Lok Sabha Question No. 2684 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-16
Subject: Targets under Saubhagya
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Anurag Sharma, P.P. Chaudhary, Ramapati Ram Tripathi, Brijbhushan Sharan Singh, Pratap Chandra Sarangi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2684 ANSWERED ON 16.03.2023

## TARGETS UNDER SAUBHAGYA

2684.  SHRI ANURAG SHARMA: SHRI BRIJBHUSHAN SHARAN SINGH: DR. RAMAPATI RAM TRIPATHI: SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY: SHRI PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the scheme Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (Saubhagya) is still functional;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof including the total number of villages initially targeted under  Saubhagya  scheme  in  Uttar  Pradesh,  Rajasthan  and  Odisha,  district-wise;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to increase the number of targeted villages in the  States  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  revised  number  of  villages, district-wise;
- (d) whether the said scheme has been completed or is still in progress and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (e) whether any camps were set up in Jhansi, Ghonda-Bahraich and Deoria in Uttar Pradesh, Pali in Rajasthan and Balasore in Odisha for on-spot registrations and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (f) whether any Special Purposes Vehicles (SPVs) based systems were installed in the  remote  areas  of  Uttar  Pradesh,  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  if  not,  the  reasons therefor?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) & (b) : The Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (Saubhagya) Scheme got closed on 31-03-2022.

Saubhagya was launched in October, 2017 with the objective to achieve universal  household  electrification,  by  providing  electricity  connections  to  all  unelectrified  households  in  rural  areas  and  all  poor  households  in  urban  areas  in  the country. District-wise details of households electrified specifically under Saubhagya (as per closure) in the States of Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh are at Annexure-I, II & III respectively.

………2.

(c) & (d) : Under DDUGJY and thereafter, under Saubhagya, all States had declared electrification  of  all  villages  on  28 th   April,  2018  and  all  willing  Households  on  31st March, 2019 respectively. While, a total of 18374 villages were electrified under DDUGJY, a total of 2.86 core Households were electrified under the ageis of Subhagya including  additional  households  in  two  tranches  that  became  willing  after  31-03-2019 but were unwilling for electrification earlier. The DDUGJY and Saubhagya scheme got closed on 31-03-2022.

While  fresh  arising  of  new  households  is  a  continuous  process  and electrification of such households is expected to be taken care of by the Distribution Utilities,  the  Government of  India stands  committed to help the States to electrify all the  households  which  existed  when  Saubhagya  was  sanctioned.  In  this  respect,  the Government  of  India  recently  issued  guidelines  for  their  electrification  under  the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) and the States have been advised to pose their DPRs to the Ministry of Power in this regard.

(e) & (f) : Under  Saubhagya,    campaign  for  mass  awareness  were  launched  in  the form of movement of special vehicle namely Saubhagya Rath across Districts, door to door  campaign,  publication  in  Print  and  Electronic  Media,  Organisation  of  camps  in villages / cluster of villages were organized for on-the-spot registration and release of connections.  Even  after  saturation  of  particular  district/village  special  camps  and Saubhagya Raths were planned in areas to ensure electricity connection to each and every  willing  un-electrified  household.  In  addition,  during  the  currency  of  Saubhagya scheme  a  dedicated  24x7  toll  free  helpline  number  1800-121-5555  was  set  up  to facilitate any left out un-electrified household under Saubhagya scheme.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2684 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 16.03.2023

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| District wise details of households electrified since launch of Saubhagya including addl. households electrified under DDUGJY in   | District wise details of households electrified since launch of Saubhagya including addl. households electrified under DDUGJY in   | District wise details of households electrified since launch of Saubhagya including addl. households electrified under DDUGJY in   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                                                                                            | District                                                                                                                           | No of Households electrified since launch of Saubhagya                                                                             |
| Households electrified from 11.10.2017 to 31.03.2019 as per                                                                        | Households electrified from 11.10.2017 to 31.03.2019 as per                                                                        |                                                                                                                                    |
| 1                                                                                                                                  | Ganjam                                                                                                                             | 146490                                                                                                                             |
| 2                                                                                                                                  | Cuttack                                                                                                                            | 83416                                                                                                                              |
| 3                                                                                                                                  | Mayurbhanj                                                                                                                         | 127036                                                                                                                             |
| 4                                                                                                                                  | Khordha                                                                                                                            | 84431                                                                                                                              |
| 5                                                                                                                                  | Baleshwar                                                                                                                          | 85485                                                                                                                              |
| 6                                                                                                                                  | Kendujhar                                                                                                                          | 158869                                                                                                                             |
| 7                                                                                                                                  | Sundargarh                                                                                                                         | 125874                                                                                                                             |
| 8                                                                                                                                  | Balangir                                                                                                                           | 183744                                                                                                                             |
| 9                                                                                                                                  | Jajapur                                                                                                                            | 73002                                                                                                                              |
| 10                                                                                                                                 | Puri                                                                                                                               | 87768                                                                                                                              |
| 11                                                                                                                                 | Kalahandi                                                                                                                          | 161332                                                                                                                             |
| 12                                                                                                                                 | Koraput                                                                                                                            | 122795                                                                                                                             |
| 13                                                                                                                                 | Kendrapara                                                                                                                         | 57430                                                                                                                              |
| 14                                                                                                                                 | Anugul                                                                                                                             | 85726                                                                                                                              |
| 15                                                                                                                                 | Bhadrak                                                                                                                            | 67395                                                                                                                              |
| 16                                                                                                                                 | Bargarh                                                                                                                            | 95947                                                                                                                              |
| 17                                                                                                                                 | Dhenkanal                                                                                                                          | 84842                                                                                                                              |
| 18                                                                                                                                 | Nabarangapur                                                                                                                       | 110167                                                                                                                             |
| 19                                                                                                                                 | Jagatsinghapur                                                                                                                     | 56755                                                                                                                              |
| 20                                                                                                                                 | Nayagarh                                                                                                                           | 43754                                                                                                                              |
| 21                                                                                                                                 | Rayagada                                                                                                                           | 64274                                                                                                                              |
| 22                                                                                                                                 | Sambalpur                                                                                                                          | 54714                                                                                                                              |
| 23                                                                                                                                 | Kandhamal                                                                                                                          | 52043                                                                                                                              |
| 24                                                                                                                                 | Sonapur                                                                                                                            | 41348                                                                                                                              |
| 25                                                                                                                                 | Nuapada                                                                                                                            | 50991                                                                                                                              |
| 26                                                                                                                                 | Malkangiri                                                                                                                         | 33953                                                                                                                              |
| 27                                                                                                                                 | Gajapati                                                                                                                           | 31661                                                                                                                              |
| 28                                                                                                                                 | Jharsuguda                                                                                                                         | 29805                                                                                                                              |
| 29                                                                                                                                 | Baudh                                                                                                                              | 26386                                                                                                                              |
| 30                                                                                                                                 | Debagarh                                                                                                                           | 25011                                                                                                                              |
|                                                                                                                                    | Total                                                                                                                              | 24,52,444                                                                                                                          |

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2684 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 16.03.2023

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| District wise details of households electrified since launch of Saubhagya                 | District wise details of households electrified since launch of Saubhagya                 | District wise details of households electrified since launch of Saubhagya   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No                                                                                    | District                                                                                  | No of Households electrified since launch of Saubhagya                      |
| Households electrified from 11.10.2017 to 31.03.2019 as per portal                        | Households electrified from 11.10.2017 to 31.03.2019 as per portal                        |                                                                             |
| 1                                                                                         | Jaipur                                                                                    | 64592                                                                       |
| 2                                                                                         | Jodhpur                                                                                   | 239105                                                                      |
| 3                                                                                         | Alwar                                                                                     | 101651                                                                      |
| 4                                                                                         | Udaipur                                                                                   | 92639                                                                       |
| 5                                                                                         | Nagaur                                                                                    | 51359                                                                       |
| 6                                                                                         | Ajmer                                                                                     | 15805                                                                       |
| 7                                                                                         | Pali                                                                                      | 140158                                                                      |
| 8                                                                                         | Sikar                                                                                     | 50751                                                                       |
| 9                                                                                         | Bhilwara                                                                                  | 27133                                                                       |
| 10                                                                                        | Kota                                                                                      | 61910                                                                       |
| 11                                                                                        | Bharatpur                                                                                 | 70544                                                                       |
| 12                                                                                        | Jhunjhunun                                                                                | 34285                                                                       |
| 13                                                                                        | Ganganagar                                                                                | 26553                                                                       |
| 14                                                                                        | Bikaner                                                                                   | 75749                                                                       |
| 15                                                                                        | Barmer                                                                                    | 82400                                                                       |
| 16                                                                                        | Hanumangarh                                                                               | 43220                                                                       |
| 17                                                                                        | Churu                                                                                     | 25313                                                                       |
| 18                                                                                        | Chittaurgarh                                                                              | 16704                                                                       |
| 19                                                                                        | Jhalawar                                                                                  | 89381                                                                       |
| 20                                                                                        | Banswara                                                                                  | 51338                                                                       |
| 21                                                                                        | Dausa                                                                                     | 52365                                                                       |
| 22                                                                                        | Tonk                                                                                      | 39345                                                                       |
| 23                                                                                        | Jalor                                                                                     | 33741                                                                       |
| 24                                                                                        | Karauli                                                                                   | 58615                                                                       |
| 25                                                                                        | Dungarpur                                                                                 | 57207                                                                       |
| 26                                                                                        | Rajsamand                                                                                 | 7670                                                                        |
| 27                                                                                        | Baran                                                                                     | 47390                                                                       |
| 28                                                                                        | SawaiMadhopur                                                                             | 12346                                                                       |
| 29                                                                                        | Dhaulpur                                                                                  | 29129                                                                       |
| 30                                                                                        | Sirohi                                                                                    | 48471                                                                       |
| 31                                                                                        | Bundi                                                                                     | 22524                                                                       |
| 32                                                                                        | Pratapgarh                                                                                | 66368                                                                       |
| 33                                                                                        | Jaisalmer                                                                                 | 26975                                                                       |
| Addl households electrified in various districts in Saubhagya (01.04.2019 to 31.03.2021 ) | Addl households electrified in various districts in Saubhagya (01.04.2019 to 31.03.2021 ) | 212786                                                                      |
| Households electrified in various districts                                               | Households electrified in various districts                                               | 52206                                                                       |
| under DDUGJY Total                                                                        | under DDUGJY Total                                                                        | 2127728                                                                     |

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2684 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 16.03.2023

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| District-wise details of households electrified since launch of Saubhagya including addl. households electrified under DDUGJY in Uttar Pradesh State   | District-wise details of households electrified since launch of Saubhagya including addl. households electrified under DDUGJY in Uttar Pradesh State   | District-wise details of households electrified since launch of Saubhagya including addl. households electrified under DDUGJY in Uttar Pradesh State   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No                                                                                                                                                 | District                                                                                                                                               | No. of Households electrified since launch of Saubhagya                                                                                                |
| Households electrified from 11.10.2017 to 31.03.2019 as per portal                                                                                     | Households electrified from 11.10.2017 to 31.03.2019 as per portal                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                                        |
| 1                                                                                                                                                      | Agra                                                                                                                                                   | 95801                                                                                                                                                  |
| 2                                                                                                                                                      | Aligarh                                                                                                                                                | 160634                                                                                                                                                 |
| 3                                                                                                                                                      | Allahabad                                                                                                                                              | 20429                                                                                                                                                  |
| 4                                                                                                                                                      | Ambedkar Nagar                                                                                                                                         | 220984                                                                                                                                                 |
| 5                                                                                                                                                      | Amethi                                                                                                                                                 | 125380                                                                                                                                                 |
| 6                                                                                                                                                      | Auraiya                                                                                                                                                | 189562                                                                                                                                                 |
| 7                                                                                                                                                      | Azamgarh                                                                                                                                               | 66261                                                                                                                                                  |
| 8                                                                                                                                                      | Baghpat                                                                                                                                                | 115706                                                                                                                                                 |
| 9                                                                                                                                                      | Bahraich                                                                                                                                               | 56776                                                                                                                                                  |
| 10                                                                                                                                                     | Ballia                                                                                                                                                 | 204482                                                                                                                                                 |
| 11                                                                                                                                                     | Balrampur                                                                                                                                              | 179851                                                                                                                                                 |
| 12                                                                                                                                                     | Banda                                                                                                                                                  | 136750                                                                                                                                                 |
| 13                                                                                                                                                     | Barabanki                                                                                                                                              | 116897                                                                                                                                                 |
| 14                                                                                                                                                     | Bareilly                                                                                                                                               | 144821                                                                                                                                                 |
| 15                                                                                                                                                     | Basti                                                                                                                                                  | 135881                                                                                                                                                 |
| 16                                                                                                                                                     | Bijnor                                                                                                                                                 | 130484                                                                                                                                                 |
| 17                                                                                                                                                     | Budaun                                                                                                                                                 | 67687                                                                                                                                                  |
| 18                                                                                                                                                     | Bulandshahar                                                                                                                                           | 114379                                                                                                                                                 |
| 19                                                                                                                                                     | Chandauli                                                                                                                                              | 205334                                                                                                                                                 |
| 20                                                                                                                                                     | Chitrakoot                                                                                                                                             | 141143                                                                                                                                                 |
| 21                                                                                                                                                     | Deoria                                                                                                                                                 | 131670                                                                                                                                                 |
| 22                                                                                                                                                     | Etah                                                                                                                                                   | 179254                                                                                                                                                 |
| 23                                                                                                                                                     | Etawah                                                                                                                                                 | 225645                                                                                                                                                 |
| 24                                                                                                                                                     | Faizabad                                                                                                                                               | 215616                                                                                                                                                 |
| 25                                                                                                                                                     | Farrukhabad                                                                                                                                            | 141070                                                                                                                                                 |
| 26                                                                                                                                                     | Fatehpur                                                                                                                                               | 90357                                                                                                                                                  |
| 27                                                                                                                                                     | Firozabad                                                                                                                                              | 143604                                                                                                                                                 |
| 28                                                                                                                                                     | Gautam Buddha Nagar                                                                                                                                    | 214472                                                                                                                                                 |
| 29                                                                                                                                                     | Ghaziabad                                                                                                                                              | 138067                                                                                                                                                 |
| 30                                                                                                                                                     | Ghazipur                                                                                                                                               | 126101                                                                                                                                                 |
| 31                                                                                                                                                     | Gonda                                                                                                                                                  | 130364                                                                                                                                                 |
| 32                                                                                                                                                     | Gorakhpur                                                                                                                                              | 145246                                                                                                                                                 |
| 33                                                                                                                                                     | Hamirpur                                                                                                                                               | 116136                                                                                                                                                 |
| 34                                                                                                                                                     | Hapur                                                                                                                                                  | 120565                                                                                                                                                 |
| 35                                                                                                                                                     | Hardoi                                                                                                                                                 | 79014                                                                                                                                                  |
| 36                                                                                                                                                     | Jalaun                                                                                                                                                 | 83798                                                                                                                                                  |
| 37                                                                                                                                                     | Jaunpur                                                                                                                                                | 102487                                                                                                                                                 |
| 38                                                                                                                                                     | Jhansi                                                                                                                                                 | 81047                                                                                                                                                  |
| 39                                                                                                                                                     | JyotibaPhule Nagar                                                                                                                                     | 23850                                                                                                                                                  |
| 40                                                                                                                                                     | Kannauj                                                                                                                                                | 131526                                                                                                                                                 |
| 41                                                                                                                                                     | Kanpur Dehat                                                                                                                                           | 168897                                                                                                                                                 |
| 42                                                                                                                                                     | Kanpur Nagar                                                                                                                                           | 100475                                                                                                                                                 |
| 44                                                                                                                                                     | Kaushambi                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                        |
|                                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                                        | 110536                                                                                                                                                 |

| 45                                                  | Kheri                                               | 158833   |
|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|----------|
| 46                                                  | Kushinagar                                          | 57550    |
| 47                                                  | Lalitpur                                            | 76100    |
| 48                                                  | Lucknow                                             | 83850    |
| 49                                                  | Mahamaya Nagar                                      | 86036    |
| 50                                                  | Mahoba                                              | 56621    |
| 51                                                  | Mahrajganj                                          | 54550    |
| 52                                                  | Mainpuri                                            | 101048   |
| 53                                                  | Mathura                                             | 93425    |
| 54                                                  | Mau                                                 | 24251    |
| 55                                                  | Meerut                                              | 108132   |
| 56                                                  | Mirzapur                                            | 92992    |
| 57                                                  | Moradabad                                           | 84383    |
| 58                                                  | Muzaffarnagar                                       | 95592    |
| 59                                                  | Pilibhit                                            | 77369    |
| 60                                                  | Pratapgarh                                          | 64092    |
| 61                                                  | Rae Bareli                                          | 28564    |
| 62                                                  | Rampur                                              | 86274    |
| 63                                                  | Saharanpur                                          | 93269    |
| 64                                                  | Sambhal                                             | 71777    |
| 65                                                  | SantKabir Nagar                                     | 35598    |
| 66                                                  | SantRavidas Nagar (Bhadohi)                         | 73819    |
| 67                                                  | Shahjahanpur                                        | 53826    |
| 68                                                  | Shamli                                              | 69973    |
| 69                                                  | Shrawasti                                           | 64549    |
| 70                                                  | Siddharthnagar                                      | 56224    |
| 71                                                  | Sitapur                                             | 89636    |
| 72                                                  | Sonbhadra                                           | 54621    |
| 73                                                  | Sultanpur                                           | 64452    |
| 74                                                  | Unnao                                               | 42774    |
| 75                                                  | Varanasi                                            | 63501    |
| Addl households electrified in various districts in | Addl households electrified in various districts in | 1200003  |
| Saubhagya (01.04.2019 to 31.03.2021 )               | Saubhagya (01.04.2019 to 31.03.2021 )               |          |
| Total                                               | Total                                               | 9180571  |

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