Lok Sabha Question No. 273 (STARRED), answered on 2022-08-04
Subject: Villages Electrified under DDUGJY
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav, Omprakash Bhupalsinh alias Pawan Rajenimbalkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.273 ANSWERED ON 04.08.2022

VILLAGES ELECTRIFIED UNDER DDUGJY

†*273. SHRI SANJAY JADHAV: SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH ALIAS PAWAN RAJENIMBALKAR:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) the  number  of  villages  electrified  under  the  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), State-wise including districts of Maharashtra;

(b) the  number  of  houses/households  electrified  under  the  said  yojana,  State-wise including districts of Maharashtra;

(c) the  number  of  States  which  have  adopted  Ujwal  DISCOM  Assurance  Yojana (UDAY) to help convert power distribution companies (DISCOMs) into profit making bodies;

(d) the current status of the implementation of UDAY in the country, State-wise; and

(e) the details of States and DISCOMs which have failed to perform their duties under the said yojana and the action taken thereon?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) to (e) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  STARRED QUESTION NO. 273 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 04.08.2022 REGARDING VILLAGES ELECTRIFIED UNDER DDUGJY

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(a) : Government of India launched the Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) in December, 2014 for rural electrification works across the country.  As  reported  by  the  States,  all  the  inhabited  un-electrified  villages  as per  census  2011  had  been  stand  electrified  by  28 th   April,  2018  across  the country  under  DDUGJY.  A  total  of  18,374  villages  were  electrified  under  the scheme. State-wise number of inhabited un-electrified census villages electrified across  the country  including Maharashtra  State,  are  given  in Annexure-I.

(b) : State  wise  details  of  BPL  Households  electrified  under  DDUGJY from 2015 to 31.03.2019 are enclosed at Annexure-II.

(c) to (e) : Ujwal  DISCOM  Assurance  Yojana  (UDAY),  a  scheme  for  financial turnaround  of  Power  Distribution  Companies  (DISCOMs)  was  launched  by  the Government on 20-11-2015 with the objective of improving the operational and financial efficiency of the State DISCOMs.

A total of 32 states / UTs joined the UDAY Scheme out of which, the 16  states  of  Assam,  Andhra  Pradesh,  Bihar,  Chhattisgarh,  Haryana,  HP,  J&K, Jharkhand, MP, Maharashtra, Meghalaya,  Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana&  UP  signed  UDAY  MoUs  for  Operational  as  well  as  Financial turnaround  while  the  rest  of  the  States/  UTs  joined  for  only  operational turnaround. UTs of J&K and Ladakh have been counted as one state only as the signed UDAY MOU was for single state. States / UTs of Odisha, West Bengal, Delhi & Chandigarh did not join the scheme.

UDAY was launched with an overall aim of operational and financial turnaround  of  State  owned  Distribution  Utilities  (DISCOMs)  through  efficiency improvements  and  financial  restructuring  in  Generation,  Transmission  and Distribution Sectors. As  a result, State Power  Distribution  Utilities  have reported  an  overall  improvement  which  include  (i)  Reduction  in  Aggregate Technical & Commercial (AT&C) losses from 23.70% in FY 16 to 20.93% in FY 20 and (ii) Reduction of Average Cost of Supply (ACS) - Average Revenue Realised (ARR)  gap  from  Re.0.48  per  kWh  in  FY  16  to  Re.0.30  per  kWh  in  FY  20.  The details  of  the  performance  of  the  States  on  AT&C  loss  and  ACS-ARR  gaps  is enclosed as Annexure-III and Annexure-IV respectively.

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ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PART (a) OF THE STATEMENT LAID IN REPLY TO STARRED QUESTION NO. 273 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 04.08.2022 REGARDING VILLAGES ELECTRIFIED UNDER DDUGJY ***********

STATE-WISE ELECTRIFICATION OF INHABITED CENSUS VILLAGES FROM 2014-15 TILL 28.04.2018

| SI. No.   | Name of the States   | Number of villages electrified   |
|-----------|----------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1         | Arunachal Pradesh    | 1,483                            |
| 2         | Assam                | 2,732                            |
| 3         | Bihar                | 2,906                            |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh         | 1,078                            |
| 5         | Himachal Pradesh     | 28                               |
| 6         | J & K                | 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                | 18,374                           |

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ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PART (b) OF THE STATEMENT LAID IN REPLY TO STARRED QUESTION NO. 273 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 04.08.2022

REGARDING VILLAGES ELECTRIFIED UNDER DDUGJY ***********

## BPL HOUSEHOLDS ELECTRIFIED UNDER DEEN DAYAL UPADHYAY GRAM JYOTI YOJANA

| Sl. No. State           |   Cumulative achievement as on 31.03.2019 |
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| 1 Andhra Pradesh        |                                    729553 |
| 2 Arunachal Pradesh     |                                      8291 |
| 3 Assam                 |                                    782370 |
| 4 Bihar                 |                                   3385597 |
| 5 Chhattisgarh          |                                    163551 |
| 6 Gujarat               |                                      5060 |
| 7 Haryana               |                                      5419 |
| 8 Himachal Pradesh      |                                        43 |
| 9 J&K                   |                                     53666 |
| 10 Jharkhand            |                                    675174 |
| 11 Karnataka            |                                    369626 |
| 12 Kerala               |                                    136193 |
| 13 Madhya Pradesh       |                                   1047133 |
| 14 Maharashtra          |                                    386498 |
| 15 Manipur              |                                     48799 |
| 16 Meghalaya            |                                      2639 |
| 17 Mizoram              |                                      1915 |
| 18 Nagaland             |                                     60701 |
| 19 Odisha               |                                   1629495 |
| 20 Punjab               |                                         0 |
| 21 Rajasthan            |                                    410604 |
| 22 Sikkim               |                                      5271 |
| 23 Tamil Nadu           |                                     23496 |
| 24 Telangana            |                                    539306 |
| 25 Tripura              |                                     82019 |
| 26 Uttar Pradesh        |                                   2127011 |
| 27 Uttarakhand          |                                      7251 |
| 28 West Bengal          |                                     81939 |
| 29 Dadra & Nagar Haveli |                                         0 |
| 30 Puducherry           |                                         0 |
| Total                   |                                  12768620 |

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## ANNEXURE-III

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PARTS (c) TO (e) OF THE STATEMENT LAID IN REPLY  TO  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  273  ANSWERED  IN  THE  LOK  SABHA  ON 04.08.2022 REGARDING VILLAGES ELECTRIFIED UNDER DDUGJY

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## STATE-WISE AND YEAR-WISE DETAILS OF AT&C LOSSES

|                              | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |
|------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| State Sector                 | 24.04     | 24.05     | 22.15     |     22.57 |     21.73 |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands    |           |           | 19.34     |     23.39 |     22.71 |
| Andhra Pradesh               | 10.36     | 13.77     | 14.26     |     25.67 |     10.77 |
| Arunachal Pradesh            | 54.58     | 53.64     | 58.36     |     55.5  |     45.71 |
| Assam                        | 26.02     | 20.11     | 17.64     |     20.14 |     23.37 |
| Bihar                        | 43.30     | 43.34     | 33.51     |     33.3  |     40.38 |
| Chandigarh (Non Uday UT)     |           |           | 4.00      |      4.21 |      4.6  |
| Chattisgarh                  | 22.10     | 23.87     | 22.50     |     29.81 |     23.68 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli         |           |           | 6.55      |      5.45 |      3.56 |
| Daman & Diu                  |           |           | 17.01     |      6.19 |      4.07 |
| Goa                          | 19.77     | 24.33     | 13.52     |     15.69 |     13.99 |
| Gujarat                      | 16.23     | 14.42     | 12.96     |     13.99 |     11.95 |
| Haryana                      | 29.27     | 26.42     | 21.78     |     18.08 |     18.19 |
| Himachal Pradesh             | 9.68      | 11.48     | 11.08     |     12.46 |     11.68 |
| Jammu & Kashmir              | 58.75     | 59.96     | 53.67     |     49.94 |     60.46 |
| Jharkhand                    | 33.34     | 35.95     | 32.48     |     28.6  |     36.96 |
| Karnataka                    | 17.13     | 16.84     | 15.61     |     19.83 |     17.59 |
| Kerala                       | 12.40     | 13.42     | 12.81     |      9.1  |     14.47 |
| Lakshadweep                  |           |           | 19.15     |     23.33 |     14.28 |
| Madhya Pradesh               | 27.37     | 26.80     | 30.51     |     36.64 |     30.38 |
| Maharashtra                  | 21.74     | 22.84     | 14.38     |     16.23 |     19.92 |
| Manipur                      | 31.72     | 33.01     | 27.50     |     38.17 |     20.27 |
| Meghalaya                    | 45.98     | 38.81     | 41.19     |     35.22 |     34.32 |
| Mizoram                      | 35.18     | 24.98     | 22.44     |     16.2  |     20.66 |
| Nagaland                     | 33.44     | 38.50     | 41.36     |     40.06 |     52.93 |
| Odisha (Non Uday State)      | 38.60     | 37.19     | 33.59     |     31.55 |     28.94 |
| Puducherry                   | 22.43     | 21.34     | 19.19     |     19.77 |     18.45 |
| Punjab                       | 15.88     | 14.46     | 17.31     |     11.28 |     14.35 |
| Rajasthan                    | 31.59     | 27.33     | 24.07     |     28.25 |     29.85 |
| Sikkim                       | 43.89     | 35.62     | 32.48     |     41.83 |     28.88 |
| Tamil Nadu                   | 16.83     | 18.23     | 19.47     |     17.86 |     15    |
| Telangana                    | 14.01     | 15.19     | 19.08     |     17.8  |     21.54 |
| Tripura                      | 32.68     | 31.79     | 30.31     |     35.49 |     37.85 |
| Uttar Pradesh                | 39.76     | 40.91     | 37.80     |     33.19 |     30.05 |
| Uttarakhand                  | 18.01     | 16.68     | 16.34     |     16.96 |     20.35 |
| West Bengal (Non Uday State) | 28.08     | 27.83     | 26.69     |     23    |     20.4  |
| Private Sector               | 12.44     | 10.80     | 9.36      |      8.28 |      8    |
| Delhi                        | 12.44     | 10.80     | 9.93      |      9.17 |      8.19 |
| Gujarat                      |           |           | 6.53      |      5.2  |      4.59 |
| Maharashtra                  |           |           |           |      8.2  |      9.52 |
| Uttar Pradesh                |           |           | 9.08      |      9.36 |      9.76 |
| West Bengal                  |           |           | 10.74     |      8.95 |      9.06 |
| Grand Total                  | 23.70     | 23.66     | 21.50     |     21.74 |     20.93 |

## ANNEXURE-IV

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PARTS (c) TO (e) OF THE STATEMENT LAID IN REPLY  TO  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  273  ANSWERED  IN  THE  LOK  SABHA  ON 04.08.2022 REGARDING VILLAGES ELECTRIFIED UNDER DDUGJY ***********

## ACS-ARR GAP ON TARIFF SUBSIDY RECEIVED BASIS (RS/KWH)

|                              | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   |
|------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| State Sector                 | 0.50      | 0.39      | 0.32      | 0.54      | 0.35      |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands    |           |           | 19.86     | 19.47     | 19.58     |
| Andhra Pradesh               | 0.80      | 0.52      | 0.09      | 2.67      | (0.19)    |
| Arunachal Pradesh            | 0.49      | 3.65      | 4.64      | 4.27      | 4.92      |
| Assam                        | 0.23      | 0.06      | (0.32)    | (0.32)    | (0.36)    |
| Bihar                        | 0.46      | 0.51      | 0.68      | 0.61      | 0.92      |
| Chandigarh (Non Uday UT)     |           |           | (1.64)    | (0.26)    | (0.82)    |
| Chhattisgarh                 | (0.01)    | 0.21      | 0.23      | 0.45      | 0.17      |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli         |           |           | 0.01      | (0.02)    | (0.03)    |
| Daman & Diu                  |           |           | (1.38)    | (0.61)    | (0.30)    |
| Goa                          | 0.71      | 0.70      | (0.06)    | 0.39      | 0.60      |
| Gujarat                      | (0.02)    | (0.05)    | (0.06)    | (0.02)    | (0.06)    |
| Haryana                      | 0.16      | 0.04      | (0.08)    | (0.05)    | (0.06)    |
| Himachal Pradesh             | (0.31)    | 0.18      | 0.03      | (0.09)    | (0.02)    |
| Jammu & Kashmir              | 3.00      | 2.65      | 1.85      | 1.72      | 2.03      |
| Jharkhand                    | 0.93      | 1.39      | 0.16      | 0.58      | 0.87      |
| Karnataka                    | 0.01      | 0.29      | 0.30      | 0.24      | 0.39      |
| Kerala                       | 0.30      | 0.62      | 0.32      | 0.05      | 0.10      |
| Lakshadweep                  |           |           | 19.11     | 20.30     | 18.22     |
| Madhya Pradesh               | 0.87      | 0.18      | 0.78      | 1.29      | 0.69      |
| Maharashtra                  | 0.21      | 0.06      | (0.13)    | (0.19)    | (0.19)    |
| Manipur                      | 0.02      | 0.06      | (0.02)    | 0.34      | 0.08      |
| Meghalaya                    | 0.82      | 1.66      | 1.16      | 0.85      | 1.80      |
| Mizoram                      | 2.06      | 2.12      | (1.30)    | 1.18      | (1.94)    |
| Nagaland                     | 0.20      | 0.81      | 0.81      | 4.09      | 5.62      |
| Odisha (Non Uday State)      | 0.39      | 0.38      | 0.32      | 0.60      | 0.34      |
| Puducherry                   | (0.02)    | 0.03      | (0.02)    | 0.13      | 0.97      |
| Punjab                       | 0.53      | 0.65      | 0.48      | (0.07)    | 0.17      |
| Rajasthan                    | 1.83      | 0.50      | (0.09)    | 0.06      | 0.31      |
| Sikkim                       | 2.09      | 1.20      | 0.25      | 0.02      | 0.54      |
| Tamil Nadu                   | 0.67      | 0.50      | 0.89      | 1.32      | 1.27      |
| Telangana                    | 0.74      | 1.23      | 1.12      | 1.38      | 1.09      |
| Tripura                      | 0.42      | (0.15)    | (0.09)    | (0.06)    | 0.43      |
| Uttar Pradesh                | 0.29      | 0.33      | 0.45      | 0.54      | 0.34      |
| Uttarakhand                  | 0.10      | 0.24      | 0.18      | 0.38      | 0.38      |
| West Bengal (Non Uday State) | (0.04)    | 0.04      | (0.02)    | (0.01)    | (0.12)    |
| Private Sector               | (0.10)    | (0.16)    | (0.44)    | (0.38)    | (0.48)    |
| Delhi                        | (0.10)    | (0.16)    | (0.19)    | (0.26)    | (0.37)    |
| Gujarat                      |           |           | (0.50)    | (0.26)    | (0.52)    |
| Maharashtra                  |           |           |           | (0.15)    | (0.22)    |
| Uttar Pradesh                |           |           | (1.34)    | (0.97)    | (0.69)    |
| West Bengal                  |           |           | (0.93)    | (0.99)    | (0.94)    |
| Grand Total                  | 0.48      | 0.37      | 0.28      | 0.49      | 0.30      |

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