Lok Sabha Question No. 588 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-11-28
Subject: Rural Electrification in Telangana
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Shri Arvind Dharmapuri

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.588 ANSWERED ON 28.11.2024

## RURAL ELECTRIFICATION IN TELANGANA

## 588.   SHRI ARVIND DHARMAPURI:

Will the Minister of POWER

be pleased to state:

- (a) the  status  of  the  implementation  of  rural  electrification  projects  under Saubhagya scheme in Telangana particularly in Nizamabad;
- (b) the funds allocated, released and utilized under these projects; and
- (c) the  total  number  of  households  connected  under  the  said  scheme, State/UT-wise?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

(a) :   Government of India launched Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (SAUBHAGYA)  to  provide  electricity  connection  to  all  willing  un-electrified households in rural areas and all willing poor households in urban areas in the country. A total of 2.86 Cr. households have been given electricity connections during the period of SAUBHAGYA Scheme. Out of these, 69,690 households have been electrified in the state of Telangana under SAUBHAGYA scheme. No rural electrification  work  was  sanctioned  under  SAUBHAGYA  scheme  in  Nizamabad district of Telangana.

- (b) : The  details  of  the  funds  disbursed  and  utilized  by  Telangana  under SAUBHAGYA scheme is as under:

| Sanctioned amount   | Rs. 31.65 Cr.   |
|---------------------|-----------------|
| Closure amount      | Rs. 27.73 Cr.   |

(c) :   A  total  of  2.86  Cr.  households  were  electrified  during  the  period  of SAUBHAGYA Scheme at the national level (State-wise details including for the State of Telangana is placed at Annexure).

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO. 588 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 28.11.2024

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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                  |                      | 32,59,041                      |
| 5 Chhattisgarh     | Bihar                | 7,92,368                       |
| 6 Gujarat*         |                      | 41,317                         |
| 7                  | Haryana              | 54,681                         |
| 8 Himachal Pradesh |                      | 12,891                         |
| 9 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                       |
| Meghalaya          | 2,00,240             | 16                             |
| Mizoram            | 27,970               | 17                             |
| Nagaland           | 1,39,516             | 18                             |
| 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              | Total                | 2,86,13,424                    |

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