Lok Sabha Question No. 185 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-20
Subject: Rural Electrification Scheme in North Eastern Region
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Pradyut Bordoloi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.185 ANSWERED ON 20.07.2023

## RURAL ELECTRIFICATION SCHEME IN NORTH EASTERN REGION

## 185.  SHRI PRADYUT BORDOLOI:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the  status  of  implementation  of  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya-Gram  Jyoti Yojana (DDU-GJY) rural electrification scheme in the North Eastern region, State-wise;
- (b) the details of coverage of renewable solar energy schemes including DDU-GJY in Assam, district-wise;
- (c) whether the Government maintains data on the number of complaints received due to malfunctioning of solar panels and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the details of number of damaged batteries replaced within five years of installation as per the DDU-GJY tender, State-wise;
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  taken  or  intends  to  take  the  steps  to ensure  accountability  of  vendors  in  maintenance  process  under  DDU-GJY and if so, the details thereof;
- (f) whether  the  Government  is  cognizant  of  reports  of  distribution  of substandard  equipment  and  if  so,  whether  the  steps  are  being  taken  to improve quality of vendor selection under DDU-GJY; and
- (g) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  train  local  communities  in maintenance of solar devices and if so, the details thereof?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) : Government of India launched Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) in December, 2014 for various rural electrification works including separation of agriculture and non-agriculture feeders, strengthening and augmentation of sub-transmission & distribution infrastructure, metering at distribution transformers/feeders/consumers and electrification of villages across the country. Works as per scope under the scheme has been completed across the country including North East Region and the scheme stands closed as on 31.03.2022.

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created  under  DDUGJY  (New including  additional  Infra  and  additional  households  (HHs)in  North  Eastern

The details of Infrastructure Region is attached at Annexure-I

- (b) : Under Decentralized Distributed Generation (DDG) component  of DDUGJY, electricity access is provided to the un-electrified villages/habitations  where  grid  connectivity  is  neither  feasible  nor  cost effective.

'Saubhagya'  scheme  includes  provision  of  solar  based  standalone systems  to  provide  electricity  to  un-electrified  households  in  remote  & inaccessible  villages/habitations,  where  grid  extension  is  neither  feasible nor cost effective.

Accordingly,  a  total  of  1.46  Lakh  households  have  been  electrified through  off  grid  mode  under  DDUGJY(  New  and  Additional  HHs)  and

Saubhagya in the State of Assam.

The  district  wise  details  of  households  electrified  through  off  grid mode under DDUGJY, Saubhagya and coverage of renewable solar energy schemes in the state of Assam is attached at Annexure-II.

- (c) & (d) : Operation and maintenance is to be provided for 5 years from the date of installation by the executing agencies under DDUGJY scheme for the said work.

Project Implementing Agency (PIA)/Discom & executing agencies maintain  the  data  on  complaints  received  due  to  malfunctioning  of  solar panels  and  details  of  number  of  damaged  batteries  replaced  within  five years of installation.

- (e) & (f) :    As  per  the  guidelines  of  the  DDUGJY  scheme,  PIA  is  solely responsible and accountable for quality assurance. Accordingly, PIAs ensure that  quality  of  material  supplied  and  installed  meet  accepted  quality standards.

A robust quality assurance mechanism  was  in  place under DDUGJY  scheme,  which  is  ensured  through  a  three-tier  quality  control structure. At the first tier lies the quality control of the turnkey contractor/ PIA;  at  the  second  tier  lies  quality  control  by  the  Project  Management Agency (PMA); the third tier  comprises  quality  control  exercised  by  Nodal Agency (REC Ltd). The nodal agency deployed quality monitoring agencies to inspect the material and workmanship on random sampling basis. Quality of workmanship  is  ensured  by  field  inspections  by  quality  monitors.  Vendor selection is under the purview of respective PIAs/ power utilities.

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(g) : During installation of the solar systems, the contractors along with PIA officials explained the functioning of the installed solar systems. Also, operating instructions along with 'do's' and 'don'ts' are informed to the beneficiary. Moreover, awareness campaigns and meetings wherever  necessary  is  also  carried  out  by  the  vendors  along  with  PIA officials  so  that  the  beneficiaries  are  made  aware  of  the  functioning of the systems in order to avoid any misuse of the installed systems.

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## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 185 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 20.07.2023

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NER States: Physical achievement under DDUGJY (New, additional Infra & additional Household) as on 31.03.2022

|                   | Physical Parameters       | Physical Parameters       | Physical Parameters   | Physical Parameters   | Physical Parameters                   | Physical Parameters   | Physical Parameters   | Physical Parameters   | Physical Parameters   |
|-------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| Name of the       | Substation 33/11 KV (Nos) | Substation 33/11 KV (Nos) | DTR                   | Lines (CKm)           | Lines (CKm)                           | Lines (CKm)           | Energy Meters (Nos)   | Energy Meters (Nos)   | Energy Meters (Nos)   |
| State             | New                       | Aug.                      | (Nos)                 | LT                    | 11 KV Line (Excl. Feeder segregation) | 33 & 66 KV            | Consumer              | DTR                   | 11 KV Feeder          |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 5                         | 0                         | 1928                  | 3030                  | 2494                                  | 197                   | 95522                 | 1623                  | 377                   |
| ASSAM             | 22                        | 13                        | 21932                 | 40081                 | 15941                                 | 332                   | 0                     | 17118                 | 257                   |
| MANIPUR           | 0                         | 0                         | 937                   | 1664                  | 793                                   | 0                     | 100000                | 0                     | 0                     |
| MEGHALAYA         | 9                         | 2                         | 1825                  | 9134                  | 1515                                  | 101                   | 0                     | 999                   | 179                   |
| MIZORAM           | 0                         | 4                         | 368                   | 399                   | 425                                   | 7                     | 19133                 | 0                     | 232                   |
| NAGALAND          | 6                         | 0                         | 475                   | 719                   | 659                                   | 60                    | 0                     | 697                   | 191                   |
| SIKKIM            | 0                         | 0                         | 373                   | 924                   | 380                                   | 0                     | 45969                 | 0                     | 65                    |
| TRIPURA           | 4                         | 0                         | 1262                  | 2589                  | 1770                                  | 40                    | 161728                | 0                     | 0                     |
| Grand Total       | 46                        | 19                        | 29100                 | 58540                 | 23978                                 | 736                   | 422352                | 20437                 | 1301                  |

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## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 185 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 20.07.2023

************** Off grid Households electrified under DDUGJY (New & Additional HHs) & Saubhagya

| S.No                   | District    | HHs electrified under DDUGJY (New )through off grid mode   |   Addl. HHs electrified under DDUGJY through off grid mode # | Households electrified through off grid mode under saubhagya   |   Total off grid households electrified under DDUGJY |
|------------------------|-------------|------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| 1                      | Baksa       |                                                            |                                                          228 |                                                                |                                                  228 |
| 2 Barpeta              |             | 3096                                                       |                                                        16768 | 12220                                                          |                                                32084 |
| 3                      | Bongaigaon  | 548                                                        |                                                         2649 |                                                                |                                                 3197 |
| 4 Cachar               |             | 1565                                                       |                                                          215 | 1469                                                           |                                                 3249 |
| 5                      | Chirang     |                                                            |                                                           48 |                                                                |                                                   48 |
|                        | 6 Darrang   |                                                            |                                                          863 | 2105                                                           |                                                 2968 |
| 7 Dhemaji              |             | 1775                                                       |                                                         2159 | 1283                                                           |                                                 5217 |
| 8 Dhubri               |             | 11522                                                      |                                                         6815 | 8630                                                           |                                                26967 |
| 9 Dibrugarh            |             | 767                                                        |                                                          786 | 901                                                            |                                                 2454 |
| 10 Dima                | Hasao       | 2620                                                       |                                                         1500 | 3126                                                           |                                                 7246 |
| 11                     | Goalpara    | 8720                                                       |                                                         3197 | 4038                                                           |                                                15955 |
|                        | 12 Golaghat |                                                            |                                                         1400 | 268                                                            |                                                 1668 |
| 13 Jorhat              |             | 1871                                                       |                                                          177 | 336                                                            |                                                 2384 |
| 14 Kamrup              |             | -                                                          |                                                         2028 | 1186                                                           |                                                 3214 |
| 15 Kamrup Metropolitan | -           |                                                            |                                                         4161 |                                                                |                                                 4161 |
| 16 Karimganj           | -           |                                                            |                                                           92 | 419                                                            |                                                  511 |
| 17 Kokrajhar           |             | 348                                                        |                                                         1150 | 578                                                            |                                                 2076 |
| 18 Lakhimpur           |             | 463                                                        |                                                          451 | 561                                                            |                                                 1475 |
| 19                     | Nalbari     | 906                                                        |                                                         7537 | 1396                                                           |                                                 9839 |

| 20              | Sonitpur   | 580   | 616   | 1399   | 2595   |
|-----------------|------------|-------|-------|--------|--------|
| 21 Tinsukia     | 1539       | 705   | 1077  | 3321   |        |
| 22 Karbi Anglon | 3785       | -     | 8139  | 11924  |        |
| 23 Morigaon     | 298        | -     | -     |        | 298    |
| 24 Kamrup Rural | 1207       | -     | -     |        | 1207   |
| 25 Hailakandi   | 98         | -     | 1623  |        | 1721   |
| Total           | Total      | 41708 | 53545 | 50754  | 146007 |

# As per initial closure submitted by APDCL 53545 households have been electrified through off grid mode and as per revised closure 49365 households have been electrified through off grid mode Final closure of DDUGJY Addl households of Assam yet to be approved.

## DETAILS OF OTHER SOLAR PROJECTS UNDER APDCL ACROSS THESTATE OF ASSAM

|   Sl. No. | Name of the scheme                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Capacity Allotted   |
|-----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|         1 | Grid-Connected Rooftop Solar Power Projects in Residential sectors with Central Financial Assistance (CFA) under RTS Phase-II Programme of MNRE.                                                                                                                  | 2MW                 |
|         2 | Grid-Connected Rooftop Solar Power Projects in Residential sectors with Central Financial Assistance (CFA) under RTS Phase-II Programme of MNRE.                                                                                                                  | 1.5 MW              |
|         3 | Supply, lnstallation, Testing and commissioning including 5 years Operation, Comprehensive Warranty and maintenance of Grid Connected Rooftop Solar Power Plant at different locations in the State of Assam under IPDS.                                          | 604 kW              |
|         4 | Supply, Installation, Testing and commissioning Including 5 years Operation, Comprehensive Warranty and maintenance of Off Grid Solar Power Plants to be installed in different rural PHCs under State budgetary Provision for the financial year 2019-20         | 470 kW              |
|         5 | Supply, Installation, Testing and commissioning Including 5 years Operation, Comprehensive Warranty and maintenance of Grid Connected Rooftop Solar Power Plant with battery backup at different govt. buildings In the State of Assam.                           | 629 kW              |
|         6 | Supply, Installation, Testing and commissioning including 5 years Operation, Comprehensive Warranty and maintenance of Off Grid Solar Power Plant to be installed at important historical locations, important religious places like Satra In the State of Assam. | 365 kW              |

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