Lok Sabha Question No. 2751 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-17
Subject: Implementation of UDAY
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Rajashree Mallick

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2751 ANSWERED ON 17.03.2022

## IMPLEMENTATION OF UDAY

## 2751. SHRIMATI RAJASHREE MALLICK:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of villages that have been electrified under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) , State- wise including districts of Odisha;
- (b) the  number  of  households  electrified  under  the  said  yojana,  State  -wise including Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha;

(c) the  number  of  States which  have  adopted Ujwal  DISCOM  Assurance Yojana (UDAY) to help converting DISCOMs into profit-making bodies; and

- (d) the current status of the implementation of UDAY in different States?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) : The  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 stand electrified on 28th 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 Odisha State, are at Annexure-I.

(b) : State-wise details of BPL Households covered under DDUGJY from 2015 to 2019 are at Annexure-II. A total of 84,242 households (81088 BPL and 3154 APL households  have  been  electrified  under  DDUGJY  (including  RE)  in  Jagatsingpur district of Odisha.

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(c) : 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 to improve operational and financial efficiency of the State DISCOMs.  A total of 32 States / UTs joined UDAY Scheme out of  which  16  States  i.e.  Assam,  Andhra  Pradesh,  Bihar,  Chhattisgarh,  Haryana, Himachal  Pradesh,  Jammu  &  Kashmir,  Jharkhand,  Madhya  Pradesh,  Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana & Uttar Pradesh signed UDAY MoUs for Operational as well as Financial turnaround while the rest of the States/ UTs joined for  only  operational  turnaround.  UTs  of  Jammu  &  Kashmir  and  Ladakh have been counted as one State only as the signed UDAY MOU is for single State. States / UTs of Odisha, West Bengal, Delhi & Chandigarh did not join the scheme.

(d) : 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  are  enclosed  as Annexure-III and Annexure-IV respectively.

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ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION

## NO.2751 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 17.03.2022 **************

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

| SI. No.   | Number of villages electrified   |
|-----------|----------------------------------|
| 1         | 1,483                            |
| 2         | 2,732                            |
| 3         | 2,906                            |
| 4         | 1,078                            |
| 5         | 28                               |
| 6         | 129                              |
| 7         | 2,583                            |
| 8         | 39                               |
| 9         | 422                              |
| 10        | 80                               |
| 11        | 366                              |
| 12        | 1,051                            |
| 13        | 54                               |
| 14        | 78                               |
| 15        | 3,281                            |
| 16        | 427                              |
| 17        | 26                               |
| 18        | 1,498                            |
| 19        | 91                               |
| 20        | 22                               |
|           | 18,374                           |

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## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2751 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 17.03.2022 **************

## BPL HOUSEHOLDS COVERED

| NO.   | STATE                |    AS ON |
|-------|----------------------|----------|
| 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 | TOTAL                | 12768620 |

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2751 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 17.03.2022

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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 |

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2751 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 17.03.2022 **************

## 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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