Lok Sabha Question No. 2044 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-31
Subject: Electrification in Rural Areas of Odisha
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Shri Sukanta Kumar Panigrahi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2044 ANSWERED ON 31.07.2025

## ELECTRIFICATION IN RURAL AREAS OF ODISHA

2044. SHRI SUKANTA KUMAR PANIGRAHI:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the total renewable energy capacity added in Odisha during the Financial Year 2024-25 and its contribution to the State's power supply;
- (b) the  number  and  cumulative  duration  of  unscheduled  power  outages reported in the State during the last six months particularly in power-deficit and Aspirational Districts like Kandhamal;
- (c) the extent of reduction in Aggregate Technical and Commercial (AT&C) losses achieved in Odisha under the Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY) and the support  extended by the Union Government; and

(d) the current status of 100 per cent household electrification in rural areas of Odisha and the measures taken to ensure reliable and quality power supply including the deployment of solar-based dual pump systems in remote and tribal regions especially in Aspirational Districts such as Kandhamal?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

(a) : 125.83 MW Renewable Energy capacity was added in Odisha during FY 2024-25. This capacity addition has supplied around 220.61 MU of Renewable power in FY 2024-25 increasing total consumption from RE sources to 10,370.11 MU.

- (b) : The DISCOM-wise data on cumulative number and duration of unscheduled power outages during the last six months (Jan - Jun' 2025), as reported by the state, are given at Annexure.

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(c) : Odisha is not covered under UDAY scheme. However, the AT&C Loss in the State for FY 2024-25 was 16.55%.

(d) : All the revenue villages of the State have been electrified. The remaining left-out  households  identified  in  survey  are  being  electrified  under  State Government schemes.

To ensure uninterrupted power supply to various consumers, several steps such as setting up of new 33/11 kV Primary Substations (PSSs), strengthening of existing 33/11 kV PSSs, installation of new 11kV Lines and transformers and strengthening  of  existing  11  kV  lines  etc.  are  being  taken  up  under  Odisha Distribution System Strengthening Programme (ODSSP) Ph - IV and V Schemes of  the  State  Government.  Apart  from this, DISCOMs are carrying out system strengthening works under their own CAPEX.

All the Solar based dual pump projects, including those in aspirational districts such as Kandhamal, are maintained regularly.

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ANNEXURE ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2044 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 31.07.2025

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The  DISCOM-wise  data  on  cumulative  number  and  duration  of  unscheduled  power outages reported in the state during the last six months (Jan - June' 2025)

| DISCOMs   |   Number of cumulative unscheduled outage |   Cumulative duration of unscheduled outage (in Hours) |
|-----------|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| TPCODL    |                                        94 |                                                  56    |
| TPSODL    |                                       128 |                                                 102    |
| TPNODL    |                                       237 |                                                 121.01 |
| TPWODL    |                                       176 |                                                 144    |

Note: (in Kandhamal: Number of cumulative unscheduled outage was 53 and Cumulative duration of unscheduled outage was 47 Hrs.)

TPCODL: Tata Power Central Odisha Distribution Limited. TPSODL: Tata Power Southern Odisha Distribution Limited. TPNODL: Tata Power Northern Odisha Distribution Limited.

TPWODL: Tata Power Western Odisha Distribution Limited.

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