Lok Sabha Question No. 594 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-04
Subject: Electricity to Every Households
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Sunil Baburao Mendhe

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.594 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.02.2021

## ELECTRICITY TO EVERY HOUSEHOLDS

594.   SHRI SUNIL BABURAO MENDHE:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the status of the Government's target of providing electricity to every households in the country;
- (b) the  number  of  households  in  rural  areas  of  Maharashtra  which  have  been provided electricity by December 31, 2020, district-wise including Bhandara and Gondia along with the number of registered households having no electricity;
- (c) the funds allocated and sanctioned to Maharashtra till December 31, 2020 under 'Saubhagya' Yojana?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR POWER, NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT & ENTREPRENEURSHIP

(SHRI  R.K. SINGH)

(a) & (b) : Government  of  India  had  launched  Pradhan  Mantri  Sahaj  Bijli  Har  Ghar Yojana - Saubhagya in October, 2017 with the objective to achieve universal household electrification for providing 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.  All  States  have  declared  electrification  of  all  the  households  on Saubhagya  portal  except  18,734  households  in  Left  Wing  Extremist  (LWE)  affected areas  of  Chhattisgarh  as  on  31.03.2019.  Subsequently,  seven  States  namely  Assam, Chhattisgarh,  Jharkhand,  Karnataka,  Manipur,  Rajasthan  and  Uttar  Pradesh  had reported that 19.09 lakh un-electrified households identified before 31.03.2019, which were  unwilling  earlier  but  have  expressed  willingness  to  get  electricity  connection. States have been asked to electrify these households under Saubhagya. Out of these, 18.57 lakh households have been electrified up to 31.12.2020.

State Government of Maharashtra has furnished the latest status i.e. upto 31.12.2020 wherein it was informed that around 99.7% households (i.e. 2,53,12,350 out of  total  of  2,53,87,465)  in  the  State  stand  electrified.  Also,  a  total  of  1,26,58,036 households  (99.65%)  in  rural  areas  have  been  electrified.  District-wise  details  for household electrification in Maharashtra, including Bhandara and Gondia district are at Annexure.

(c) : There  is  no  upfront  allocation  of  funds  for  any  State/  District  under SAUBHAGYA scheme. Funds are released for sanctioned projects in installments based on  the  reported  utilization  of  the  amount  released  in  the  previous  installments  and fulfillment  of  stipulated  conditionalities.  Accordingly,  projects  worth  Rs.405.89  crore have  been  sanctioned  for  the  State  of  Maharashtra  against  which  Rs.198  Crore  has been disbursed as grant up to 31.12.2020.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 594 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 04.02.2021.

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District-wise details of electrification of rural households in Maharashtra (upto December, 2020)

| Sl. No.   | District Name   |   Households electrified |
|-----------|-----------------|--------------------------|
| 1         | AURANGABAD      |                   383053 |
| 2         | JALNA           |                   201939 |
| 3         | BEED            |                   278198 |
| 4         | LATUR           |                   310943 |
| 5.        | OSMANBAD        |                   252656 |
| 6         | HINGOLI         |                   137119 |
| 7         | NANDED          |                   360016 |
| 8         | PARBHANI        |                   143431 |
| 9         | RAIGAD          |                   553985 |
| 10        | THANE           |                   333960 |
| 11        | DHULE           |                   249471 |
| 12        | JALGAON         |                   495745 |
| 13        | NANDURBAR       |                   139349 |
| 14        | PALGHAR         |                   473971 |
| 15        | RATNAGIRI       |                   446081 |
| 16        | SINDUDURG       |                   262770 |
| 17        | A-NAGAR         |                   614406 |
| 18        | NASHIK          |                   537334 |
| 19        | AKOLA           |                   229419 |
| 20        | BULDHANA        |                   389830 |
| 21        | WASHIM          |                   182390 |
| 22        | AMARAVATI       |                   382088 |
| 23        | YAVATMAL        |                   392403 |
| 24        | CHANDRAPUR      |                   233448 |
| 25        | GADCHIROLI      |                   281932 |
| 26        | BHANDARA        |                   234117 |
| 27        | GONDIA          |                   258732 |
| 28        | NAGPUR          |                   420007 |
| 29        | WARDHA          |                   241233 |
| 30        | SATARA          |                   650805 |
| 31        | SOLAPUR         |                   493788 |
| 32        | KOLHAPUR        |                   686967 |
| 33        | SANGLI          |                   475316 |
| 34        | PUNE            |                   931134 |
| TOTAL     | TOTAL           |                 12658036 |

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