Lok Sabha Question No. 583 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-06
Subject: Availability of Power in Bihar
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Shri Janardan Singh Sigriwal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.583 ANSWERED ON 06.02.2025

## AVAILABILITY OF POWER IN BIHAR

583.   SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has made any effort to improve the availability of power across the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of power availability in Bihar along with demand and supply ratio of electricity; and
- (d) the  details  of  the  villages  which  have  been  connected  with  electricity  for improving power supply in rural areas in Bihar during the last five years and the current year?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

(a) & (b):  There is adequate availability of power in the country. Present installed generation capacity of the country is 462 GW.  Government of India has addressed the  critical  issue  of  power  deficiency  by  adding  230  GW  of  generation  capacity since April, 2014 transforming the country from power deficit to power sufficient. The details of All India Actual Power Supply Position of the country during the last five years and current year (upto December 2024), are given at Annexure-I.

Energy  Supplied  has  been  by  and  large  commensurate  to  the  Energy Requirement. Marginal gap between Energy Requirement and Energy Supplied is generally on account of constraints in the State transmission/distribution network.

Further,  the  Government  of  India  has  taken  following  steps  to  improve  the availability of power across the country:

1. Generation Planning:
2. (i) Installed generation capacity in 2031-32 is likely to be 874 GW. This includes capacity  from conventional sources-  Coal, Lignite etc.,  renewable sourcesSolar, Wind and Hydro.
3. (ii) With a view to ensure generation capacity remains ahead of projected peak demand,  all  the  States,  in  consultation  with  CEA,  have  prepared  their  ' Resource Adequacy Plans (RAPs)', which are dynamic 10 year rolling plans and includes power generation as well as power procurement planning.
4. (iii) All  the  States  were  advised  to  initiate  process  for  creation  of  generation capacities;  from  all  generation  sources,  as  per  their  Resource  Adequacy Plans.
5. (iv) In order to augment the power generation capacity, the Government of India has initiated following capacity addition programme:
6. (A) Ministry of Power, in consultation with States, has envisaged a plan to add  thermal  capacity  of  a  minimum  80,000  MW  by  2031-32.  Against  this target,  28,020  MW  Thermal  Capacity  is  already  under  construction  and contracts for 19,200 MW thermal capacity have been awarded in FY 2024-25. Further, 36,320 MW of coal and lignite based candidate capacity has been identified which is at various stages of planning in the country.
7. (B) 13,997.5 MW of Hydro Electric Projects  are 8,000 MW Pumped Storage Projects  (PSPs)  are  under  construction  and  24,225.5  MW  of  Hydro  Electric Projects and 50,760 MW of PSPs  are under various stage of planning and targeted to be completed by 2031-32.
8. (C) 7,300 MW of Nuclear Capacity is under construction and targeted to be completed  by  2029-30.    7,000  MW  of  Nuclear  Capacity  is  under  various stages of planning and approval.
9. (D)  147,160 MW Renewable Capacity including 84,190 MW of Solar, 26,200 MW of Wind and 36,330 MW Hybrid power is under construction while 79,270 MW of Renewable Capacity including 50,830 MW of Solar, 600 MW of Wind and  27,840 MW Hybrid Power is at various stages of planning and targeted to be completed by 2029-30.
10. (E)   Six (06) Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) projects of 522.60 MW capacity  are  under  construction  and  45  BESS  projects  of  14,242.29  MW capacity are at various stages of planning.
2. Transmission Planning: Inter and Intra-State Transmission System has been planned and implementation of the same is taken up in matching time frame of generation capacity addition. As per the National Electricity Plan, about 1,91,474 ckm of transmission lines and 1274 GVA of transformation capacity is  planned  to  be  added  (at  220  kV  and  above  voltage  level)  during  the  ten year period from 2022-23 to 2031-32.
3. Distribution System Planning:
13. (i)  Government  of  India  has  been  supporting  the  States/  UTs  through schemes  like  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti  Yojana  (DDUGJY), Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS), Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (SAUBHAGYA) to improve access and quality of power supply  to  all  consumers.  Under  these  scheme,  projects  worth  Rs.  1.85 lakh Cr. were executed for strengthening of power distribution infrastructure.  A  total  of  18,374  villages  were  electrified  under  the DDUGJY and 2.86 Cr households were electrified during SAUBHAGYA.
14. (ii)  Further,  Government  of  India  launched  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.  Under  the scheme,  infrastructure  works worth Rs. 2.78 lakh Cr. have been sanctioned for the distribution utilities.
15. (iii) Government of India is further supporting States for grid electrification of left-out  households  during  SAUBHAGYA,  under  the  ongoing  scheme  of RDSS.  In  addition,  all  identified  households  belonging  to  Particularly Vulnerable  Tribal  Group  (PVTG)  under  PM-JANMAN  (Pradhan  Mantri Janjati  Adivasi  Nyaya  Maha  Abhiyan)  and  tribal  households  under  DAJGUA (Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan) are being sanctioned  for  on-grid  electricity  connection  under  RDSS,  as  per  the Scheme guidelines. Till date, works amounting to Rs. 4,535 Cr. have been sanctioned  for  electrification  of  9,97,680  households  including  PVTG households identified under PM-JANMAN and tribal households identified under DA-JGUA.
16. (iv)  With  collective efforts of Centre and States/UTs, the average hours of supply in rural and urban areas have improved to 21.9 hrs and 23.4 hrs, respectively, in FY 2024.

## 4. Promotion of Renewable Energy Generation:

- (i) Ministry  of  New  &  Renewable  Energy  (MNRE)  has  issued  Bidding Trajectory for issuance of RE power procurement bids of 50 GW/annum by Renewable Energy Implementing Agencies from FY 2023-24 to FY 202728.
- (ii) Foreign  Direct  Investment  (FDI)  has  been  permitted  up  to  100  percent under the automatic route.
- (iii) Inter  State  Transmission  System  (ISTS)  charges  have  been  waived  for inter-state sale of solar and wind power for projects to be commissioned by 30 th  June 2025, for Green Hydrogen Projects till December, 2030 and for offshore wind projects till December, 2032.
- (iv) To boost RE consumption, Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) followed  by  Renewable  Consumption  Obligation  (RCO)  trajectory  has been notified till 2029-30. The RCO which is applicable to all designated consumers under the Energy Conservation Act, 2001 will attract penalties for non-compliance.
- (v) Standard Bidding Guidelines for tariff based competitive bidding process for  procurement  of  Power  from  Grid  Connected  Solar,  Wind,  Wind-Solar Hybrid and Firm & Dispatchable RE (FDRE) projects have been issued.
- (vi) Schemes  such  as  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  Urja  Suraksha  evam  Utthaan Mahabhiyan  (PM-KUSUM),  PM  Surya  Ghar  Muft  Bijli  Yojana,  National Programme  on  High Efficiency Solar PV Modules, National Green Hydrogen Mission, Viability Gap Funding (VGF) Scheme for Offshore Wind Energy Projects have been launched.
- (vii) Scheme for setting up of Ultra Mega Renewable Energy Parks is being implemented  to  provide  land  and  transmission  to  RE  developers  for installation of RE projects at large scale.
- (viii) Laying of new  transmission lines and creating new  sub-station capacity has been funded under the Green Energy Corridor Scheme for evacuation of renewable power.
- (ix) 'Strategy for Establishment of Offshore Wind Energy Projects' has been issued  indicating  a  bidding  trajectory  of  37  GW  by  2030  and  various business models for project development.
- (x) The  Offshore  Wind  Energy  Lease  Rules,  2023  have  been  notified  vide Ministry  of  External  Affairs  notification  dated  19 th   December  2023,  to regulate the grant of lease of offshore areas for development of offshore wind energy projects. (xi) To achieve the objective of increased domestic production of Solar PV Modules,  the  Govt.  of  India  is  implementing  the  Production  Linked Incentive  (PLI)  scheme  for  High  Efficiency  Solar  PV  Modules.  This  will enable manufacturing capacity of Giga Watt (GW) scale in High Efficiency Solar PV Module (c): The details of power supply position in Bihar for the last five years and current year (upto December 2024) along with demand and supply ratio of electricity are given at Annexure-II. (d): Electricity being a concurrent subject, the supply and distribution of electricity to  the  consumers  is  within  the  purview  of  the  respective  State  Government/  Power Utility. Government of India has been supplementing the efforts of the States/ UTs for improving power supply in rural areas. In the State of Bihar, electrification of a total of 2,906 villages and 32,59,041 HHs was achieved under the scheme of DDUGJY and SAUBHAGYA respectively. Under  RDSS,  42,635  HHs  have  been  sanctioned  for  grid  electrification  in  the State of Bihar including works sanctioned for HHs belonging to PVTG, identified under PM-JANMAN.

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ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (a)  & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  583 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 06.02.2025 *************

The details of All India Actual Power Supply Position of the country during the last five years and current year (upto December 2024):

| Year                         | Energy Requirement   | Energy Supplied   | Energy Not Supplied   | Energy Not Supplied   |
|------------------------------|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| Year                         | (MU)                 | (MU)              | (MU)                  | %                     |
| 2019-20                      | 12,91,010            | 12,84,444         | 6,566                 | 0.5                   |
| 2020-21                      | 12,75,534            | 12,70,663         | 4,871                 | 0.4                   |
| 2021-22                      | 13,79,812            | 13,74,024         | 5,787                 | 0.4                   |
| 2022-23                      | 15,13,497            | 15,05,914         | 7,583                 | 0.5                   |
| 2023-24                      | 16,26,132            | 16,22,020         | 4,112                 | 0.3                   |
| 2024-25 (upto December 2024) | 12,80,037            | 12,78,565         | 1472                  | 0.1                   |

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ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  583 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 06.02.2025 *************

The details of power supply position in Bihar for the last five years and current year (upto December 2024) along with demand and supply ratio of electricity

| Year                         | Energy Requirement   | Energy Supplied   | Demand and Supply ratio   |
|------------------------------|----------------------|-------------------|---------------------------|
|                              | ( MU )               | ( MU )            |                           |
| 2019-20                      | 31,627               | 31,533            | 0.997                     |
| 2020-21                      | 34,171               | 34,018            | 0.996                     |
| 2021-22                      | 36,216               | 35,761            | 0.987                     |
| 2022-23                      | 39,545               | 38,762            | 0.980                     |
| 2023-24                      | 41,514               | 40,918            | 0.986                     |
| 2024-25 (Upto December 2024) | 35,400               | 35,246            | 0.996                     |

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