Lok Sabha Question No. 3482 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-24
Subject: Implementation of Electrification Schemes
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo, Jayanta Kumar Roy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3482

## ANSWERED ON 24.03.2022

## IMPLEMENTATION OF ELECTRIFICATION SCHEMES

3482.  SHRIMATI SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO: DR. JAYANTA KUMAR ROY:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the schemes being implemented for electrification in the Balangir and Jalpaiguri districts of Odisha and West Bengal respectively;
- (b) the  quantum  of  funds  spent  thereon  during  the  last  three  years  in  the  said districts, scheme and work-wise;
- (c) the  number  of  houses  and  hamlets  in  these  districts  where  electrification  has been done;
- (d) whether several villages of the said districts are still not electrified and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether there is need for improving power infrastructure in the said districts; and
- (f) if so, the steps being taken by the Government to ensure electricity for all in the said districts?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) & (b) : Government of India  launched Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) in December, 2014 for various rural electrification works including separation of  agriculture  and  non-agriculture  feeders,  strengthening  and  augmentation  of  subtransmission & distribution infrastructure, metering at distribution transformers/feeders/consumers  and  electrification  of  villages  across  the  country.  As reported  by  the  States,  all  the  inhabited  un-electrified  census  villages  across  the country including Balangir and Jalpaiguri districts of Odisha and West Bengal respectively, stand electrified on 28 th  April, 2018 under DDUGJY.

Government  of  India  had  launched  Pradhan  Mantri  Sahaj  Bijli  Har  Ghar Yojana  -  Saubhagya  in  October,  2017  for  electrification  of  rural  and  urban  poor households in the country to achieve universal household electrification of all households in the country including Balangir and Jalpaiguri districts of Odisha and West Bengal respectively.

...........2.

Integrated  Power  Development  Scheme  (IPDS)  was  also  launched  in December,  14  for  strengthening  and  augmentation  of  sub-transmission  &  distribution infrastructure, metering of distribution transformers/feeders/consumers and IT enablement of distribution sector.

Scheme-wise  details  of  funds  released  in  Odisha  &  West  Bengal  are  at Annexure.

(c)  &  (d)  :          In  Balangir  district  of  Odisha,  a  total  of  1,40,034  households  have  been electrified under DDUGJY, XII plan and Saubhagya. In Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, a  total  of  14,218  households  have  been  electrified  under  DDUGJY  and  Saubhagya. As reported by the States of Odisha and West Bengal, all the unelectrified inhabited census villages of district Balangir and Jalpaiguri have been electrified.

(e)  &  (f):        Electricity  is  a  concurrent  subject.  Government  of  India  supplements  the efforts  of  the  States  towards  strengthening  their  distribution  systems  through  its various  schemes  including  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti  Yojana  (DDUGJY), Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS).

Government  of  India  have  recently  approved  the  'Revamped  Distribution Sector  Scheme  -  A  Reforms  based  and  Results  linked  Scheme'  with  the  objective  of improving the quality and reliability of power supply to consumers through a financially sustainable and operationally efficient distribution Sector. The Scheme aims to reduce the  AT&C  losses  at  pan-India  levels  to  12-15%  and  ACS-ARR  gap  to  zero  by  2024-25. This would also contribute towards ensuring 24x7 electric supply to the urban and rural areas in the country.

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ANNEXURE ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  &  (b)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3482 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 24.03.2022

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Scheme wise release of funds under Distribution Schemes

(Rs. in Crore)

| States      | Plan               | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   |
|-------------|--------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Odisha      | DDUGJY Addl. infra | 166.63    | 66.65     | 19.41     |
|             | Saubhagya          | 168.407   | -         | -         |
|             | IPDS               | 286       | 128.4     | 22.41     |
| West Bengal | DDUGJY Addl. infra | -         | -         | -         |
|             | Saubhagya          | 73.2      | 20.3      | 15.9      |
|             | IPDS               | 71.06     | 620.66    | 429.2     |

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