Lok Sabha Question No. 1925 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-31
Subject: Electrification of Tribal-Dominated Villages
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Thiru Dr. S Jagathratchakan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1925 ANSWERED ON 31.07.2025

## ELECTRIFICATION OF TRIBAL-DOMINATED VILLAGES

1925. SHRI S JAGATHRATCHAKAN:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of tribal-dominated villages electrified under the Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM-JANMAN) and the Pradhan Mantri  Sahaj  Bijli  Har  Ghar  Yojana  (Saubhagya)  during  the  last  five  years, State/UT-wise; and

(b) whether the Government has assessed the functionality and reliability of solar-based electrification systems in tribal areas and if so, the findings thereof and the remedial measures taken in this regard?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

(a) : Government of India launched the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana  (SAUBHAGYA)  in  October,  2017  with  the  objective  of  providing electricity connections to all willing un-electrified households in rural areas and all willing poor households in urban areas in the country. All works sanctioned under SAUBHAGYA have been successfully completed and the scheme stands closed as on 31.03.2022. As reported by the States, a total of 2.86 Cr households were electrified during the SAUBHAGYA period (State wise details are enclosed as Annexure- I).

Further,  Government  of  India  launched  Revamped  Distribution  Sector Scheme (RDSS) with the objective  of  improving  the  quality  and  reliability  of supply of power to consumers through a financially sustainable and operationally efficient Distribution Sector. This includes electrification of left out  households  under  SAUBHAGYA  and  all  identified  households  under  PMJANMAN  as per the scheme guidelines. Under RDSS, works for electrification of 1,27,061 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG) households identified under  Pradhan  Mantri  Janjati  Adivasi  Nyaya  Maha  Abhiyan  (PM-JANMAN), amounting to Rs. 516 Cr. have been sanctioned. Further, electrification of PVTG households in the States of Gujarat, Odisha and West Bengal are being covered under respective State plan. As on 14.07.2025, 1,23,446 no. of PVTG households have been electrified (State wise details are enclosed as Annexure- II).

In  addition,  under  New  Solar  Power  Scheme,  works worth  Rs.  49.8 Cr. have been sanctioned for 9961 households for off-grid solar based electrification (State wise details are enclosed as Annexure- III).

(b): For  areas  where  grid  connectivity  is  not  technically/  economically feasible,  the  households  are  being  electrified  through  off-grid  solutions, specifically solar-based systems, as per details submitted by the States.

As per the guidelines of the New Solar Power Scheme, the off-grid system being provided to the tribal/ PVTG household includes 5 years of comprehensive maintenance services. There is also provision for a third-party inspection after completion  of  two  years  by  the  implementing  agency,  as  per  the  scheme guidelines.

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ANNEXURE-I 1925 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 31.07.2025 *************

ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. Number  of  Households  electrified  since  the  launch  of  SAUBHAGYA scheme including Additional Households achievement under DDUGJY

| Sl. No.             | Name of the States   | No. of Households electrified   |
|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1 Andhra Pradesh*   | 1,81,930             |                                 |
| 2 Arunachal Pradesh |                      | 47,089                          |
| 3 Assam             | 23,26,656            |                                 |
| 4 Bihar             | 32,59,041            |                                 |
| 5 Chhattisgarh      | 7,92,368             |                                 |
| 6 Gujarat*          | 41,317               |                                 |
| Haryana             | 54,681               | 7                               |
| Himachal Pradesh    | 12,891               | 8                               |
| 9 Jammu & Kashmir   | 3,77,045             |                                 |
| 10 Jharkhand        | 17,30,708            |                                 |
| 11 Karnataka        | 3,83,798             |                                 |
| 12 Ladakh           | 10,456               |                                 |
| 13 Madhya Pradesh   | 19,84,264            |                                 |
| 14 Maharashtra      | 15,17,922            |                                 |
| 15 Manipur          | 1,08,115             |                                 |
| Meghalaya           | 2,00,240             | 16                              |
| Mizoram             | 27,970               | 17                              |
| Nagaland            | 1,39,516             | 18                              |
| Odisha              | 24,52,444            | 19                              |
| 20 Puducherry*      | 912                  |                                 |
| 21 Punjab           | 3,477                |                                 |
| 22 Rajasthan        | 21,27,728            |                                 |
| 23 Sikkim           | 14,900               |                                 |
| 24 Tamil Nadu*      | 2,170                |                                 |
| 25 Telangana        | 5,15,084             |                                 |
| Tripura             | 1,39,090             | 26                              |
| Uttar Pradesh       | 91,80,571            | 27                              |
| 28 Uttarakhand      | 2,48,751             |                                 |
| 29 West Bengal      | 7,32,290             |                                 |
| Total               | Total                | 2,86,13,424                     |

*Not funded under SAUBHAGYA Scheme

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ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1925 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 31.07.2025

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Electrification of PVTG Households identified under PM-JANMAN (as on 14/07/2025)

| S. No.            | Name of State     | Sanctioned Outlay (Rs. Crores)   | Sanctioned GBS (Rs. Crores)   | Total Households Sanctioned   | Households Electrified   |
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
| A                 |                   |                                  |                               |                               |                          |
| 1 Andhra          | 88.71             | 53.23                            |                               | 24,967 24,925                 |                          |
| 2                 | Chhattisgarh      | 38.17                            | 22.90                         | 7,077                         | 7,144                    |
| 3                 | Jharkhand         | 74.13                            | 44.47                         | 12,442                        | 5,341                    |
| 4                 | Karnataka         | 3.77                             | 2.26                          | 1,615                         | 1,546                    |
| 5                 | Kerala            | 0.86                             | 0.52                          | 345                           | 313                      |
| 6                 | Madhya            | 143.39                           | 86.02                         | 29,290                        | 24,036                   |
| 7                 | Maharashtra       | 26.61                            | 15.96                         | 8,556                         | 9,216                    |
| 8                 | Rajasthan         | 40.34                            | 24.20                         | 17,633                        | 16,023                   |
| 9                 | Tamil Nadu        | 29.89                            | 17.94                         | 8,603                         | 6,235                    |
| 10                | Telangana         | 6.79                             | 4.07                          | 3,884                         | 3,884                    |
| 11                | Tripura           | 61.52                            | 55.37                         | 11,664                        | 11,692                   |
| 12                | Uttar Pradesh     | 1.10                             | 0.66                          | 316                           | 195                      |
| 13                | Uttarakhand       | 0.60                             | 0.54                          | 669                           | 669                      |
| Sub Total (A)     | Sub Total (A)     | 516                              | 328                           | 1,27,061                      | 1,11,219                 |
| B                 |                   |                                  |                               |                               |                          |
| 14                | Gujarat           |                                  |                               |                               | 6,626                    |
| 15                | Odisha            |                                  |                               |                               | 2,229                    |
| 16                | West Bengal       |                                  |                               |                               | 3,372                    |
| Sub Total         | (B)               |                                  |                               |                               | 12,227                   |
| Grand Total (A+B) | Grand Total (A+B) | 516                              | 328                           | 1,27,061                      | 1,23,446                 |

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ANNEXURE-III ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1925 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 31.07.2025 *************

Off-grid solar based household electrification sanctioned under New Solar Power Scheme

| S. No.   | States         | No. of households Sanctioned   |
|----------|----------------|--------------------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh | 1,675                          |
| 2.       | Chhattisgarh   | 1,578                          |
| 3.       | Jharkhand      | 2,342                          |
| 4.       | Madhya Pradesh | 2,060                          |
| 5.       | Karnataka      | 179                            |
| 6.       | Kerala         | 98                             |
| 7.       | Telangana      | 326                            |
| 8.       | Tripura        | 1,703                          |
| Total    | Total          | 9,961                          |

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