Lok Sabha Question No. 366 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-03
Subject: Target Set under Saubhagya
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Nalin Kumar Kateel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.366 ANSWERED ON 03.02.2022

## TARGET SET UNDER SAUBHAGYA

366.   SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) whether  the  Government  has  introduced  Pradhan  Mantri  Sahaj  Bijli  Har  Ghar Yojana in the country;

(b) if  so,  the  details  along  with  the  objectives  and  salient  features  of  the  said scheme thereof;

(c) whether the Government has set any target under Saubhagya; and

(d) the quantum of funds allocated and spent thereon during the last three years and the current year, State and year-wise?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a)  to  (c)  :  Yes,  Sir.  The  Government  of  India  launched  Pradhan  Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar  Yojana  (Saubhagya)  in  October,  2017  with  the  objective  of  achieving  universal household electrification.  The  Scheme  aimed  to  provide  electricity  connections  to  all willing un-electrified households in rural areas and all willing poor households in urban areas  in  the  country  by  March,  2019  through  grid  access  or  through  solar  based standalone systems.  As on 31.3.2019, all  households were  reported electrified  by  the States,  except  18,734  households  in  Left  Wing  Extremist  (LWE)  affected  areas  of Chhattisgarh.  Subsequently,  seven  States  namely  Assam,  Chhattisgarh,  Jharkhand, Karnataka, Manipur, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh reported that around 19.09 lakh unelectrified  households,  identified  before  31.03.2019,  which  were  unwilling  earlier  but later  on  expressed  willingness  to  get  electricity  connections.  All  these  seven  States have  since  then  reported  100%  household  electrification  as  on  31.03.2021.  Since  the launch of Saubhagya scheme, a total of 2.817 crore households have been electrified upto 31.03.2021.

(d) : State-wise and year-wise details of funds disbursed during the last three years and the current year under Saubhagya, are given at Annexure.

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ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  366 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 03.02.2022

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STATE-WISE AND YEAR-WISE GRANT DISBURSED/SPENT UNDER SAUBHAGYA SCHEME DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS AND THE CURRENT YEAR

(Rs. in crore)

| SI. No.   | Name of the States   | Grant Released to the States/UTs under Saubhagya   | Grant Released to the States/UTs under Saubhagya   | Grant Released to the States/UTs under Saubhagya   | Grant Released to the States/UTs under Saubhagya   | Grant Released to the States/UTs under Saubhagya   | Grant Released to the States/UTs under Saubhagya   |
|-----------|----------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| SI. No.   | Name of the States   | 2018-19                                            | 2019-20                                            | 2020-21                                            | 2021-22 (as on 30.11.2021)                         | Total                                              | Funds Utilised by the States                       |
| 1         | Arunachal Pradesh    | 138.9                                              | 13.8                                               | -                                                  | -                                                  | 152.7                                              | 152.7                                              |
| 2         | Assam                | 402.7                                              | 120.9                                              | 118.5                                              | -                                                  | 642.1                                              | 642.1                                              |
| 3         | Bihar                | 198.8                                              | 136.3                                              | 17.1                                               | -                                                  | 352.1                                              | 352.1                                              |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh         | 219.0                                              | 32.0                                               | 42.1                                               | 38.1                                               | 331.2                                              | 294.0                                              |
| 5         | Haryana              | -                                                  | 3.0                                                | -                                                  | -                                                  | 3.0                                                | 3.0                                                |
| 6         | Himachal Pradesh     | 0.8                                                | 2.9                                                | -                                                  | -                                                  | 3.7                                                | 3.7                                                |
| 7         | Jammu & Kashmir      | 45.0                                               | -                                                  | -                                                  | -                                                  | 45.0                                               | 24.9                                               |
| 8         | Jharkhand            | 82.7                                               | 4.3                                                | 59.9                                               | 28.3                                               | 175.2                                              | 175.2                                              |
| 9         | Karnataka            | -                                                  | 39.5                                               | -                                                  | 0.1                                                | 39.7                                               | 38.2                                               |
| 10        | Kerala               | -                                                  | 26.1                                               | 13.3                                               | 11.7                                               | 51.1                                               | 51.1                                               |
| 11        | Ladakh               | 6.4                                                | -                                                  | -                                                  | -                                                  | 6.4                                                | - 1.1                                              |
| 12        | Madhya Pradesh       | 147.1                                              | -                                                  | 6.3                                                | 88.6                                               | 242.0                                              | 242.0                                              |
| 13        | Maharashtra          | 139.6                                              | 43.4                                               | -                                                  | 19.1                                               | 202.0                                              | 172.7                                              |
| 14        | Manipur              | 34.9                                               | 33.0                                               | 12.1                                               | -                                                  | 80.0                                               | 80.0                                               |
| 15        | Meghalaya            | 97.8                                               | 87.8                                               | 1.4                                                | -                                                  | 187.0                                              | 187.0                                              |
| 16        | Mizoram              | 34.6                                               | -                                                  | 6.0                                                | 0.2                                                | 40.8                                               | 40.8                                               |
| 17        | Nagaland             | 34.3                                               | -                                                  | -                                                  | 9.1                                                | 43.4                                               | 43.4                                               |
| 18        | Odisha               | 168.4                                              | -                                                  | -                                                  | -                                                  | 168.4                                              | 168.4                                              |
| 19        | Punjab               | -                                                  | -                                                  | 0.4                                                | 0.2                                                | 0.6                                                | 0.6                                                |
| 20        | Rajasthan            | 102.9                                              | 76.4                                               | 101.0                                              | 25.9                                               | 306.3                                              | 306.3                                              |
| 21        | Sikkim               | -                                                  | 0.5                                                | 1.1                                                | 0.2                                                | 1.9                                                | 1.9                                                |
| 22        | Telangana            | -                                                  | 15.4                                               | -                                                  | 1.4                                                | 16.8                                               | 16.8                                               |
| 23        | Tripura              | 236.7                                              | 8.1                                                | 0.3                                                | 14.7                                               | 259.8                                              | 259.8                                              |
| 24        | Uttar Pradesh        | 522.6                                              | 25.8                                               | 52.3                                               | 116.6                                              | 717.3                                              | 697.1                                              |
| 25        | Uttarakhand          | 22.4                                               | 6.8                                                | 0.5                                                | -                                                  | 29.8                                               | 29.8                                               |
| 26        | West Bengal          | 73.2                                               | 20.3                                               | 15.9                                               | 13.4                                               | 122.8                                              | 122.8                                              |
|           | Total                | 2,708.8                                            | 696.3                                              | 448.1                                              | 367.9                                              | 4,221.1                                            | 4,105.4                                            |

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