Lok Sabha Question No. 3095 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-16
Subject: Unelectrified Rural Households
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Rajeshbhai Naranbhai Chudasama

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3095 ANSWERED ON 16.12.2021

## UNELECTRIFIED RURAL HOUSEHOLDS

3095.  SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  made  any  assessment  of  un-electrified  rural households in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;

(c) the  extent  to  which  achievements  have  been  made  along  with  the  number  of villages that have been left un-electrified till 31 st  October 2021; and

- (d) the target fixed by the Government to cover all rural households in the country?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI  R.K. SINGH)

(a) to (d) : The  Government  of  India  launched  'Pradhan  Mantri  Sahaj  Bijli  Har  Ghar Yojana'- Saubhagya to achieve universal household electrification across the country. As reported  by  the  States,  all  the  households  identified  in  the  country  by  31.03.2019 were  electrified  on  31.03.2021.  Under  the  scheme,  2.81  crore  households  were electrified in the country and the scheme  is completed. State-wise details of households electrified are presented at Annexure.

Government of India had also launched Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) in December, 2014 for augmentation and strengthening of rural subtransmission and distribution works, feeder segregation and rural electrification in the rural  areas  in  the  country.  As  reported  by  the  States,  all  the  inhabited  un-electrified villages as per Census 2011 stand electrified as on 28 th  April, 2018 across the country under  DDUGJY.    A  total  of  18,374  villages  were  electrified  under  the  scheme. Electrification  of  rural  households  is  a  dynamic  process  and  the  Power  Distribution Utilities release electricity connections to consumers as and when the new households demand.

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ANNEXURE ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  UNSTARRED

QUESTION NO.3095 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 16.12.2021 **************

STATE-WISE ELECTRIFICATION OF HOUSEHOLDS SINCE LAUNCH OF SAUBHAGYA SCHEME

| Sl. No.   | Name of the States   | No. of Households electrified from 11.10.2017 to 31.03.2019   | No. of Households electrified from 01.04.2019 to 31.03.2021   | Total HHs electrified as on 31.03.2021   |
|-----------|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh       | 1,81,930                                                      |                                                               | 1,81,930                                 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh    | 47,089                                                        |                                                               | 47,089                                   |
| 3         | Assam                | 17,45,149                                                     | 2,00,000                                                      | 19,45,149                                |
| 4         | Bihar                | 32,59,041                                                     |                                                               | 32,59,041                                |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh         | 7,49,397                                                      | 40,394                                                        | 7,89,791                                 |
| 6         | Gujarat              | 41,317                                                        |                                                               | 41,317                                   |
| 7         | Haryana              | 54,681                                                        |                                                               | 54,681                                   |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh     | 12,891                                                        |                                                               | 12,891                                   |
| 9         | Jammu & Kashmir      | 3,77,045                                                      |                                                               | 3,77,045                                 |
| 10        | Jharkhand            | 15,30,708                                                     | 2,00,000                                                      | 17,30,708                                |
| 11        | Karnataka            | 3,56,974                                                      | 26,824                                                        | 3,83,798                                 |
| 12        | Ladakh               | 10,456                                                        |                                                               | 10,456                                   |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh       | 19,84,264                                                     |                                                               | 19,84,264                                |
| 14        | Maharashtra          | 15,17,922                                                     |                                                               | 15,17,922                                |
| 15        | Manipur              | 1,02,748                                                      | 5,367                                                         | 1,08,115                                 |
| 16        | Meghalaya            | 1,99,839                                                      |                                                               | 1,99,839                                 |
| 17        | Mizoram              | 27,970                                                        |                                                               | 27,970                                   |
| 18        | Nagaland             | 1,32,507                                                      |                                                               | 1,32,507                                 |
| 19        | Odisha               | 24,52,444                                                     |                                                               | 24,52,444                                |
| 20        | Puducherry           | 912                                                           |                                                               | 912                                      |
| 21        | Punjab               | 3,477                                                         |                                                               | 3,477                                    |
| 22        | Rajasthan            | 18,62,736                                                     | 2,12,786                                                      | 20,75,522                                |
| 23        | Sikkim               | 14,900                                                        |                                                               | 14,900                                   |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu           | 2,170                                                         |                                                               | 2,170                                    |
| 25        | Telangana            | 5,15,084                                                      |                                                               | 5,15,084                                 |
| 26        | Tripura              | 1,39,090                                                      |                                                               | 1,39,090                                 |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh        | 79,80,568                                                     | 12,00,003                                                     | 91,80,571                                |
| 28        | Uttarakhand          | 2,48,751                                                      |                                                               | 2,48,751                                 |
| 29        | West Bengal          | 7,32,290                                                      |                                                               | 7,32,290                                 |
| Total     | Total                | 2,62,84,350                                                   | 18,85,374                                                     | 2,81,69,724                              |

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