Lok Sabha Question No. 4613 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-21
Subject: Electricity Connections under PM-JANMAN
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Shri Balashowry Vallabhaneni

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4613

## ANSWERED ON 21.08.2025

## ELECTRICITY CONNECTIONS UNDER PM-JANMAN

## 4613. SHRI BALASHOWRY VALLABHANENI:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has targeted to provide electricity connections to all uncovered households under Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM JANMAN);
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the status of its implementation in the State of Andhra Pradesh, year and district-wise;
- (c) whether there is any time and cost overrun in the projects thereunder and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the present status of delay, if any and the time by which these projects are expected to be completed?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER (SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

(a) & (b) : Government of India is supporting the States for grid electrification of all  left  out  un-electrified  households  under  the  ongoing  Revamped  Distribution Sector Scheme  (RDSS). This includes electrification works sanctioned for Particularly  vulnerable  Tribal  Group  (PVTG)  households  identified  under  Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM-JANMAN), tribal households under DA-JGUA  (Dharti  Aaba Janjatiya Gram  Utkarsh Abhiyan), Scheduled Caste households under Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhyuday Yojana (PM-AJAY) and households in remote & border areas under Vibrant Village Program (VVP), wherever found  feasible.  Under  PM-JANMAN,  works  amounting  to  Rs.  522  Cr.  with  gross budgetary  support  of  Rs.  332  Cr.  have  been  sanctioned  for  providing  on-grid connectivity to 1,27,987 no. households as per the scheme guidelines. In addition to this, electrification of  16,946 no. of PVTG households in the States of Gujarat, Odisha and West Bengal have been sanctioned under the respective State plan. Till date, 1,25,130 no of PVTG households have been electrified. In the State of Andhra Pradesh,  out  of  a  total  24,967  households  sanctioned  for  electrification,  24,925 households have been electrified till date. District-wise and year-wise status of PMJANMAN for the State of Andhra Pradesh is at Annexure.

- (c) & (d) : All Household electrification works sanctioned under PM-JANMAN are to be completed by March, 2026 and no time or cost overrun has been reported by the State of Andhra Pradesh, till date.

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ANNEXURE ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4613 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 21.08.2025

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District-wise status of PM-JANMAN in the State of Andhra Pradesh

| Sl. No   | Name of the District   | No. of HHs Sanctioned   | Households electrified as on 13.08.2025   |
|----------|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Srikakulam             | 828                     | 851                                       |
| 2        | Vizianagaram           | 150                     | 99                                        |
| 3        | Parvatipurammanyam     | 3,407                   | 3400                                      |
| 4        | Alluri Sitaram Raju    | 17493                   | 17,270                                    |
| 5        | East Godavari          | 4                       | 39                                        |
| 6        | Kakinada               | 9                       | 9                                         |
| 7        | Eluru                  | 1,196                   | 1,196                                     |
| 9        | Ankapalli              | 0                       | 160                                       |
| 10       | Guntur                 | 772                     | 770                                       |
| 11       | Prakasam               | 982                     | 982                                       |
| 12       | Nandyal                | 126                     | 149                                       |
|          | Total                  | 24,967                  | 24,925                                    |

Year-wise  details  of  households  electrified  in  Andhra  Pradesh  (as  on 13.08.2025):

|         | No. of Households Electrified   | No. of Households Electrified   | No. of Households Electrified   | No. of Households Electrified   |
|---------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| Utility | 2023-24                         | 2024-2025                       | FY 2025-26                      | Total                           |
| APCPDCL |                                 | 1,752                           | 0                               | 1,752                           |
| APEPDCL | 17,199                          | 5,587                           | 238                             | 23,024                          |
| APSPDCL |                                 | 149                             | 0                               | 1,49                            |
| Total   | 17,199                          | 7,488                           | 238                             | 24,925                          |

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