Lok Sabha Question No. 2706 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-16
Subject: Rural Electrification Schemes
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: C. Lalrosanga

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2706 ANSWERED ON 16.03.2023

## RURAL ELECTRIFICATION SCHEMES

2706.  SHRI C. LALROSANGA:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the total percentage of villages electrified in the country under the rural electrification schemes;
- (b) the details of the percentage of rural electrification in eight North Eastern States, State-wise;
- (c) the details of the funds provided to the said States for rural electrification during the last three years, State-wise; and
- (d) whether the Government proposes to electrify the difficult and remote areas in the States like Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim and if so, the details thereof?

## 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  distribution    systems  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.  As reported  by  the  States,  all  the  inhabited  un-electrified  villages  as  per  Census,  2011 stood  electrified  by  28th  April,  2018  across  the  country  under  DDUGJY.    A  total  of 18,374 villages were electrified under the scheme.

- (b) : Under DDUGJY and thereafter, under Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (SAUBHAGYA),  all  States (including North Eastern States) had declared electrification  of  all  villages  on  28 th   April,  2018  and  of  all  willing  households  on 31 st   March,  2019  respectively.  While,  a  total  of  18374  villages  were  electrified  under DDUGJY, a total of 2.86 core households were electrified under the ageis of Subhagya including  additional  households  in  two  tranches  that  became  willing  after  31-03-2019 but were unwilling for electrification earlier. All the targeted works under DDUGJY and Saubhagya have been completed and the schemes stands closed on 31-03-2022.

North  Eastern  Region  (NER)  State  details  of  village  electrification  under DDUGJY    and  household  electrification  under  Saubhagya  are  at  Annexure-I  and Annexure-II. NER state details of Infrastructure  created under  DDUGJY (including RE) are at Annexure-III.

## (c) : The  state-wise  details  of  grant  disbursed  during  the  last  three  years  i.e. during 2019-20 to 2021-22 under DDUGJY and SAUBHAGYA are as under:

Rs in Crore

| SI. No.   | States            |   DDUGJY (incl. RE & Addl Infra) |   SAUBHAGYA |
|-----------|-------------------|----------------------------------|-------------|
| 1         | Arunachal Pradesh |                              219 |          21 |
| 2         | Assam             |                             1450 |         260 |
| 3         | Manipur           |                              213 |          50 |
| 4         | Meghalaya         |                              337 |         108 |
| 5         | Mizoram           |                               45 |           7 |
| 6         | Nagaland          |                               86 |          15 |
| 7         | Sikkim            |                               53 |           2 |
| 8         | Tripura           |                              204 |          30 |
| Total     | Total             |                             2606 |         493 |

(d) : While  fresh  arising  of  new  households  is  a  continuous  process  and electrification of such households is expected to be taken care of by the Distribution Utilities,  the  Government of  India stands  committed to help the States to electrify all the households which existed when SAUBHAGYA was sanctioned. In this respect, the Government  of  India  recently  issued  guidelines  for  their  electrification  under  the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) and the States have been advised to pose their DPRs to the Ministry of Power in this regard.

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ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2706 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 16.03.2023

************** NER State-wise details of village electrification under DDUGJY

| Sl. No.   | North Eastern States   | No of villages electrified (as on 28.4.2018)   |
|-----------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Arunachal Pradesh      | 1483                                           |
| 2         | Assam                  | 2732                                           |
| 3         | Manipur                | 366                                            |
| 4         | Meghalaya              | 1051                                           |
| 5         | Mizoram                | 54                                             |
| 6         | Nagaland               | 78                                             |
| 7         | Sikkim*                | -                                              |
| 8         | Tripura                | 26                                             |
| Total     | Total                  | 5790                                           |

*All inhabited Census villages were already electrified in Sikkim before April, 2015.

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ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION

NO. 2706 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 16.03.2023 **************

NER  State-wise  electrification  of  households  since  launch  of  SAUBHAGYA  Scheme including Additional Households achievement under DDUGJY

| Sl. No.   | Name of the States   | No of Households electrified from 11.10.2017 to 31.03.2019 as per SAUBHAGYA Portal   | No of Households reported electrified from 01.04.2019 to 31.03.2021 from the Additional Sanction allowed under SAUBHAGYA   | Additional Households electrified under DDUGJY(till 31.03.2022)   | Total number of households electrified since launch of SAUBHAGYA till 31.03.2022)   |
|-----------|----------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Arunachal Pradesh    | 47,089                                                                               | 0                                                                                                                          | 0                                                                 | 47,089                                                                              |
| 2         | Assam                | 17,45,149                                                                            | 2,00,000                                                                                                                   | 381507                                                            | 23,26,656                                                                           |
| 3         | Manipur              | 1,02,748                                                                             | 5,367                                                                                                                      | 0                                                                 | 1,08,115                                                                            |
| 4         | Meghalaya            | 1,99,839                                                                             | 0                                                                                                                          | 401                                                               | 2,00,240                                                                            |
| 5         | Mizoram              | 27,970                                                                               | 0                                                                                                                          | 0                                                                 | 27,970                                                                              |
| 6         | Nagaland             | 1,32,507                                                                             | 0                                                                                                                          | 7009                                                              | 1,39,516                                                                            |
| 7         | Sikkim               | 14,900                                                                               | 0                                                                                                                          | 0                                                                 | 14,900                                                                              |
| 8         | Tripura              | 1,39,090                                                                             | 0                                                                                                                          | 0                                                                 | 1,39,090                                                                            |
| Total     | Total                | 24,09,292                                                                            | 2,05,367                                                                                                                   | 3,88,917                                                          | 30,03,576                                                                           |

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ANNEXURE-III ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2706 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 16.03.2023 ************** NER  States:  Physical  &  Financial  Achievement  under  DDUGJY  (RE,  New  &  addl  Infra)  as  on 31.03.2022

| Sl. No   | Name of the State   | Physical            | Physical                  | Physical                  | Physical   | Physical    | Physical                              | Physical    | Physical            | Physical            | Physical            |
|----------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|------------|-------------|---------------------------------------|-------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| Sl. No   | Name of the State   | SAGY Villages (Nos) | Substation 33/11 KV (Nos) | Substation 33/11 KV (Nos) | DTR (Nos)  | Lines (CKm) | Lines (CKm)                           | Lines (CKm) | Energy Meters (Nos) | Energy Meters (Nos) | Energy Meters (Nos) |
| Sl. No   | Name of the State   | SAGY Villages (Nos) | New                       | Aug.                      |            | LT          | 11 KV Line (Excl. Feeder segregation) | 33 & 66 KV  | Consumer            | DTR                 | 11 KV Feeder        |
| 1        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH   | 3                   | 27 0                      |                           | 5119       | 5456.44     | 11648.52                              | 906.75      | 95522               | 3443                | 377                 |
| 2        | ASSAM               | 185                 | 76                        | 75                        | 63165      | 83165.5     | 52514.81                              | 1130.95     | 0                   | 17118               | 257                 |
| 3        | MANIPUR             | 1                   | 12                        | 5                         | 3115       | 4332.5      | 5163.43                               | 242.05      | 100261              | 0                   | 0                   |
| 4        | MEGHALAYA           | 8                   | 14                        | 2                         | 5490       | 18767.62    | 5929.66                               | 220.69      | 0                   | 1797                | 179                 |
| 5        | MIZORAM             | 1                   | 10                        | 16                        | 1110       | 1209.75     | 1918.38                               | 396         | 19133               | 447                 | 232                 |
| 6        | NAGALAND            | 2                   | 17                        | 16                        | 1579       | 1961.67     | 1955.8                                | 320.94      | 0                   | 697                 | 191                 |
| 7        | SIKKIM              | 2                   | 0                         | 0                         | 777        | 1716.28     | 992.34                                | 0           | 45969               | 0                   | 65                  |
| 8        | TRIPURA             | 0                   | 15                        | 3                         | 4883       | 7378.96     | 4174.68                               | 197.15      | 161728              | 0                   | 0                   |
|          | Grand Total         | 202.00              | 171.00                    | 117.00                    | 85238.00   | 123988.72   | 84297.62                              | 3414.53     | 422613.00           | 23502.00            | 1301.00             |

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