Lok Sabha Question No. 525 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-25
Subject: Power Supply in Rural Areas
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Smt. Poonamben Hematbhai Maadam

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.525

## ANSWERED ON 25.07.2024

## POWER SUPPLY IN RURAL AREAS

525   SMT. POONAMBEN HEMATBHAI MAADAM:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has made any effort to improve the availability of power across the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  details  of  the  number  of  villages  which  have  been  connected  with electricity to improve power supply in rural areas;
- (d) whether power supply has improved in the State of Gujarat; and
- (e) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  measures  being  implemented  in  this regard?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

(a) & (b) : There  is  adequate  availability  of  power  in  the  country.  We  have addressed  the  critical  issue  of  power  deficiency  by  adding  214237  MW  of generation capacity in the last ten years transforming our country from power deficit to power sufficient.  We have increased the generation capacity by 79.5% from 248554 MW in March 2014 to 446190 MW in June 2024.

We have added 195181ckt kilometre of transmission lines since April 2014 connecting the whole country into one grid running on one frequency.  This has  enabled  us  to  transfer  118740  MW  from  one  corner  of  the  country  to another. We strengthened the distribution system by implementing projects of 1.85 lac crores under DDUGJY/IPDS/SAUBHAGYA.  Under the above distribution sector  schemes,  2927  new sub-stations have been added, upgradation of 3965

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existing  sub-stations  has  been  carried out,  6,92,200 Distribution  Transformers have been installed, Feeder separation of 1,13,938 Circuit Kilometer (Km) has been done and 8.5 Lakh Circuit Kilometer (CKm) of HT and LT lines have been added/upgraded across the States. As a result of these measures, the availability of power supply in rural areas has increased from 12.5 Hours in 2015 to 21.9 Hours in 2024. The power supply in urban areas has increased to 23.4 Hours in 2024. The gap between Energy Requirement and Energy Supplied has come down from 4.2% in 2013-14 to 0.1% in FY 2024-25 (till June, 2024). Even this  gap  between  Energy  Requirement  and  Energy  Supplied  is  generally  on account  of  constraints  in  the  State  transmission/distribution  network  and financial constraints of DISCOMs etc

The details of power supply position in the country in terms of Energy for the last ten years and the current year till June-2024 is given at Annexure-I.

(c) : Government of India electrified all the un-electrified villages and strengthened the sub-transmission and distribution network in rural areas under the  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti  Yojana  (DDUGJY).  Under  the  scheme, total 18,374 villages were electrified. Further, all willing unelectrified households  were  electrified  under  the  SAUBHAGYA  Scheme.  A  total  of  2.86 crore  households  have  been  electrified  under  the  SAUBHAGYA  Scheme.  Both the scheme stand closed as on March 2022.

Further,  Government  of  India  is  supporting  States  under  the  ongoing Scheme of Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) for electrification of left-out  households.  In  addition,  all  identified  PVTG  (Particularly  Vulnerable Tribal Groups) Households under PM-JANMAN for on-grid electricity connection are also being sanctioned for funding under RDSS as per the scheme guidelines.

Under RDSS, the electrification of 6.84 lakh unelectrified Households have been sanctioned. Further, under PM-JANMAN, On-grid electrification of a total of 1.24 lakh Households in 10,710 Habitations have also been sanctioned.

- (d) & (e) : The details of power supply position in the State of Gujarat in terms of Energy for the last two years and the current year till June, 2024 is given at Annexure-II. The Energy Supplied in the State of Gujarat has been commensurate to the Energy Requirement with only a marginal gap of 44 MU and 28 MU during the years 2022-23 and 2023-24 respectively. The power supply in  rural  areas  of  Gujarat  has  improved  from  23.12  hours  in  2019-20  to  23.75 hours in 2023-24. At present, the power supply in urban areas of Gujarat is 23.95 hours.

Under RDSS (Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme), infrastructure works amounting to Rs. 6,089 crore has been sanctioned which majorly includes new HT  &  LT  lines,  re-conductoring  of  old/  damaged  lines,  feeder  bifurcation  of overloaded feeders, feeder segregation, new/ augmentation of DTs, creation of Resilient Distribution Infrastructure etc.

Further, Electricity being a concurrent subject, supply and distribution of electricity  to  the  consumers  in  a  State/UT  is  within  the  purview  of  the respective  State  Government/Power  Utility.    Adequate  quantum  of  power  is available in the country. Making arrangement of appropriate quantum of power from  various  sources  to  meet  the  demand  of  various  type  of  electricity consumers in any State/UT is in the purview of the concerned State Government/Power  Utilities.  The  Central  Government  only  supplements  the efforts of the State Governments by establishing power plants in Central Sector through Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSUs) and allocating power from them to the various States/ UTs including the State of Gujarat.

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ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 525 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 25.07.2024 *************

|                            | Energy [in Million Units (MU)]   | Energy [in Million Units (MU)]   | Energy [in Million Units (MU)]   | Energy [in Million Units (MU)]   |
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| Years                      | Energy Requirement               | Energy Supplied                  | Energy not Supplied              | Energy not Supplied              |
|                            | ( MU )                           | ( MU )                           | ( MU )                           | ( %)                             |
| 2014-15                    | 10,68,923                        | 10,30,785                        | 38,138                           | 3.6                              |
| 2015-16                    | 11,14,408                        | 10,90,850                        | 23,558                           | 2.1                              |
| 2016-17                    | 11,42,928                        | 11,35,332                        | 7,596                            | 0.7                              |
| 2017-18                    | 12,13,326                        | 12,04,697                        | 8,629                            | 0.7                              |
| 2018-19                    | 12,74,595                        | 12,67,526                        | 7,070                            | 0.6                              |
| 2019-20                    | 12,91,010                        | 12,84,444                        | 6,566                            | 0.5                              |
| 2020-21                    | 12,75,534                        | 12,70,663                        | 4,871                            | 0.4                              |
| 2021-22                    | 13,79,812                        | 13,74,024                        | 5,787                            | 0.4                              |
| 2022-23                    | 15,13,497                        | 15,05,914                        | 7,583                            | 0.5                              |
| 2023-24                    | 16,26,132                        | 16,22,020                        | 4,112                            | 0.3                              |
| 2024-25 (Upto June, 2024)* | 4,51,746                         | 4,51,172                         | 574                              | 0.1                              |

*Figures for June, 2024 are provisional

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ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (d) & (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 525 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 25.07.2024 *************

|                            | Energy [in Million Units (MU)]   | Energy [in Million Units (MU)]   | Energy [in Million Units (MU)]   | Energy [in Million Units (MU)]   |
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| Years                      | Energy Requirement               | Energy Supplied                  | Energy not Supplied              | Energy not Supplied              |
|                            | ( MU )                           | ( MU )                           | ( MU )                           | ( %)                             |
| 2022-23                    | 139,043                          | 138,999                          | 44                               | 0.0                              |
| 2023-24                    | 145,768                          | 145,740                          | 28                               | 0.0                              |
| 2024-25 (upto June, 2024)* | 42,404                           | 42,404                           | 0                                | 0.0                              |

*Figures for June, 2024 are provisional.

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