Lok Sabha Question No. 168 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-20
Subject: Power Generation Capacity in Rural Areas
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Rodmal Nagar, Gajendra Singh Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.168 ANSWERED ON 20.07.2023

## POWER GENERATION CAPACITY IN RURAL AREAS

†168. SHRI RODMAL NAGAR: SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH PATEL:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the steps taken/being taken to increase power generation capacity in rural and tribal areas;
- (b) the schemes proposed to be launched/rolled out by the Ministry in Madhya Pradesh and the details thereof; and
- (c) the  details  of  schemes  being  implemented  by  the  Ministry  in  various districts in Madhya Pradesh?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) :   Following  steps  have  been  taken  to  increase  the  power  generation capacity in the country including the rural and tribal areas:

1. As on 30th June 2023, there are 18 numbers of coal based thermal power projects having total capacity of 25440 MW, one (1) gas based thermal power project  having  capacity  of  370  MW  and  42  numbers  of  hydro-electric  projects (above 25 MW) having total capacity of 18033.5 MW  are under construction in the country. In addition, Nuclear capacity totaling to 8000 MW is under various stages of construction.

2. Government of India is committed to install 500 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2030. To promote the renewable energy in India, following steps have been taken:
2. (i) Permitting  Foreign  Direct  Investment  (FDI)  up  to  100  percent  under automatic route;
3. (ii) Waiver of Inter State Transmission System (ISTS) charges for inter-state sale of Solar, Wind, Green Hydrogen/Green Ammonia, Pump Storage Plants & Energy Storage Source;

……..2.

- (iii) Declaration of trajectory for Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) up to the year 2029-30;
- (iv) Setting  up  of  Ultra  Mega  Renewable  Energy  Parks  to  provide  land  and transmission  to  RE  developers  for  installation  of  RE  projects  at  large scale.
- (v) Schemes  such  as  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  Urja  Suraksha  evam  Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM), Solar Rooftop Phase II, 12000 Mega Watt (MW) Central Public Sector Undertaking (CPSU) Scheme Phase II.
- (vi) Laying  of  new  transmission  lines  and  creating  new  sub-station  capacity under  the  Green  Energy  Corridor  Scheme  for  evacuation  of  renewable power
- (vii) Standard Bidding Guidelines for tariff based competitive bidding process for procurement of Power from Grid Connected Solar photovoltaic (PV) and Wind Projects
- (viii) Notification of Promoting Renewable Energy through Green Energy Open Access Rules 2022.
- (ix) Launch  of Green  Term  Ahead  Market  (GTAM)  to  facilitate sale of Renewable Energy Power through exchanges.

(b) & (c) : Government  of  India  has  notified  the  Revamped  Distribution  Sector Scheme  (RDSS)  in  July  20,  2021.  RDSS  is  a  Reform-based  and  Results-linked scheme  with  an  outlay  of  Rs.  3,03,758  crore  and  an  estimated  Government Budgetary Support (GBS) from Government of India of Rs. 97,631 crore. In respect of  Madhya  Pradesh  under  RDSS,  Loss  reduction  works  and  prepaid  smart metering  works  for  MP  Discoms  (MP  Central,  MP  East  &  MP  West)  worth  Rs. 18,172 crores have been sanctioned. The works under the scheme are at different stages of tendering and awards.

The  district  wise  details  of  Madhya  Pradesh  Discoms  under  RDSS scheme for Loss Reduction Project is attached as Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (b)  &  (c)  OF  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.168 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 20.07.2023

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District wise details of Madhya Pradesh Discoms under Loss Reduction Project of RDSS scheme

## (i) MP Central

(Amount Rs. in Cr)

| Sl. No   | Name of the Project             | Approved Project Cost (incl. PMA)   |
|----------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| A        | Loss Reduction Works            | 3259                                |
| B        | Smart Metering Works            | 2,776                               |
| C        | Project Management Agency (PMA) | 59                                  |
|          | Total                           | 6,095                               |

Following is the District-wise detailed breakup for Loss reduction works.

(Amount Rs. in Cr)

| Sl. No.   | Name of the District   |   Approved Project Cost |
|-----------|------------------------|-------------------------|
| 1         | Ashoknagar             |                     152 |
| 2         | Betul                  |                     195 |
| 3         | Bhind                  |                     221 |
| 4         | Bhopal                 |                     374 |
| 5         | Datia                  |                     162 |
| 6         | Guna                   |                     142 |
| 7         | Gwalior                |                     306 |
| 8         | Harda                  |                     133 |
| 9         | Hoshangabad            |                     145 |
| 10        | Morena                 |                     198 |
| 11        | Raisen                 |                     268 |
| 12        | Rajgarh                |                     133 |
| 13        | Sehore                 |                     200 |
| 14        | Sheopur                |                     156 |
| 15        | Shivpuri               |                     256 |
| 16        | Vidisha                |                     152 |
| 17        | IT/OT Works            |                      66 |
|           | total                  |                    3259 |

## (ii) MP East

(Amount Rs. in Cr)

| Sl. No   | Name of the Project             | Approved Project Cost (incl. PMA)   |
|----------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| A        | Loss Reduction Works            | 3471                                |
| B        | Smart Metering Works            | 3387                                |
| C        | Project Management Agency (PMA) | 65                                  |
|          | Total                           | 6,923                               |

Following is the District wise detailed breakup for Loss reduction works.

(Amount Rs . in Cr)

|   Sl. No. | Name of the District   |   Approved Project Cost |
|-----------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|         1 | Anuppur                |                      71 |
|         2 | Balaghat               |                     186 |
|         3 | Chhattarpur            |                     193 |
|         4 | Chhindwara             |                     279 |

| 5   | Damoh       |   143 |
|-----|-------------|-------|
| 6   | Dindori     |    89 |
| 7   | Jabalpur    |   165 |
| 8   | Katni       |   147 |
| 9   | Mandla      |   130 |
| 10  | Narsinghpur |   100 |
| 11  | Niwari      |    68 |
| 12  | Panna       |   154 |
| 13  | Rewa        |   268 |
| 14  | Sagar       |   225 |
| 15  | Satna       |   250 |
| 16  | Seoni       |   208 |
| 17  | Shahdol     |   101 |
| 18  | Sidhi       |   120 |
| 19  | Singrauli   |   120 |
| 20  | Tikamgarh   |    93 |
| 21  | Umaria      |   117 |
| 22  | IT/OT Works |   244 |
|     | Total       |  3471 |

## (iii) MP West

(Amount Rs . in Cr)

| Sl. No   | Name of the Project             | Approved Project Cost (incl. PMA)   |
|----------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| A        | Loss Reduction Works            | 2535                                |
| B        | Smart Metering Works            | 2572                                |
| C        | Project Management Agency (PMA) | 47                                  |
|          | Total                           | 5,154                               |

Following is the District-wise detailed breakup for Loss reduction works.

(Amount Rs . in Cr)

| Sl. No.   | Name of the District   |   Approved Project Cost |
|-----------|------------------------|-------------------------|
| 1         | Agar                   |                      62 |
| 2         | Aliraipur              |                      60 |
| 3         | Badwani                |                     129 |
| 4         | Burhanpur              |                     127 |
| 5         | Dewas                  |                     281 |
| 6         | Dhar                   |                     125 |
| 7         | Indore                 |                     257 |
| 8         | Jhabua                 |                     238 |
| 9         | Khandwa                |                     154 |
| 10        | Khargone               |                     201 |
| 11        | Mandasaur              |                      68 |
| 12        | Neemuch                |                     105 |
| 13        | Ratlam                 |                     148 |
| 14        | Shajapur               |                     116 |
| 15        | Ujjain                 |                     324 |
| 16        | IT/OT Works            |                     139 |
|           | Total                  |                    2535 |

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