Lok Sabha Question No. 5473 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-04-03
Subject: DDUGJY in Uttarakhand
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Shri Ajay Bhatt

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5473 ANSWERED ON 03.04.2025

## DDUGJY IN UTTARAKHAND

†5473. SHRI AJAY BHATT:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  evaluation  of  the  performance  of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) in Uttarakhand;
- (b) if so, the details and the findings thereof;
- (c) the number of villages electrified and to be electrified across the State during the last three years and the current year;
- (d) whether any special steps have been taken by the Government to electrify the remaining villages; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

(a) to (c) : Government  of  India  (GoI)  launched  Deendayal  Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) in year 2014. 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  at  the  National  level,  including  91  villages  in  the  state  of  Uttarakhand,  were electrified  under  DDUGJY.  Further,  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Sahaj  Bijli  Har  Ghar  Yojana (SAUBHAGYA)  all  willing  household  in  rural  areas  and  all  willing  poor  households  in urban areas were electrified of which 2,48,751 households were electrified in the State of Uttarakhand.

The impact assessment study of DDUGJY had been conducted by the M/S Ernst & Young LLP in 2022 at pan India level which highlighted 100% of villages and consumers covered  under  the  study  have  reported  improvement  in  electricity  supply  hours.  The study  mentions  that  many  DISCOMs  have  reduced  distribution  losses  owing  to  the revamped infrastructure. Improvements in billing efficiency and ACS-ARR gap, critical indicators  of  DISCOMs  operational  &  financial  performance,  have  also  shown  an improvement post-DDUGJY. However, it is pertinent to mention that, as highlighted in the report, during the implementation of the DDUGJY, DISCOMs undertook developmental works in the supply areas under other schemes as well which may also have contributed to improvement in various parameters.

Further, the study also highlighted significant positive effect that the scheme had on business growth, education, health care, community safety and banking.

The study mentions following in respect of the State of Uttarakhand:

- i. Hours  of  electricity  supply  increased  to  23  hours  in  2022  in  comparison  to  18 hours in 2015.

ii. 33% growth was observed in income between 2015 & 2022.

(d) & (e) : Government  of  India  (GoI)  launched  the  Revamped  Distribution  Sector Scheme (RDSS) in July 2021 with the objective of improving the quality and reliability of power supply to consumers through a financially sustainable and operationally efficient distribution Sector.

Grid  based  electrification  works  have  also  been  sanctioned,  wherever  found feasible,  under  RDSS  for  households  left  out  during  SAUBHAGYA.  Till  date,  works amounting to Rs.  4,643  Cr.  have  been  sanctioned  for  grid  electrification  of  10,19,030 households.  For  the  State  of  Uttarakhand,  projects  worth  Rs  14.59  Cr.  have  been sanctioned for electrification works of 2049 households.

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