Lok Sabha Question No. 2927 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-12
Subject: Electrification of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups Households
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Shri Tapir Gao, Dr. Rajesh Mishra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2927 ANSWERED ON 12.12.2024

## ELECTRIFICATION OF PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TRIBAL GROUPS HOUSEHOLDS

2927. SHRI TAPIR GAO:

DR. RAJESH MISHRA:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of households so far belonging to Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) located in remote and far flung areas provided with electricity connections;
- (b) the  impact  of  electrification  on  the  lives  of  general  public  and  the opportunities it offers; and
- (c) the  measures  taken/being  taken  to  overcome  the  obstacles  in  supplying electricity to PVTGs residing in the forest areas?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

(a) : Under Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS), Government of India is supporting States for grid electrification of all identified households belonging to  Particularly  Vulnerable  Tribal  Group  (PVTG)  under  PM-JANMAN  (Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan) as per the scheme guidelines. Works amounting to Rs. 516 Cr. have been sanctioned for electrification of 1,29,269 left out  PVTG  households  (State  wise  details  enclosed  as  Annexure-I).  Till  date, 91,194 PVTG households have been electrified under PM-JANMAN. Further, under New Solar Power Scheme, works worth Rs. 49 Cr. have been sanctioned for offgrid  solar  based  electrification  for  9,863  PVTG  households  (State  wise  details enclosed as Annexure-II).

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(b) : Electrification has a significant impact on the general population in several ways. Electrification of households particularly those in remote and tribal areas has  positive  impact  on  business  and  employment  opportunities,  educational achievements  and  agricultural  production.  Further,  electrification  of  villages including remote areas contributes towards increase in per capita consumption of a State, signifying improved living standards.

(c) : Government  of  India  is  taking  all  necessary  steps  to  support  States  for electrification of all PVTG households. Since most of the left-out areas were in remote,  hilly  and  forest  areas,  hence  the  norms  for  electrification  under  RDSS were  relaxed  and  the  ceiling  limit  for  cost  of  electrification  was  enhanced. Intensive survey has  been  carried out by distribution utilities to identify unelectrified PVTG households and electrification works have been sanctioned in mission mode under RDSS for these households.  Grid based electrification works have  been  sanctioned  under  RDSS  wherever  found  feasible  as  per  the  revised norms  and  for  remaining  areas  off-grid  solar  based  electrification  works  have been sanctioned. Further, for the sanctioned works, regular monitoring is being done so as to resolve issues, if any, and expedite the implementation.

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ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO. 2927 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 12.12.2024

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## PVTG household electrification under RDSS

| S. No.   | Name of the States    | Sanctioned Outlay (Rs. Crores)   | No. of households Sanctioned   | No. of households electrified till date   |
|----------|-----------------------|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|          | Sanctioned under RDSS |                                  |                                |                                           |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh        | 89                               | 25,054                         | 24,327                                    |
| 2        | Bihar                 | 0.28                             | 51                             | 0                                         |
| 3        | Chhattisgarh          | 38                               | 7,077                          | 4,323                                     |
| 4        | Jharkhand             | 74                               | 12,442                         | 62                                        |
| 5        | Madhya Pradesh        | 143                              | 29,290                         | 9,445                                     |
| 6        | Maharashtra           | 27                               | 8,556                          | 9,216                                     |
| 7        | Rajasthan             | 40                               | 17,633                         | 15,667                                    |
| 8        | Karnataka             | 4                                | 1,615                          | 921                                       |
| 9        | Kerala                | 1                                | 345                            | 309                                       |
| 10       | Tamil Nadu            | 30                               | 10,673                         | 4,851                                     |
| 11       | Telangana             | 7                                | 3,884                          | 3,884                                     |
| 12       | Tripura               | 62                               | 11,664                         | 6,001                                     |
| 13       | Uttarakhand           | 1                                | 669                            | 669                                       |
| 14       | Uttar Pradesh         | 1                                | 316                            | 195                                       |
|          | Sub Total             | 516                              | 1,29,269                       | 79,870                                    |
|          | Under State Plan      |                                  |                                |                                           |
| 1        | Gujarat               | 0                                | 0                              | 6,626                                     |
| 2        | Odisha                | 0                                | 0                              | 1,326                                     |
| 3        | West Bengal           | 0                                | 0                              | 3,372                                     |
|          | Sub Total             | 0                                | 0                              | 11,324                                    |
|          | Total                 | 516                              | 1,29,269                       | 91,194                                    |

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ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2927 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 12.12.2024

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

| Sl. No.   | Name of the States   | No. of households   |
|-----------|----------------------|---------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh       | Sanctioned 1,675    |
| 2         | Chhattisgarh         | 1,578               |
| 3         | Jharkhand            | 2,342               |
| 4         | Karnataka            | 179                 |
| 5         | Madhya Pradesh       | 2,060               |
| 6         | Telangana            | 326                 |
| 7         | Tripura              | 1,703               |
| Total     | Total                | 9,863               |

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