Lok Sabha Question No. 3090 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-07
Subject: Electrification under DDUGJY and RDSS in Karbi Anglong
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Shri Amarsing Tisso

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3090 ANSWERED ON 07.08.2025

## ELECTRIFICATION UNDER DDUGJY AND RDSS IN KARBI ANGLONG

3090. SHRI AMARSING TISSO:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of villages in Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao that have been electrified  under  Deendayal  Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) and the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS);
- (b) whether  100%  household  electrification  has  been  achieved  in  these districts and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the status of smart/prepaid metering in these rural and tribal areas; and
- (d) the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure  metered,  reliable electricity supply in hilly terrain?

A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

(a) & (b) : Government  of  India  has  supplemented  the  efforts  of  the  States through  schemes  like  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti  Yojana  (DDUGJY), Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS), Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (SAUBHAGYA) etc., to help them achieve the objective of providing quality and reliable power supply to all households. As reported by the States, all the inhabited un-electrified census villages in the country were electrified by 28th  April,  2018.  A  total  of  18,374  villages  were  electrified  during  DDUGJY including 650 and 266 villages in the districts of Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao respectively. Under DDUGJY and thereafter during SAUBHAGYA, as reported by States, electrification of all willing households was completed. A total of 2.86 crore  households  were  electrified  during  SAUBHAGYA  including  61,928  and 14,295 households in the districts of Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao respectively. Both the schemes stand closed as on 31.03.2022.

………2.

Government of India is further supporting States for grid electrification of left-out  households  under  the  ongoing  Revamped  Distribution  Sector  Scheme (RDSS), launched  in July, 2021. It includes works  for electrification of Particularly  Vulnerable  Tribal  Group  (PVTG)  households  identified  under  PMJANMAN  (Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan), tribal households  under  DA-JGUA  (Dharti  Aaba  Janjatiya  Gram  Utkarsh  Abhiyan), Scheduled Caste households under Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati AbhyudayYojna  (PM-AJAY)  and  remote  &  border  households  under  Vibrant Villlage Program (VVP) wherever found feasible. Till date, electrification works for 13.59 lakh households have been sanctioned under RDSS including 9,011 and 2,604 households in the districts of Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao respectively.

In addition, till date, under New Solar Power scheme, works amounting to Rs 50 Cr have been sanctioned for off-grid solar based electrification for 9961 households.

## (c) : The status of smart metering works under RDSS in the districts of Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao (as on 27.07.2025) is as below:

| District      | No. of smart meters sanctioned (Nos.)   | No. of smart meters installed (Nos.)   |
|---------------|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| Karbi Anglong | 1,96,300                                | 79,222                                 |
| Dima Hasao    | 60,849                                  | 12,227                                 |

(d) : Government  of  India  is  taking  necessary  steps  to  support  States  for electrification  of  all  households.  Since  most  of  the  left-out  households  are  in remote, hilly and forest areas, hence the norms for electrification under RDSS have  been  relaxed  and  the  ceiling  limit  for  cost  of  electrification  has  been enhanced. Survey has been carried out by distribution utilities to identify unelectrified households.  Grid based electrification works have been sanctioned under RDSS wherever found feasible as per the revised norms and for remaining areas off-grid solar based electrification works are being sanctioned under New Solar Power Scheme.

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