Lok Sabha Question No. 781 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-07
Subject: Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Har Ghar Bijli Yojana
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Janardan Singh Sigriwal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.781

## ANSWERED ON 07.12.2023

## PRADHAN MANTRI SAHAJ HAR GHAR BIJLI YOJANA

781.   SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the  salient  features  of  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Sahaj  Har  Ghar  Bijli  YojanaSaubhagya Scheme launched by the Government;
- (b) whether  electricity  facility  to  all  households  in  the  country  is  being implemented as per the schedule and targets;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  any  data/information  regarding  the  States where  the  said  scheme  has  achieved  considerable  progress  and  achieved  its targets in providing electricity to the households; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof along with the extent of progress made by certain States in this regard?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a) :   The  Government  of  India  launched  Pradhan  Mantri  Sahaj  Bijli  Har  Ghar Yojana-SAUBHAGYA in October, 2017 with the objective of achieving universal household  electrification, by providing electricity connections  to  all  unelectrified households in rural areas and all poor households in urban areas in the country. Salient features of the scheme were:
- (i) Providing  last  mile  connectivity  and  electricity  connections  to  all  unelectrified households in rural areas.
- (ii) Providing Solar Photo Voltaic (SPV) based standalone systems for unelectrified  households  located  in  remote  and  inaccessible  villages  / habitations where grid extension is not feasible or cost effective.

- (iii) Providing  last  mile  connectivity  and  electricity  connections  to  all remaining economically poor un-electrified households in urban areas. Non-poor urban households are excluded from this scheme.

(b)  to  (e)  :  Under  the  aegis  of  SAUBHAGYA,  as  on  31.03.2019,  all  households were reported electrified by the States, except 18,734 households in Left Wing Extremists(LWE)  affected  areas  of  Chhattisgarh.  Subsequently,  seven  States namely  Assam,  Chhattisgarh,  Jharkhand,  Karnataka,  Manipur,  Rajasthan  and Uttar  Pradesh  had  reported  that  around  19.09  lakh  un-electrified  households, identified  before  31.03.2019,  which  were  unwilling  earlier  but  later  expressed willingness  to  get  electricity  connection.  This  was  also  sanctioned.  All  these seven States had reported 100% household electrification as on 31.03.2021. A total of 2.817 crore households were electrified since the launch of SAUBHAGYA, up  to  31.03.2021.    4.43  lakh  additional  households,  which  were identified as un-electrified before 31.03.2019, were given electricity connections under DDUGJY.  As such, a total of 2.86 crore households were electrified till 31.03.2022.    A  certificate  was  taken  from  all  States/  UTs  that  all  eligible households  have  been  electrified.        The  state-wise  details  of  number  of household covered are enclosed at Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (b)  TO  (e)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 781 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 07.12.2023 *************

State-wise  electrification  of  households  since  launch  of  Saubhagya  Scheme  including Additional Households achievement under DDUGJY

| Sl. No.   | Name of the       | No of Households electrified from                | Additional Sanction allowed under Saubhagya                         | Additional Sanction allowed under Saubhagya   | Further Additional Households sanctioned under DDUGJY   | Further Additional Households sanctioned under DDUGJY   | Grand       |
|-----------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
| Sl. No.   | States            | 11.10.2017 to 31.03.2019 as per Saubhagya Portal | No of Households reported electrified from 01.04.2019 to 31.03.2021 | Total HHs electrified as on 31.03.2021 (A)    | Households Sanctioned during 2021-22                    | Households electrified (as on 31.03.2022) (B)           | Total(A+B)  |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh*   | 1,81,930                                         | 0                                                                   | 1,81,930                                      |                                                         |                                                         | 1,81,930    |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 47,089                                           | 0                                                                   | 47,089                                        | 7859                                                    | 0                                                       | 47,089      |
| 3         | Assam             | 17,45,149                                        | 2,00,000                                                            | 19,45,149                                     | 480249                                                  | 381507#                                                 | 23,26,656   |
| 4         | Bihar             | 32,59,041                                        | 0                                                                   | 32,59,041                                     |                                                         |                                                         | 32,59,041   |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 7,49,397                                         | 40,394                                                              | 7,89,791                                      | 21981                                                   | 2577                                                    | 7,92,368    |
| 6         | Gujarat*          | 41,317                                           | 0                                                                   | 41,317                                        |                                                         |                                                         | 41,317      |
| 7         | Haryana           | 54,681                                           | 0                                                                   | 54,681                                        |                                                         |                                                         | 54,681      |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh  | 12,891                                           | 0                                                                   | 12,891                                        |                                                         |                                                         | 12,891      |
| 9         | Jammu & Kashmir   | 3,77,045                                         | 0                                                                   | 3,77,045                                      |                                                         |                                                         | 3,77,045    |
| 10        | Jharkhand         | 15,30,708                                        | 2,00,000                                                            | 17,30,708                                     |                                                         |                                                         | 17,30,708   |
| 11        | Karnataka         | 3,56,974                                         | 26,824                                                              | 3,83,798                                      |                                                         |                                                         | 3,83,798    |
| 12        | Ladakh            | 10,456                                           | 0                                                                   | 10,456                                        |                                                         |                                                         | 10,456      |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh    | 19,84,264                                        | 0                                                                   | 19,84,264                                     | 99722                                                   | 0                                                       | 19,84,264   |
| 14        | Maharashtra       | 15,17,922                                        | 0                                                                   | 15,17,922                                     |                                                         |                                                         | 15,17,922   |
| 15        | Manipur           | 1,02,748                                         | 5,367                                                               | 1,08,115                                      | 21135                                                   | 0                                                       | 1,08,115    |
| 16        | Meghalaya         | 1,99,839                                         | 0                                                                   | 1,99,839                                      | 420                                                     | 401                                                     | 2,00,240    |
| 17        | Mizoram           | 27,970                                           | 0                                                                   | 27,970                                        |                                                         |                                                         | 27,970      |
| 18        | Nagaland          | 1,32,507                                         | 0                                                                   | 1,32,507                                      | 7009                                                    | 7009                                                    | 1,39,516    |
| 19        | Odisha            | 24,52,444                                        | 0                                                                   | 24,52,444                                     |                                                         |                                                         | 24,52,444   |
| 20        | Puducherry*       | 912                                              | 0                                                                   | 912                                           |                                                         |                                                         | 912         |
| 21        | Punjab            | 3,477                                            | 0                                                                   | 3,477                                         |                                                         |                                                         | 3,477       |
| 22        | Rajasthan         | 18,62,736                                        | 2,12,786                                                            | 20,75,522                                     | 210843                                                  | 52206                                                   | 21,27,728   |
| 23        | Sikkim            | 14,900                                           | 0                                                                   | 14,900                                        |                                                         |                                                         | 14,900      |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu*       | 2,170                                            | 0                                                                   | 2,170                                         |                                                         |                                                         | 2,170       |
| 25        | Telangana         | 5,15,084                                         | 0                                                                   | 5,15,084                                      |                                                         |                                                         | 5,15,084    |
| 26        | Tripura           | 1,39,090                                         | 0                                                                   | 1,39,090                                      |                                                         |                                                         | 1,39,090    |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     | 79,80,568                                        | 12,00,003                                                           | 91,80,571                                     | 334652                                                  | 0                                                       | 91,80,571   |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       | 2,48,751                                         | 0                                                                   | 2,48,751                                      |                                                         |                                                         | 2,48,751    |
| 29        | West Bengal       | 7,32,290                                         | 0                                                                   | 7,32,290                                      |                                                         |                                                         | 7,32,290    |
|           | Total             | 2,62,84,350                                      | 18,85,374                                                           | 2,81,69,724                                   | 11,83,870                                               | 4,43,700                                                | 2,86,13,424 |

#  as  per  initial  closure  submitted  by  APDCL  381507  households  have  been  electrified  and  as  per  the  revised closure  368610  households  have  been  electrified.  However,  the  final  closure  of  DDUGJY  addl.  HHS  of  Assam state is yet to be approved

* Not funded under Saubhagya