrified villages as per Census 2011; Strengthening and augmentation  of  sub-transmission  &  distribution  infrastructure  in  rural  areas, including construction of HT and LT lines, metering at distribution transformers, feeders and consumers; and feeder segregation. Similarly, Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana -Saubhagya was launched in October, 2017 for electrification of rural and urban poor households in the country.

………2.

(b) & (c) : SAUBHAGYA was launched  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 of 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 reported that 19.09 lakh un-electrified households in their State identified before 31.03.2019, which were unwilling earlier but later expressed willingness to get electricity  connections  needed  to  be  electrified.  The  electrification  of  these households was sanctioned under SAUBHAGYA. All these seven States reported 100%  households'  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 again reported that 11.84 lakh households remain to be electrified.  Electrification of these households was again sanctioned till date, a total  2.86  crore  households  have  been  electrified.  Details  are  enclosed  at Annexure.

(d) & (e) : Work under DDUGJY and SAUBHAGYA has been completed and these schemes have been closed on 31.03.2022.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (b) & (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION    NO. 1464 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 15.12.2022

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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 allowed under Saubhagya                          | Additional Sanction allowed under Saubhagya   | Further additional Households sanctioned under DDUGJY   | Further additional Households sanctioned under DDUGJY   |                   |
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
| 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 (A)    | Households Sanctioned during 2021- 22                   | Households electrified (as on 31.03.2022) (B)           | Grand Total (A+B) |
| 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                            | 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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