Lok Sabha Question No. 764 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-07
Subject: Villages Electrified under DDUGJY
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Gyaneshwar Patil, Nayab Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.764

## ANSWERED ON 07.12.2023

## VILLAGES ELECTRIFIED UNDER DDUGJY

764.   SHRI GYANESHWAR PATIL: SHRI NAYAB SINGH:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the  total  number  of  villages  electrified  under  the  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya Gram  Jyoti  Yojana  (DDUGJY),  State/UT-wise  including  Madhya  Pradesh  and Haryana;
- (b) the current status of the implementation of Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY);
- (c) whether the Government has taken any affirmative actions for the smooth implementation of the said schemes; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a) :    Government of India launched Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), in December, 2014 for strengthening the distribution system including separation of agriculture and non-agriculture feeders, strengthening and augmentation  of  sub-transmission  &  distribution  infrastructure,  metering  of distribution transformers/feeders/consumers and electrification of villages across the country. As reported by the States, all the inhabited un-electrified villages as per Census 2011 were electrified by 28 th  April, 2018 under this scheme. A total of 18,374 villages were electrified under the scheme.  For State of Madhya Pradesh, 422 numbers of villages were electrified under DDUGJY. As reported by the State of  Haryana, all the inhabited un-electrified villages were electrified prior to the launch of DDUGJY. The State-wise details of village electrification are furnished at Annexure-I.

(b) to (d) :   Ujwal  DISCOM  Assurance  Yojana  (UDAY)  was  launched  by  the Government on 20-11-2015 with an objective to improve operational and financial efficiency of the State DISCOMs.

As per OM dated 20 th  November, 2015 of UDAY Scheme (Clause 7) :

- i. State  will  issue  non-SLR  (Statutory  Liquidity  Ratio)  including  SDL  (State Development Loans) bonds in the market or directly to the respective bank/ financial Institution holding the DISCOMs debts to the appropriate extent. Proceeds  realized  from  issue  of  the  bonds  to  the  Banker/  FIs  shall  be entirely transferred by State to DISCOMs, which in turn shall discharge the corresponding amount of Bank/ FIs debts.
- ii. Non  SLR  bonds  issued  by  the  State  will  have  a  maturity  period  of  10-15 years  with  a  moratorium  on  repayment  of  principal  up  to  5  years,  as required by the State.

The  summary  of  bonds  issued  under  UDAY  scheme  is  attached  as Annexure-II. The maturity period of these bonds vary from State to State and is between 5 and 15 years.

A total of 27 States (except Odisha and West Bengal) and 5 UTs (except Delhi  and Chandigarh) signed MoU under UDAY.  16 States (namely Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh,  Rajasthan,  Uttar  Pradesh,  Bihar,  Punjab,  Jammu  &  Kashmir, Haryana,  Himachal  Pradesh,  Andhra  Pradesh,  Madhya  Pradesh,  Maharashtra, Assam,  Meghalaya,  Telangana  and  Tamil  Nadu)  signed  Comprehensive  MoU, which included financial restructuring of debt & taking over of future losses for four  years.  Other  16  States/UTs  (namely  Gujarat,  Uttarakhand,  Goa,  Karnataka, Manipur, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala, Tripura, Mizoram, Nagaland, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu, Puducherry and Lakshadweep) had signed the MoU only for Operational improvements.

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ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 764 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 07.12.2023

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| Sl.   | State             | No. Of Villages Electrified under DDUGJY.   | No. Of Villages Electrified under DDUGJY.   | No. Of Villages Electrified under DDUGJY.   |
|-------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| No.   |                   | Grid                                        | Off-Grid                                    | Total                                       |
| 1     | Arunachal Pradesh | 928                                         | 555                                         | 1483                                        |
| 2     | Assam             | 2338                                        | 394                                         | 2732                                        |
| 3     | Bihar             | 2699                                        | 207                                         | 2906                                        |
| 4     | Chhattisgarh      | 605                                         | 473                                         | 1078                                        |
| 5     | Himachal Pradesh  | 28                                          | -                                           | 28                                          |
| 6     | J&K               | 75                                          | 54                                          | 129                                         |
| 7     | Jharkhand         | 2335                                        | 248                                         | 2583                                        |
| 8     | Karnataka         | 12                                          | 27                                          | 39                                          |
| 9     | Madhya Pradesh    | 389                                         | 33                                          | 422                                         |
| 10    | Maharashtra       | 37                                          | 43                                          | 80                                          |
| 11    | Manipur           | 267                                         | 99                                          | 366                                         |
| 12    | Meghalaya         | 969                                         | 82                                          | 1051                                        |
| 13    | Mizoram           | 54                                          | -                                           | 54                                          |
| 14    | Nagaland          | 78                                          | -                                           | 78                                          |
| 15    | Odisha            | 2882                                        | 399                                         | 3281                                        |
| 16    | Rajasthan         | 334                                         | 93                                          | 427                                         |
| 17    | Tripura           | 26                                          | -                                           | 26                                          |
| 18    | Uttar Pradesh     | 1467                                        | 31                                          | 1498                                        |
| 19    | Uttarakhand       | 67                                          | 24                                          | 91                                          |
| 20    | West Bengal       | 22                                          | -                                           | 22                                          |
|       | Total             | 15612                                       | 2762                                        | 18374                                       |

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## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (b) TO (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 764 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 07.12.2023

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| SUMMARY OF BOND ISSUED UNDER UDAY SCHEME   | SUMMARY OF BOND ISSUED UNDER UDAY SCHEME   | SUMMARY OF BOND ISSUED UNDER UDAY SCHEME         | SUMMARY OF BOND ISSUED UNDER UDAY SCHEME                                                                     | SUMMARY OF BOND ISSUED UNDER UDAY SCHEME                                                                     | SUMMARY OF BOND ISSUED UNDER UDAY SCHEME                                                                     | SUMMARY OF BOND ISSUED UNDER UDAY SCHEME                                                                     | SUMMARY OF BOND ISSUED UNDER UDAY SCHEME                                                                     | SUMMARY OF BOND ISSUED UNDER UDAY SCHEME                                                                     |
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                    | State                                      | Discom Liabilities (as per MoU) as on 30-09-2015 | Discom Liabilities to be restructur ed as on 30-09-2015                                                      | Total Bonds issued by State till date                                                                        | Total Bonds issued by Discom till date                                                                       | Total bond issued under UDAY till date                                                                       | Remainin g Bonds to be issued by State                                                                       | Remainin g Bonds to be issued by Discoms                                                                     |
| 1                                          | ANDHRA PRADESH                             | 14721                                            | 14721                                                                                                        | 8256                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                            | 8256                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                            | 6465                                                                                                         |
| 2                                          | ASSAM                                      | 1510                                             | No bonds have been issued by the Govt. of Assam as the state took over loss in the form of grant and equity. | No bonds have been issued by the Govt. of Assam as the state took over loss in the form of grant and equity. | No bonds have been issued by the Govt. of Assam as the state took over loss in the form of grant and equity. | No bonds have been issued by the Govt. of Assam as the state took over loss in the form of grant and equity. | No bonds have been issued by the Govt. of Assam as the state took over loss in the form of grant and equity. | No bonds have been issued by the Govt. of Assam as the state took over loss in the form of grant and equity. |
| 3                                          | BIHAR                                      | 3109                                             | 3109                                                                                                         | 2332                                                                                                         | 777                                                                                                          | 3109                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                            |
| 4                                          | CHHATISGAR H                               | 1740                                             | 870                                                                                                          | 870                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                            | 870                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                            |
| 5                                          | HARYANA                                    | 34602                                            | 34518                                                                                                        | 25951                                                                                                        | 0                                                                                                            | 25951                                                                                                        | 0                                                                                                            | 8566                                                                                                         |
| 6                                          | HIMACHAL PRADESH                           | 3854                                             | 3854                                                                                                         | 2891                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                            | 2891                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                            | 963                                                                                                          |
| 7                                          | JAMMU & KASHMIR                            | 3538                                             | 3538                                                                                                         | 3538                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                            | 3538                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                            |
| 8                                          | JHARKHAND                                  | 6718                                             | 6136                                                                                                         | 6136                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                            | 6136                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                            |
| 9                                          | MADHYA PRADESH                             | 34739                                            | 7360                                                                                                         | 7360                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                            | 7360                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                            |
| 10                                         | MAHARASHTR A                               | 22097                                            | 6613                                                                                                         | 4960                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                            | 4960                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                            | 1653                                                                                                         |
| 11                                         | MEGHALAYA                                  | 167                                              | 167                                                                                                          | 125                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                            | 125                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                            | 42                                                                                                           |
| 12                                         | PUNJAB                                     | 20838                                            | 20262                                                                                                        | 15629                                                                                                        | 0                                                                                                            | 15629                                                                                                        | 0                                                                                                            | 4633                                                                                                         |
| 13                                         | RAJASTHAN                                  | 80530                                            | 76120                                                                                                        | 59722                                                                                                        | 12368                                                                                                        | 72090                                                                                                        | 0                                                                                                            | 4030                                                                                                         |
| 14                                         | TAMIL NADU                                 | 30420                                            | 30420                                                                                                        | 22815                                                                                                        | 0                                                                                                            | 22815                                                                                                        | 0                                                                                                            | 7605                                                                                                         |
| 15                                         | TELANGANA                                  | 11897                                            | 11244                                                                                                        | 8923                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                            | 8923                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                            | 2321                                                                                                         |
| 16                                         | UTTAR PRADESH                              | 53935                                            | 50125                                                                                                        | 39133                                                                                                        | 10377                                                                                                        | 49510                                                                                                        | 0                                                                                                            | 616                                                                                                          |
| TOTAL:-                                    | TOTAL:-                                    | 324415                                           | 269057                                                                                                       | 208641                                                                                                       | 23522                                                                                                        | 232163.29                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                            | 36894.3 5                                                                                                    |
| %age of Bonds issued to                    | %age of Bonds issued to                    | %age of Bonds issued to                          | total debts to                                                                                               | be restructured                                                                                              |                                                                                                              | 86%                                                                                                          |                                                                                                              |                                                                                                              |

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