Lok Sabha Question No. 123 (STARRED), answered on 2022-02-10
Subject: Electrification of Villages
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Sumedhanand Saraswati, Balak Nath

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 123

ANSWERED ON 10.02.2022

## ELECTRIFICATION OF VILLAGES

## +*123. SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI SHRI BALAK NATH

Will the Minister of NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to provide electricity in each household of every village of the country through solar energy scheme;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Rajasthan;
- (c) whether any norms have been framed under the scheme to provide solar energy in the fields;
- (d) if so, the details thereof;
- (e) the names of companies through which the said scheme is being implemented under Jaipur and Ajmer DISCOMs in the State of Rajasthan;
- (f) whether any complaints have been received against these companies; and
- (g) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

## (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a) to (g) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT

## Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) to (g) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 123 to be answered on 10.02.2022 regarding Electrification of Villages

(a) to (d):  There is no scheme to provide electricity in each household of every village of the country  only  through  solar  energy.  However,  Government  of  India  had  launched  Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana - 'Saubhagya' in October, 2017 with the aim to achieve universal  household  electrification  by  providing  last  mile  grid  connectivity  and  electricity connections to all households in rural and all poor households in urban areas across the country with  provision  of  solar  based  standalone  systems  to  un-electrified  households  where  grid extension is neither feasible nor cost effective. Under the Scheme, 2.817 crore households were electrified upto 31.3.2021, including 4.16 lakh through solar based standalone systems. The state-wise details are available at Annexure I .

Based on the requests from the States, electrification of an additional 11.83 lakh households, including 1.35 lakh households through solar based standalone systems, have been additionally sanctioned by the Government under Deen Dayal Upadhya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY). The state-wise details are available at Annexure-II .

(e):  For  the  recently  sanctioned  households  for  electrification  under  DDUGJY,  in  Jaipur DISCOM, M/s. Ganesh Electrical Private Limited has been awarded the work, while in Ajmer DISCOM, M/s. Topsun Energy Limited, Gujarat and Ms. TROM Industries Limited, Gujarat have been awarded the work.

(f): No Sir

(g): Does not arise.

## ANNEXURE-I  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  to  (d)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 123 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.02.2022

State-wise electrification of households since launch of Saubhagya Scheme and off grid households electrified under Saubhagya

| Sl. No.   | Name of the States/UTs   | Total number households electrified as on 31.03.2021   | Number of households electrified through standalone solar system under Saubhagya   |
|-----------|--------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh           | 181,930                                                | 0                                                                                  |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh        | 47,089                                                 | 5,398                                                                              |
| 3         | Assam                    | 1,945,149                                              | 50,754                                                                             |
| 4         | Bihar                    | 3,259,041                                              | 39,100                                                                             |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh             | 789,791                                                | 65,373                                                                             |
| 6         | Gujarat                  | 41,317                                                 | 0                                                                                  |
| 7         | Haryana                  | 54,681                                                 | 0                                                                                  |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh         | 12,891                                                 | 0                                                                                  |
| 9         | Jammu &Kashmir           | 377,045                                                | 0                                                                                  |
| 10        | Jharkhand                | 1,730,708                                              | 7,740                                                                              |
| 11        | Karnataka                | 383,798                                                | 207                                                                                |
| 12        | Ladakh                   | 10,456                                                 | 168                                                                                |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh           | 1,984,264                                              | 12,651                                                                             |
| 14        | Maharashtra              | 1,517,922                                              | 30,538                                                                             |
| 15        | Manipur                  | 108,115                                                | 3,387                                                                              |
| 16        | Meghalaya                | 199,839                                                | 598                                                                                |
| 17        | Mizoram                  | 27,970                                                 | 1,466                                                                              |
| 18        | Nagaland                 | 132,507                                                | 0                                                                                  |
| 19        | Odisha                   | 2,452,444                                              | 13,735                                                                             |
| 20        | Puducherry               | 912                                                    | 0                                                                                  |
| 21        | Punjab                   | 3,477                                                  | 0                                                                                  |
| 22        | Rajasthan                | 2,075,522                                              | 123,682                                                                            |
| 23        | Sikkim                   | 14,900                                                 | 0                                                                                  |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu               | 2,170                                                  | 0                                                                                  |
| 25        | Telangana                | 515,084                                                | 0                                                                                  |
| 26        | Tripura                  | 139,090                                                | 3,601                                                                              |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh            | 9,180,571                                              | 53,234                                                                             |
| 28        | Uttarakhand              | 248,751                                                | 4,837                                                                              |
| 29        | West Bengal              | 732,290                                                | 0                                                                                  |
| Total     | Total                    | 28,169,724                                             | 416,469                                                                            |

Additional Households sanctioned recently under DDUGJY

| S No.   | States            | Sanctioned HHs   | Sanctioned HHs   | Sanctioned HHs   | Cumulative Achievement as on 31.12.2021   | Cumulative Achievement as on 31.12.2021   | Cumulative Achievement as on 31.12.2021   |
|---------|-------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| S No.   | States            | Grid HHs         | Off Grid HHs     | Total            | Grid HHs                                  | Off Grid HHs                              | Total                                     |
| 1       | Arunachal Pradesh | 0                | 7859             | 7859             | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         |
| 2       | Assam             | 409050           | 71199            | 480249           | 147455                                    | 5118                                      | 152573                                    |
| 3       | Chhattisgarh      | 21981            | 0                | 21981            | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         |
| 4       | Madhya Pradesh    | 99722            | 0                | 99722            | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         |
| 5       | Manipur           | 8838             | 12297            | 21135            | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         |
| 6       | Nagaland          | 0                | 7009             | 7009             | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         |
| 7       | Meghalaya         | 0                | 420              | 420              | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         |
| 8       | Rajasthan         | 174304           | 36539            | 210843           | 24029*                                    | 0                                         | 24029                                     |
| 9       | Uttar Pradesh     | 334652           | 0                | 334652           | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         |
|         | Total             | 1048547          | 135323           | 1183870          | 171484                                    | 5118                                      | 176602                                    |