Lok Sabha Question No. 1286 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-09
Subject: Electrified Villages
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Rajeshbhai Naranbhai Chudasama

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1286 ANSWERED ON 09.02.2023

## ELECTRIFIED VILLAGES

1286.  SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the schemes initiated in the power sector in the country, State/UTwise including in Gujarat;
- (b) the details of funds released for the said schemes during the last five years and the current year, State/UT-wise; and
- (c) the total number of villages electrified in the country during the last five years?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a) : Government  of  India  launched  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti  Yojana (DDUGJY)  in  December,  2014  for  strengthening  the  electricity  distribution  system, including separation of agriculture and  non-agriculture feeders,  strengthening  and augmentation  of  sub-transmission  &  distribution  infrastructure,  metering  of  distribution transformers/feeders/consumers and electrification of villages across the country including Gujarat. The erstwhile Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) was subsumed  under  DDUGJY.  Works  under  this  scheme  have  been  completed  and  the scheme got closed on 31.03.2022.
- (b) : There is no upfront allocation of funds for any State/District under DDUGJY scheme. Funds are released for sanctioned projects in instalments based on the reported utilization of the amount released in the previous instalments and fulfilment of stipulated conditionalities.  The  state/UT-wise  details  of  funds  released  under  DDUGJY  during  the last five years and current year are at Annexure.
- (c) : As  reported  by  the  States,  all  the  inhabited  un-electrified  villages  as  per census 2011 were electrified  by  28th  April,  2018  across  the  country  under  DDUGJY.  A total of 18,374 villages were electrified in the country under the scheme.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1286 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 09.02.2023

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States/UTs-wise  &  Year-wise  Grant  disbursed  under  DDUGJY  (including  RE  &  Additional  Infra) during last five years

(Amount in crore)

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs        | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | Total   |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 165       | 177       | 8         | 8         | 85        | 444     |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 81        | 160       | 37        | 32        | 150       | 459     |
| 3         | Assam             | 408       | 1082      | 661       | 416       | 373       | 2,939   |
| 4         | Bihar             | 763       | 2412      | 682       | 830       | 1,280     | 5,967   |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 552       | 79        | 58        | 54        | 153       | 896     |
| 6         | Gujarat           | 143       | 181       | -         | 13        | 51        | 387     |
| 7         | Haryana           | 45        | 22        | 50        | 5         | 54        | 176     |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh  | -         | 15        | 40        | 37        | 22        | 114     |
| 9         | J&K               | 57        | 527       | 65        | 35        | 112       | 796     |
| 10        | Jharkhand         | 862       | 1362      | 610       | 355       | 469       | 3,659   |
| 11        | Karnataka         | 204       | 451       | 283       | 13        | 109       | 1,060   |
| 12        | Kerala            | 87        | 57        | 8         | -         | 54        | 205     |
| 13        | Ladakh            | 8         | 15        | 24        | -         | 41        | 88      |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    | 598       | 952       | 375       | 278       | 765       | 2,967   |
| 15        | Maharashtra       | 143       | 482       | 225       | 158       | 162       | 1,170   |
| 16        | Manipur           | 33        | 41        | 46        | 50        | 118       | 287     |
| 17        | Meghalaya         | 58        | 155       | 165       | 61        | 112       | 550     |
| 18        | Mizoram           | 42        | 35        | 16        | 5         | 24        | 121     |
| 19        | Nagaland          | 24        | 55        | 24        | 11        | 51        | 165     |
| 20        | Odisha            | 366       | 1369      | 330       | 122       | 395       | 2,583   |
| 21        | Punjab            | 15        | 42        | 115       | 16        | 35        | 223     |
| 22        | Rajasthan         | 782       | 1246      | 273       | 116       | 497       | 2,915   |
| 23        | Sikkim            | 18        | 21        | 9         | 28        | 16        | 92      |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu        | 2         | 244       | 56        | -         | 100       | 402     |
| 25        | Telangana         | 60        | 61        | 74        | -         | 64        | 259     |
| 26        | Tripura           | 62        | 112       | 47        | 48        | 109       | 378     |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     | 3149      | 3560      | 946       | 1,661     | 1,197     | 10,514  |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       | 33        | 270       | 269       | 5         | 3         | 580     |
| 29        | West Bengal       | 241       | 1281      | 261       | 149       | 559       | 2,491   |
| 30        | Goa               | -         | 3         | 7         | -         | 2         | 12      |
| 31        | D&N Haveli        | -         | 1         | -         | -         | 2         | 3       |
| 32        | Puducherry        | -         | 0         | 5         | 3         | 1         | 10      |
| 33        | Andaman& Nicobar  | 1         | -         | -         | 2         | 3         | 7       |
|           | Total             | 9,002     | 16,469    | 5,767     | 4,511     | 7,170     | 42,919  |

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