Lok Sabha Question No. 142 (STARRED), answered on 2024-12-05
Subject: Electrification under DDUGJY
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Shri Selvam G, Shri C N Annadurai

THE MINISTER OF POWER

(SHRI MANOHAR LAL)

(a) to (h) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.142 ANSWERED ON 05.12.2024

ELECTRIFICATION UNDER DDUGJY

*142. SHRI SELVAM G: SHRI C N ANNADURAI:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) the  objectives  and  salient  features  of  the  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) and its contribution to rural electrification;

(b) the details of the number of villages and households electrified under the scheme and the current status of electrification coverage, State/UT-wise;

(c) the details of the number of Below Poverty Line (BPL) households provided electricity connections under DDUGJY;

(d) the  details  of  any  special  provisions  for  providing  free  or  subsidized electricity connections to BPL households;

(e) the target year for achieving 100% rural electrification under DDUGJY;

(f) the  measures  taken/being  taken  to  ensure  the  reliability  and  quality  of rural electricity supply under the scheme;

(g) the challenges faced in implementing the scheme in remote and difficult terrain along with the steps taken/being taken to address them; and

(h) whether  the  Government  has  reviewed  the  impact  of  DDUGJY  on  rural development and economic activities and if so, the details thereof?

A N S W E R

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (h) IN RESPECT OF LOK SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.142  FOR  REPLY  ON  05.12.2024  REGARDING ELECTRIFICATION UNDER DDUGJY ASKED BY SHRI SELVAM G AND SHRI C N ANNADURAI.

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- (a) to (e): Government  of  India  (GoI)  launched  Deendayal  Upadhyaya  Gram Jyoti  Yojana  (DDUGJY)  in  2014.  The  salient  features  of  the  scheme  were  as under:
- i. Separation  of  agriculture  and  non-agriculture  feeders  facilitating  judicious rostering of supply to agricultural & non-agricultural consumers in the rural areas;
- ii. Strengthening  and  augmentation  of  sub-transmission  &distribution  (ST&D) infrastructure in rural areas, including metering of distribution transformers/ feeders/ consumers end;
- iii. Rural electrification including the balance works of erstwhile Rural Electrification schemes were subsumed under DDUGJY.

As reported by the States, all the inhabited un-electrified census villages in the country were electrified by 28 th  April, 2018. A total of 18,374 villages were electrified during DDUGJY. The state wise details are placed at Annexure-I.

Under DDUGJY, free electricity connections were to be provided to Below Poverty Line (BPL) households. The details of BPL households electrified from FY 2015-16 till September, 2017 under DDUGJY is placed at Annexure-II.

GoI 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.    The  details  of  households electrified  since  the  launch  of  SAUBHAGYA  including  additional  households sanctioned under DDUGJY (till 31.03.2022) is enclosed at Annexure-III.

Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) was launched by the GoI, in July  2021  to  support  Distribution  utilities  i.e.  DISCOMs/Power  Departments  to improve  the  operational  efficiencies  and  financial  sustainability  of  distribution sector  so  as  to  provide  quality  and  reliable  supply  of  power.  The  household electrification  works  sanctioned  under  RDSS  including  Pradhan  Mantri  Janjati Adivasi  Nyayay  Maha  Abhiyan  (PM-JANMAN)  and  Dharti  Aaba  Janjatiya  Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DA-JGUA) is placed at Annexure-IV.

(f) : Distribution infrastructure works worth Rs 1.17 lakh Cr. were undertaken under  DDUGJY  to  provide  quality  and  reliable  supply  of  power  which  include works for sub-station augmentation, creation of new  sub-station, feeder segregation, laying of 33kV/11kV/LT lines, new Distribution Transformers, etc. All the rural electrification works sanctioned under the scheme were completed and the scheme stands closed as on 31.03.2022. (g) : The challenges faced include difficult topography like remote hilly regions and forests, extreme weather conditions and availability of skilled manpower for execution  of  the  project.  The  steps  taken  to  address  the  challenges  include engineering  solutions  like  portable  substations  and  pre-fabricated  structures. Technologies including Geographical Information System (GIS) mapping, drones and remote supervision tools enhanced project execution. Specialized training programs  were  conducted  which  equipped  workers  and  contractors  to  work effectively and safely in hilly and forested areas. (h) : Ministry  conducted  a  third  party  impact  assessment  of  DDUGJY  in  2022 through M/s Ernst & Young LLP which highlighted significant positive effect that the  scheme  has  had  on  business  growth,  education,  healthcare,  community safety and banking.

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ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  THE  STATEMENT  LAID  IN REPLY  TO  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  142  ANSWERED  IN  THE  LOK  SABHA  ON 05.12.2024 REGARDING ELECTRIFICATION UNDER DDUGJY *********** State-wise electrification of inhabited census villages under DDUGJY from 2015-16 till 28.04.2018

| S. No.   | Name of the States   | Number of villages electrified   | Number of villages electrified   |
|----------|----------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1        | Arunachal Pradesh    |                                  | 1,483                            |
| 2        | Assam                |                                  | 2,732                            |
| 3        | Bihar                |                                  | 2,906                            |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh         |                                  | 1,078                            |
| 5        | Himachal Pradesh     |                                  | 28                               |
| 6        | J & K                |                                  | 129                              |
| 7        | Jharkhand            |                                  | 2,583                            |
| 8        | Karnataka            |                                  | 39                               |
| 9        | Madhya Pradesh       |                                  | 422                              |
| 10       | Maharashtra          |                                  | 80                               |
| 11       | Manipur              |                                  | 366                              |
| 12       | Meghalaya            |                                  | 1,051                            |
| 13       | Mizoram              |                                  | 54                               |
| 14       | Nagaland             |                                  | 78                               |
| 15       | Odisha               |                                  | 3,281                            |
| 16       | Rajasthan            |                                  | 427                              |
| 17       | Tripura              |                                  | 26                               |
| 18       | Uttar Pradesh        |                                  | 1,498                            |
| 19       | Uttarakhand          |                                  | 91                               |
| 20       | West Bengal          |                                  | 22                               |
|          | Total                |                                  | 18,374                           |

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ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  THE  STATEMENT  LAID  IN REPLY  TO  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  142  ANSWERED  IN  THE  LOK  SABHA  ON 05.12.2024 REGARDING ELECTRIFICATION UNDER DDUGJY *********** State wise Achievement of total Below Poverty Line (BPL) Households electrified from

FY 2015 till September 2017 under DDUGJY

| Sl. No. State     | Total BPL Households electrified   |
|-------------------|------------------------------------|
| 1 Andhra Pradesh  | 6,64,851                           |
| 2 Assam           | 1,01,537                           |
| 3 Bihar           | 19,76,832                          |
| 4 Chhattisgarh    | 63,756                             |
| 5 Gujarat         | 813                                |
| 6 J&K             | 1,133                              |
| 7 Jharkhand       | 12,391                             |
| 8 Karnataka       | 98,821                             |
| 9 Kerala          | 24,993                             |
| 10 Madhya Pradesh | 5,61,262                           |
| 11 Maharashtra    | 59                                 |
| 12 Meghalaya      | 95                                 |
| 13 Mizoram        | 447                                |
| 14 Nagaland       | 507                                |
| 15 Odisha         | 1,03,857                           |
| 16 Rajasthan      | 1,49,854                           |
| 17 Sikkim         | 1,850                              |
| 18 Tamil Nadu     | 1,976                              |
| 19 Telangana      | 849                                |
| 20 Tripura        | 41,759                             |
| 21 Uttar Pradesh  | 10,82,986                          |
| 22 Uttarakhand    | 46                                 |
| 23 West Bengal    | 34,450                             |
| Total             | 49,25,124                          |

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ANNEXURE-III

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  THE  STATEMENT  LAID  IN REPLY  TO  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  142  ANSWERED  IN  THE  LOK  SABHA  ON 05.12.2024 REGARDING ELECTRIFICATION UNDER DDUGJY ***********

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                         |
| 7 Haryana      |                                  | 54,681                         |
| 8              | 12,891                           |                                |
| 9              | Himachal Pradesh 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                       |
| 16             | Meghalaya                        | 2,00,240                       |
| 17             | Mizoram                          | 27,970                         |
| 18             | Nagaland                         | 1,39,516                       |
| 19             | Odisha                           | 24,52,444                      |
| 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                       |
| 26             | Tripura                          | 1,39,090                       |
| 27             | Uttar Pradesh                    | 91,80,571                      |
| 28             | Uttarakhand                      | 2,48,751                       |
| 29             | West Bengal                      | 7,32,290                       |
| Total          |                                  | 2,86,13,424                    |

*Not funded under SAUBHAGYA Scheme

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  THE  STATEMENT  LAID  IN REPLY  TO  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  142  ANSWERED  IN  THE  LOK  SABHA  ON 05.12.2024 REGARDING ELECTRIFICATION UNDER DDUGJY

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## Household Electrification sanctioned under RDSS

| Sl. No.   | Name of State                                                        | Sanctioned Outlay (Rs. Crores)                                       | Sanctioned GBS (Rs. Crores)                                          | Total Households Sanctioned                                          | Households Electrified as on 22.11.2024                              |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| A.        | Additional Households                                                | Additional Households                                                | Additional Households                                                | Additional Households                                                | Additional Households                                                |
| 1         | Rajasthan                                                            | 459.18                                                               | 275.51                                                               | 1,90,959                                                             | 64,368                                                               |
| 2         | Meghalaya                                                            | 435.70                                                               | 392.13                                                               | 50,501                                                               | 0                                                                    |
| 3         | Mizoram                                                              | 79.90                                                                | 71.91                                                                | 15,167                                                               | 0                                                                    |
| 4         | Nagaland                                                             | 69.55                                                                | 62.59                                                                | 10,004                                                               | 0                                                                    |
| 5         | Uttar Pradesh                                                        | 931.04                                                               | 558.62                                                               | 2,51,487                                                             | 0                                                                    |
| 6         | Andhra Pradesh                                                       | 49.24                                                                | 29.54                                                                | 15,475                                                               | 12,740                                                               |
| 7         | Jharkhand                                                            | 7.47                                                                 | 4.48                                                                 | 872                                                                  | 0                                                                    |
| 8         | Jammu & Kashmir                                                      | 77.10                                                                | 69.39                                                                | 10,730                                                               | 0                                                                    |
| 9         | Bihar                                                                | 238.86                                                               | 143.31                                                               | 35,467                                                               | 0                                                                    |
| 10        | Assam                                                                | 785.55                                                               | 706.99                                                               | 1,27,111                                                             | 0                                                                    |
| 11        | Arunachal Pradesh                                                    | 47.11                                                                | 42.40                                                                | 6,506                                                                | 0                                                                    |
| 12        | Manipur                                                              | 214.44                                                               | 193.00                                                               | 36,972                                                               | 0                                                                    |
| 13        | Chhattisgarh                                                         | 316.51                                                               | 189.90                                                               | 63,161                                                               | 0                                                                    |
|           | Total (A)                                                            | 3,711.65                                                             | 2,739.79                                                             | 8,14,412                                                             | 77,108                                                               |
| B.        | Under Vibrant Villages Programme                                     | Under Vibrant Villages Programme                                     | Under Vibrant Villages Programme                                     | Under Vibrant Villages Programme                                     | Under Vibrant Villages Programme                                     |
| 1         | Himachal Pradesh*                                                    | 6.08                                                                 | 5.47                                                                 | -                                                                    | -                                                                    |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh                                                    | 20.18                                                                | 18.16                                                                | 1,683                                                                | 0                                                                    |
| 3         | Uttarakhand                                                          | 13.08                                                                | 11.77                                                                | 1,154                                                                | 0                                                                    |
|           | Total (B)                                                            | 39.34                                                                | 35.41                                                                | 2,837                                                                | 0                                                                    |
| C.        | Under Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyayay Maha Abhiyan (PM-JANMAN) | Under Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyayay Maha Abhiyan (PM-JANMAN) | Under Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyayay Maha Abhiyan (PM-JANMAN) | Under Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyayay Maha Abhiyan (PM-JANMAN) | Under Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyayay Maha Abhiyan (PM-JANMAN) |
| C1        | Sanctioned under RDSS                                                | Sanctioned under RDSS                                                | Sanctioned under RDSS                                                | Sanctioned under RDSS                                                | Sanctioned under RDSS                                                |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh                                                       | 88.71                                                                | 53.23                                                                | 25,054                                                               | 24,057                                                               |
| 2         | Bihar                                                                | 0.28                                                                 | 0.17                                                                 | 51                                                                   | 0                                                                    |
| 3         | Chhattisgarh                                                         | 38.17                                                                | 22.90                                                                | 7,077                                                                | 4,323                                                                |
| 4         | Jharkhand                                                            | 74.13                                                                | 44.47                                                                | 12,442                                                               | 62                                                                   |

| 5   | Madhya Pradesh                                             | 143.39                                                     | 86.02                                                      | 29,290                                                     | 9,445                                                      |
|-----|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| 6   | Maharashtra                                                | 26.61                                                      | 15.96                                                      | 8,556                                                      | 9,216                                                      |
| 7   | Rajasthan                                                  | 40.34                                                      | 24.20                                                      | 17,633                                                     | 15,667                                                     |
| 8   | Karnataka                                                  | 3.77                                                       | 2.26                                                       | 1,615                                                      | 921                                                        |
| 9   | Kerala                                                     | 0.86                                                       | 0.52                                                       | 345                                                        | 309                                                        |
| 10  | Tamil Nadu                                                 | 29.89                                                      | 17.94                                                      | 10,673                                                     | 4,851                                                      |
| 11  | Telangana                                                  | 6.79                                                       | 4.07                                                       | 3,884                                                      | 3,884                                                      |
| 12  | Tripura                                                    | 61.52                                                      | 55.37                                                      | 11,664                                                     | 5,329                                                      |
| 13  | Uttarakhand                                                | 0.60                                                       | 0.54                                                       | 669                                                        | 669                                                        |
| 14  | Uttar Pradesh                                              | 1.10                                                       | 0.66                                                       | 316                                                        | 195                                                        |
|     | Sub Total (C1)                                             | 516.15                                                     | 328.31                                                     | 1,29,269                                                   | 78,928                                                     |
| C2  | Under State Plan                                           | Under State Plan                                           | Under State Plan                                           | Under State Plan                                           |                                                            |
| 1   | Gujarat                                                    | 0                                                          | 0                                                          | 0                                                          | 6,626                                                      |
| 2   | Odisha                                                     | 0                                                          | 0                                                          | 0                                                          | 1,326                                                      |
| 3   | West Bengal                                                | 0                                                          | 0                                                          | 0                                                          | 3,372                                                      |
|     | Sub Total (C2)                                             | 0                                                          | 0                                                          | 0                                                          | 11,324                                                     |
|     | Total (C=C1+C2)                                            | 516.15                                                     | 328.31                                                     | 1,29,269                                                   | 90,252                                                     |
| D.  | Under Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DA-JGUA) | Under Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DA-JGUA) | Under Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DA-JGUA) | Under Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DA-JGUA) | Under Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DA-JGUA) |
| 1   | Chhattisgarh                                               | 11.98                                                      | 7.19                                                       | 2,550                                                      | 0                                                          |
| 2   | Maharashtra                                                | 2.07                                                       | 1.24                                                       | 480                                                        | 0                                                          |
|     | Total (D)                                                  | 14.05                                                      | 8.43                                                       | 3,030                                                      | 0                                                          |
|     | GrandTotal (A+B+C+D)                                       | 4,281.19                                                   | 3,111.93                                                   | 9,49,548                                                   | 1,67,360                                                   |

* Works sanctioned for strengthening of distribution infrastructure

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