Lok Sabha Question No. 854 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-24
Subject: Power Supply to Farmers in Rajasthan
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Shri Dushyant Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.854 ANSWERED ON 24.07.2025

## POWER SUPPLY TO FARMERS IN RAJASTHAN

## 854.   SHRI DUSHYANT SINGH:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  undertaken  efforts to  segregate agriculture feeders in rural areas, particularly in regions like Jhalawar and Baran in the State of Rajasthan where agricultural load is high, to reduce the  load  on  domestic  feeders  and  ensure  uninterrupted  power  supply  to farmers, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (b) the details of the total number of agriculture feeders that have been identified and segregated so far across rural India and the number of such feeders located in Rajasthan particularly in the districts of Jhalawar and Baran;
- (c) the total cost involved in segregating these feeders and the manner in which the Government plans to allocate resources for the segregation of feeders  in  rural  and  remote  areas  to  ensure  reliable  power  supply  for agricultural activities; and
- (d) the details of households belonging to Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

(a) & (b) : Government of India has been laying emphasis on segregation of mixed load feeders with more than 30% agricultural load into agriculture and non-agricultural feeders. It would help in efficient load management, facilitate  judicious  rostering  of  supply  for  agricultural  consumption  and enable  solarization  of  agricultural  feeders  which  would  help  in  day-time supply  to  farmers  while  reducing  the  cost  of  supply.  It  will  also  help  in providing reliable and quality supply to non-agricultural consumers in the rural areas.

Under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) launched in  2014  and  Revamped  Distribution  Sector  Scheme  (RDSS)  launched  in 2021, works have been sanctioned for feeder segregation. The details of feeder segregation works are as under:

|   Sl. No . | Particulars                                                                 | All India   | Rajasthan   |   Jhalawar |   Baran |
|------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------|------------|---------|
|          1 | Total feeders with more than 30% agricultural load feasible for segregation | 80,720      | 14,484      |        212 |     273 |
|          2 | Feeders already segregated under various schemes                            | 56,018      | 1,897       |         16 |      11 |
|          3 | Feeders for which segregation works are on- going                           | 24,702      | 12,587      |        196 |     262 |

(c) :   Under  RDSS,  the  funds  have  been  allocated  as  per  the  remaining number of feasible feeders which have been identified for segregation by the respective distribution utility. The details of sanctioned project cost for feeder segregation works is as under:

Rs Cr

| Sl   | Scheme   | All India   | Rajasthan   | Jhalawar   | Baran   |
|------|----------|-------------|-------------|------------|---------|
| No   |          |             |             |            |         |
| 1    | RDSS     | 40,525      | 10,201      | 188        | 201     |

(d) :   Under  RDSS,  Government  of  India  is  supporting  States  for  grid electrification of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG) households identified under PM-JANMAN (Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan).  Works  amounting  to  Rs.  516  Cr.  have  been  sanctioned  for providing  on-grid  connectivity  to  1,27,061  PVTG  households  under  the scheme.

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