Lok Sabha Question No. 3203 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-21
Subject: Allocation of Funds under IPDS and DDUGJY
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Jayanta Kumar Roy, Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3203 ANSWERED ON 21.12.2023

## ALLOCATION OF FUNDS UNDER IPDS AND DDUGJY

3203. DR. JAYANTA KUMAR ROY: SHRIMATI SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- the  quantum  of  funds  allocated  and  utilized  under  Integrated  Power Development  Scheme  (IPDS)  and  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti  Yojana (DDUGJY)  in  Jalpaiguri  and  Balangir  districts  of  West  Bengal  and  Odisha
- (a) respectively during the last five years and the current year;
- (b) the  details  of  various  projects  being  run  by  the  Government  to  ensure supply of electricity in rural areas of the said districts during the said period;
- and
- (c) the details of efforts being made by the Government to meet the demand of electricity in tribal dominated rural areas of the said districts?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a) :   The Government of India launched the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana  (DDUGJY)  and  the  Integrated  Power  Development  Scheme  (IPDS)  to achieve the objective of providing uninterrupted power supply by strengthening the  sub-transmission  and  distribution  network,  including  taking  up  works  like Gas Insulated Sub-station, Underground cabling, Aerial bunched cable etc.

There was no upfront allocation of funds for any State/UT under Integrated Power  Development  Scheme  (IPDS)  and  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti Yojana  (DDUGJY)  schemes.  Funds  were  released  for  sanctioned  projects  in instalments  based  on  the  reported  utilization  of  the  funds  released  in  the previous instalments and fulfilment of stipulated conditions.

The  Distribution  Infrastructure  work  under  IPDS  was  sanctioned  Circle wise  as  per  scheme  guidelines  based  on  the  Detailed  Project  Report  (DPR) submitted by the Utility with recommendation of State level Distribution reforms committee. Under IPDS, the details of GoI grant  released  to  Jalpaiguri circle, West  Bengal

and Balangir Circle, Odisha is as under:

(Rs. in Cr.)

| State       | Circle     |   Eligible Project closure cost |   Total GoI Grant disbursed* |
|-------------|------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
| West Bengal | Jalpaiguri |                              40 |                           24 |
| Odisha      | Balangir   |                              47 |                           28 |

The  details  of  funds  allocated  and  utilized  under  DDUGJY  in  Jalpaiguri District, West Bengal and Balangir District, Odisha is as follows:

(Rs. in crore)

| State       | District   | Scheme              |   Closure cost |   GBS released |
|-------------|------------|---------------------|----------------|----------------|
| West Bengal | Jalpaiguri | DDUGJY              |         157.64 |         114.8  |
|             |            | DDUGJY-RE-XII Plan* |         228.16 |         126.93 |
| Odisha      | Balangir   | DDUGJY              |          73.79 |          44.42 |

(b) & (c) : The power sector in India has been transformed from a power deficit to a power sufficient nation. Generation capacity addition totaling to 1,93,794 MW from various sources has been  achieved  -  increasing  the  capacity  by  70 percent from 2,48,554 MW in March 2014 to 4,25,536 MW in October 2023.

Apart  from  this,  1,87,849  circuit  kilometer  (CKm)  of  transmission  lines, 6,82,767  MVA  of  transformation  capacity  and  80,590  MW  of  Inter-Regional capacity has been added connecting the whole country into one grid running on one frequency with the capability of transferring 1,16,540 MW from one corner of the country to another.

Under the Government of India schemes of IPDS and DDUGJY, the subtransmission and distribution network were strengthened as a result of which the AT&C losses of DISCOMs have reduced from 25.72% in the year 2014-15 to 15.41% in the year 2022-23 (provisional).

The Government of India also implemented the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har  Ghar  Yojana  (SAUBHAGYA)  with  the  objective  to  achieve  the  universal household electrification by providing electricity connections to all willing unelectrified household in rural areas and all willing poor household in urban areas in the Country.

Under the above distribution sector Schemes, projects worth ₹1.85 lakh Cr.  were  executed  under  which  18,374  villages  of  the  Country,  have  been electrified and 2.86 Crore households of the Country, were provided electricity connections. As such, 100% of the villages of the country, were electrified for which saturation certificate was also given.

Besides  this,  2927  new  sub-stations  have  been  added,  upgradation  of 3965 existing sub-stations has been carried out, 6,92,200 Distribution Transformers have been  installed, Feeder separation of 1,13,938 Circuit Kilometer (CKm) has been done and 8.5 Lakh Circuit Kilometer (CKm) of HT and LT  lines  have  been  added/changed  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 20.6 Hours in 2023. The power supply in urban areas has increased to 23.78 Hours in 2023.

Government  of  India  also  approved  the  ongoing  Revamped  Distribution Sector  Scheme  (RDSS)  in  2021  with  an  outlay  of  ₹  3,03,758  crore  including Gross  Budgetary  Support  (GBS)  of  ₹97,631  crore  from  Central  Government  to strengthen  the  power  distribution  sector  of  the  country.  Under  the  Scheme, Government is also supporting States for electrification of those un-electrified household which were left out under SAUBHAGYA.

In addition, all identified beneficiary Households of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal  Groups (PVTG) across States, including Odisha and West Bengal, under PM-JANMAN (Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan) are eligible for funding under RDSS as per guidelines.

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