Lok Sabha Question No. 1397 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-13
Subject: Objectives and Impact of DDUGJY
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Shri Tariq Anwar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1397 ANSWERED ON 13.02.2025

## OBJECTIVES AND IMPACT OF DDUGJY

1397. SHRI TARIQ ANWAR:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) the details of the objectives and key features of the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) and its contribution to rural electrification;

(b) the  details  of  the  number  of  villages  and  households  electrified  under  the  said scheme  along  with  the  current  status  of  electrification  coverage,  State/UT-wise, including the specific status in Katihar district of Bihar;

(c) the  details  of  the  number  of  BPL  households  provided  electricity  connections under the said scheme in Bihar, particularly in Katihar district;

(d) the  details  of  the  measures  taken/being  implemented  by  the  Government  to ensure the reliability and quality of rural electricity supply under the said scheme in the said district of Bihar;

(e) the details of the challenges encountered in implementing the scheme in remote and  difficult  terrains  along  with  the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to address these challenges; and

(f) whether the Government conducted a review on the impact of the said scheme on rural development and economic activities and if so, the details thereof?

A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

(a) to (c) : Government  of  India  (GoI)  launched  Deendayal  Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) in year 2014. The salient features of the scheme were as under:

i. Separation of agriculture and non-agriculture feeders facilitating judicious rostering of supply to agricultural & non-agricultural consumers in the rural areas;

ii. Strengthening and augmentation of sub-transmission &distribution (ST&D) infrastructure  in  rural  areas,  including  metering  of  distribution  transformers/  feeders/ consumers;

……….2.

iii. Rural electrification, including the balance works of erstwhile Rural Electrification schemes.

As reported by the States, all the inhabited un-electrified census villages in the country  were  electrified  by  28 th   April,  2018.  A  total  of  18,374  villages  and  49,25,124 Below  Poverty  Line  (BPL)  households  were  electrified  under  DDUGJY  at  the  National level.  The  state  wise  details  of  village  electrification  are  placed  at  Annexure-I.  The details  of  BPL  households  electrified  from  FY  2015-16  till  September,  2017  under DDUGJY is placed at Annexure-II.

GoI  launched  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Sahaj  Bijli  Har  Ghar  Yojana  (SAUBHAGYA)  in October, 2017 with the objective of providing electricity connections to all willing unelectrified households in rural areas and all willing poor households in urban areas in the  country.    As  reported  by  the  states,  around  2.86  Cr.  households  were  electrified during  the  SAUBHAGYA  period  at  the  National  level.  The  details  of  households electrified since the launch of SAUBHAGYA including additional households sanctioned under DDUGJY (till 31.03.2022) is enclosed at Annexure-III.

GoI  launched  Revamped  Distribution  Sector  Scheme  (RDSS)  in  July  2021  to supplement efforts of the States to improve the operational efficiencies and financial sustainability of Distribution utilities i.e. DISCOMs/Power Departments, so as to provide quality  and  reliable  supply  of  power.  The  household  electrification  works  sanctioned under RDSS including works sanctioned for electrification  of  households belonging to Particularly  Vulnerable  Tribal  Groups  (PVTG)  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Janjati  Adivasi Nyayay  Maha  Abhiyan  (PM-JANMAN)  and  for  tribal  households  under  Dharti  Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DA-JGUA) is placed at Annexure-IV.

In addition, under New Solar Power Scheme, works worth Rs. 50 Cr. have been sanctioned  for  off-grid  solar  based  electrification  of  9,961  households.  State-wise details placed at Annexure-V.

## Scheme wise electrification status in the Katihar District of Bihar is given below:

| DDUGJY               | 934 Villages electrified                       |
|----------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| SAUBHAGYA            | 3,47,597 Households electrified                |
| RDSS (under DA-JGUA) | 895 Household electrification works sanctioned |

(d) : Distribution  infrastructure  works  worth  Rs  504.95  Cr.  were  undertaken  under DDUGJY  in  Katihar  District  of  Bihar  to  provide  quality  and  reliable  supply  of  power which include works for sub-station augmentation, creation of new sub-station, feeder segregation, laying of 33kV/11kV/LT lines, new Distribution Transformers, etc.  All the rural electrification works sanctioned under DDUGJY were completed and the scheme stands closed as on 31.03.2022.

……..3.

Further,  Works  worth  Rs.200  Cr.  have  been  undertaken  under  RDSS  for  Smart Metering  and  loss  reduction works  in Katihar  District of Bihar  including  works sanctioned under Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DA-JGUA).

(e) : The challenges  faced  include  difficult  topography  like  remote  hilly  regions  and forests, extreme weather conditions and availability of skilled manpower for execution of the project. The steps taken to address the challenges include engineering solutions like portable substations and pre-fabricated structures. Technologies including Geographical Information System (GIS) mapping, drones and remote supervision tools enhanced  project  execution.  Specialized  training  programs  were  conducted  which equipped workers and contractors to work effectively and safely in hilly and forested areas.

(f) : Ministry conducted a third party impact assessment of DDUGJY in 2022 through M/s Ernst & Young LLP which highlighted significant positive effect that the scheme had on business growth, education, healthcare, community safety and banking.

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ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1397 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 13.02.2025

************* State-wise  electrification  of  inhabited  census  villages  under  DDUGJY  from 2015-16 till 28.04.2018

| Sl. No.   | Name of the States   | Number of villages electrified   |
|-----------|----------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1         | Arunachal Pradesh    | 1,483                            |
| 2         | Assam                | 2,732                            |
| 3         | Bihar                | 2,906                            |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh         | 1,078                            |
| 5         | Himachal Pradesh     | 28                               |
| 6         | J&K                  | 129                              |
| 7         | Jharkhand            | 2,583                            |
| 8         | Karnataka            | 39                               |
| 9         | Madhya Pradesh       | 422                              |
| 10        | Maharashtra          | 80                               |
| 11        | Manipur              | 366                              |
| 12        | Meghalaya            | 1,051                            |
| 13        | Mizoram              | 54                               |
| 14        | Nagaland             | 78                               |
| 15        | Odisha               | 3,281                            |
| 16        | Rajasthan            | 427                              |
| 17        | Tripura              | 26                               |
| 18        | Uttar Pradesh        | 1,498                            |
| 19        | Uttarakhand          | 91                               |
| 20        | West Bengal          | 22                               |
|           | Total                | 18,374                           |

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ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1397 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 13.02.2025 *************

State  wise  Achievement  of  Below  Poverty  Line  (BPL)  Households electrified from FY 2015 till September 2017 under DDUGJY

| Sl. No.        | State               | Total BPL Households electrified   |
|----------------|---------------------|------------------------------------|
| 1              | Andhra Pradesh      | 6,64,851                           |
| 2              | Assam               | 1,01,537                           |
| 3 Bihar        |                     | 19,76,832                          |
| 4 Chhattisgarh | 63,756              |                                    |
| 5              | 813                 |                                    |
| 6 J&K          | Gujarat             | 1,133                              |
| 7              |                     | 12,391                             |
| 8              | Jharkhand Karnataka | 98,821                             |
| 9 Kerala       |                     | 24,993                             |
| 10 Madhya      | Pradesh             | 5,61,262                           |
| 11 Maharashtra |                     | 59                                 |
| 12             | Meghalaya           | 95                                 |
| 13             | Mizoram             | 447                                |
| 14             | Nagaland            | 507                                |
| 15             | Odisha              | 1,03,857                           |
| 16             | Rajasthan           | 1,49,854                           |
| 17             | Sikkim              | 1,850                              |
| 18             | Tamil Nadu          | 1,976                              |
| 19 Telangana   |                     | 849                                |
| 20 Tripura     |                     | 41,759                             |
| 21             | Uttar Pradesh       | 10,82,986                          |
| 22 Uttarakhand | 46                  |                                    |
| 23             | West Bengal         | 34,450                             |
| Total          | 49,25,124           |                                    |

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ANNEXURE-III

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  UNSTARRED

## QUESTION NO. 1397 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 13.02.2025 *************

Number  of  Households  electrified  since  the  launch  of  SAUBHAGYA  scheme including Additional Households achievement under DDUGJY

| Sl. No.   | Name of the States   | No. of Households electrified   |
|-----------|----------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh*      | 1,81,930                        |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh    | 47,089                          |
| 3         | Assam                | 23,26,656                       |
| 4         | Bihar                | 32,59,041                       |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh         | 7,92,368                        |
| 6         | Gujarat*             | 41,317                          |
| 7         | Haryana              | 54,681                          |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh     | 12,891                          |
| 9 Jammu&  | Kashmir 3,77,045     |                                 |
| 10        | Jharkhand            | 17,30,708                       |
| 11        |                      | 3,83,798                        |
| 12        | Karnataka Ladakh     | 10,456                          |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh       | 19,84,264                       |
| 14        | Maharashtra          | 15,17,922                       |
| 15        | Manipur              | 1,08,115                        |
| 16        | Meghalaya            | 2,00,240                        |
| 17        | Mizoram              | 27,970                          |
| 18        | Nagaland             | 1,39,516                        |
| 19        | Odisha               | 24,52,444                       |
| 20        | Puducherry*          | 912                             |
| 21        | Punjab               | 3,477                           |
| 22        | Rajasthan            | 21,27,728                       |
| 23        | Sikkim               | 14,900                          |
| 24 Tamil  | Nadu*                | 2,170                           |
| 25        | Telangana            | 5,15,084                        |
| 26        | Tripura              | 1,39,090                        |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh        | 91,80,571                       |
| 28        | Uttarakhand          | 2,48,751                        |
| 29 West   | Bengal               | 7,32,290                        |
| Total     | Total                | 2,86,13,424                     |

*Not funded under SAUBHAGYA Scheme

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ANNEXURE-IV

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1397 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 13.02.2025 *************

## Household Electrification sanctioned under RDSS

| Sl. No.   | State                                | Sanctioned Outlay (Rs. Crores)   | Sanctioned GBS (Rs. Crores)   | Total Households Covered   |
|-----------|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
| A.        | Addl. HHs Sanctioned                 |                                  |                               |                            |
| 1         | Rajasthan                            | 459.18                           | 275.51                        | 1,90,959                   |
| 2         | Meghalaya                            | 435.70                           | 392.13                        | 50,501                     |
| 3         | Mizoram                              | 79.90                            | 71.91                         | 15,167                     |
| 4         | Nagaland                             | 69.55                            | 62.59                         | 10,004                     |
| 5         | Uttar Pradesh                        | 931.04                           | 558.62                        | 2,51,487                   |
| 6         | Andhra Pradesh                       | 49.24                            | 29.55                         | 15,475                     |
| 7         | Jharkhand                            | 7.47                             | 4.48                          | 872                        |
| 8         | Jammu & Kashmir                      | 77.10                            | 69.39                         | 10,730                     |
| 9         | Bihar                                | 300.26                           | 180.16                        | 42,584                     |
| 10        | Assam                                | 785.55                           | 706.99                        | 1,27,111                   |
| 11        | Arunachal Pradesh                    | 47.11                            | 42.40                         | 6,506                      |
| 12        | Manipur                              | 214.44                           | 193.00                        | 36,972                     |
| 13        | Chhattisgarh                         | 316.51                           | 189.90                        | 63,161                     |
|           | Total (A)                            | 3,773.04                         | 2,776.64                      | 8,21,529                   |
| B.        | Under Vibrant Villages Programme     |                                  |                               |                            |
| 1         | Himachal Pradesh*                    | 6.08                             | 5.47                          | -                          |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh                    | 20.18                            | 18.16                         | 1,683                      |
| 3         | Uttarakhand                          | 13.08                            | 11.77                         | 1,154                      |
|           | Total (B)                            | 39.34                            | 35.41                         | 2,837                      |
| C.        | Under Pradhan Mantri Janjati JANMAN) | Adivasi                          | Nyayay Maha                   | Abhiyan (PM-               |
| C1        | Sanctioned under RDSS                |                                  |                               |                            |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh                       | 88.71                            | 53.23                         | 25,054                     |
| 2         | Bihar                                | 0.28                             | 0.17                          | 51                         |
| 3         | Chhattisgarh                         | 38.17                            | 22.90                         | 7,077                      |
| 4         | Jharkhand                            | 74.13                            | 44.47                         | 12,442                     |
| 5         | Madhya Pradesh                       | 143.39                           | 86.02                         | 29,290                     |
| 6         | Maharashtra                          | 26.61                            | 15.96                         | 8,556                      |
| 7         | Rajasthan                            | 40.34                            | 24.20                         | 17,633                     |

| 8   | Karnataka                                                  | 3.77                                                       | 2.26                                                       | 1,615                                                      |
|-----|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| 9   | Kerala                                                     | 0.86                                                       | 0.52                                                       | 345                                                        |
| 10  | Tamil Nadu                                                 | 29.89                                                      | 17.94                                                      | 10,673                                                     |
| 11  | Telangana                                                  | 6.79                                                       | 4.07                                                       | 3,884                                                      |
| 12  | Tripura                                                    | 61.52                                                      | 55.37                                                      | 11,664                                                     |
| 13  | Uttarakhand                                                | 0.60                                                       | 0.54                                                       | 669                                                        |
| 14  | Uttar Pradesh                                              | 1.10                                                       | 0.66                                                       | 316                                                        |
|     | Sub Total (C1)                                             | 516.15                                                     | 328.31                                                     | 1,29,269                                                   |
| D.  | Under Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DA-JGUA) | Under Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DA-JGUA) | Under Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DA-JGUA) | Under Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DA-JGUA) |
| D1  | Sanctioned Households                                      |                                                            |                                                            |                                                            |
| 1   | Chhattisgarh                                               | 11.98                                                      | 7.19                                                       | 2,550                                                      |
| 2   | Maharashtra                                                | 2.07                                                       | 1.24                                                       | 480                                                        |
| 3   | Tripura                                                    | 40.69                                                      | 36.62                                                      | 7,677                                                      |
| 4   | Karnataka                                                  | 30.53                                                      | 18.32                                                      | 3,682                                                      |
| 5   | Arunachal Pradesh                                          | 8.20                                                       | 7.38                                                       | 1,938                                                      |
| 6   | Telangana                                                  | 110.73                                                     | 66.44                                                      | 26,525                                                     |
|     | Sub Total (D1)                                             | 204.20                                                     | 137.19                                                     | 42,852                                                     |
| D2  | Sanctioned Public Places                                   |                                                            |                                                            |                                                            |
| 1   | Tripura                                                    | 2.31                                                       | 2.08                                                       | 512                                                        |
| 2   | Arunachal Pradesh                                          | 0.04                                                       | 0.03                                                       | 9                                                          |
| 3   | Telangana                                                  | 2.90                                                       | 1.74                                                       | 672                                                        |
|     | Sub Total (D2)                                             | 5.25                                                       | 3.86                                                       | 1,193                                                      |
|     | Total (D=D1+D2)                                            | 209.45                                                     | 141.05                                                     | 44,045                                                     |
|     | Grand Total (A+B+C+D)                                      | 4,537.99                                                   | 3,281.39                                                   | 9,97,680                                                   |

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ANNEXURE-V ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1397 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 13.02.2025 *************

Off-grid solar based household electrification sanctioned under New Solar Power Scheme

| S. No.   | States         | No. of households Sanctioned   |
|----------|----------------|--------------------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh | 1,675                          |
| 2.       | Chhattisgarh   | 1,578                          |
| 3.       | Jharkhand      | 2,342                          |
| 4.       | Madhya Pradesh | 2,060                          |
| 5.       | Karnataka      | 179                            |
| 6.       | Kerala         | 98                             |
| 7.       | Telangana      | 326                            |
| 8.       | Tripura        | 1,703                          |
| Total    | Total          | 9,961                          |

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