Lok Sabha Question No. 2680 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-05
Subject: Electricity in Rural Areas
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Bajrang Manohar Sonwane, Shri Sanjay Uttamrao Deshmukh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2680 ANSWERED ON 05/08/2025

## ELECTRICITY IN RURAL AREAS

2680. Shri Sanjay UttamraoDeshmukh: Shri BajrangManoharSonwane:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- whether the Government has fulfilled various needs including
- (a) electricity in all the rural areas; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof particularly BeedLokSabha Constituency of Maharashtra, village-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)

(a) & (b): Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) is implementing a number of welfare schemes/programmes such as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Pradhan MantriAwaasYojana-Gramin (PMAY-G), Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojana (PMGSY), DeendayalAntyodayaYojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), DeenDayalUpadhyayaGrameenKaushalyaYojana (DDUGKY), Rural Self  Employment  Training  Institutes(RSETIs)  and  National  Social Assistance Programme(NSAP) for overall development of rural areas of the country.

These  schemes/programmes  aim  to  alleviate  poverty  and  to bring about overall improvement in the quality of life of the people in rural areas of the country by strengthening livelihood opportunities, providing minimum guaranteed employment, promoting selfemployment, skilling of youths in various useful trades and entrepreneurship qualities, infrastructure development and provision of social assistance.

Further, under PMAY-G, in addition to housing, basic amenities such as piped drinking water, toilets, electricity connections, LPG gas  connections,  solar  lanterns,  clean  cooking  energy,  and  solar rooftops  are  ensured  through  convergence  for  the  beneficiaries  of all eligible villages across the country, including the BeedLokSabha constituency of Maharashtra.

In  addition  to  this,  electricity  supply  to  rural  households  is concerned,  Ministry  of  Power,  Government  of  India  has  always supplemented  the  efforts  of  the  States  through  schemes  like DeenDayalUpadhyaya Gram JyotiYojana (DDUGJY), Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS), Pradhan MantriSahajBijliHarGharYojana  (SAUBHAGYA)  etc.,  to  help  them achieve the objective of providing quality and reliable power supply to all households including BeedLokSabha Constituency of Maharashtra.

Government  of  India  is  further  supporting  States  for  grid electrification of left-out households during SAUBHAGYA, under the ongoing  scheme of  Revamped Distribution  Sector  Scheme  (RDSS), launched in July,2021.In addition, all identified households belonging to Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) under PM JANMAN (Pradhan MantriJanjatiAdivasiNyayaMahaAbhiyan) and tribal households under DA-JGUA (DhartiAabaJanjatiya Gram UtkarshAbhiyan) are being sanctioned for on-grid electricity connection under RDSS as per the scheme guidelines.

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