Lok Sabha Question No. 1348 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-27
Subject: DDUGJY Scheme
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Khan Saumitra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1348

## ANSWERED ON 27.07.2023

## DDUGJY SCHEME

## 1348. SHRI SAUMITRA KHAN:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the date on which Saubhagya Yojana and Deen Dayal Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDGJY)  has  started  electrification  in  the  country  and  the  details  of  the selection process followed thereunder;
- (b) whether any criteria have been fixed for the beneficiaries under the said schemes and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  number  of  eligible  persons  benefited  across  the  country  since  the inception  of  the  said  schemes  upto  March,  2023,  year  and  State/UT-wise, especially in West Bengal; and
- (d) the details of the number of electricity connections provided to beneficiaries under the said schemes in West Bengal from 2020 to 2022 along with  the  total  funds  utilised  and  the  amount  of  subsidy  provided  thereunder, district and year-wise?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a)  &  (b)  :  The  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti  Yojana  (DDUGJY)  was launched in December, 2014 by the Government of India for strengthening the distribution  systems  including  separation  of  agriculture  and  non-agriculture feeders,  strengthening  and  augmentation  of  sub-transmission  &  distribution infrastructure, metering of distribution transformers/feeders/consumers electrification  of  villages  across  the  country,  access  to  electricity  to  rural households and providing free electricity connection to BPL households.

Subsequently,  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 the country.

.........2.

Under SAUBHAGYA, electricity connection was provided free of cost to all un-electrified  poor  households,  whereas  for  non-poor  rural  households,  an amount of Rs.500 was to be recovered by the DISCOMs/Power Departments from the beneficiary in ten equal installments in their subsequent electricity bills.

- (c)  : The details of BPL households electrified from FY 2015-16 and till September, 2017 under DDUGJY  State-wise  (including West  Bengal) are furnished at Annexure-I.  Further, the details of households electrified since the launch  of  SAUBHAGYA  in  October,  2017  including  additional  households sanctioned  under  DDUGJY  till  31.03.2022  State-wise  (including  West  Bengal) are furnished at Annexure-II. Both these Schemes  stand closed as on 31.03.2022.

(d) : The State of West  Bengal had reported 100% electrification of  all willing  un-electrified  households  under  SAUBHAGYA  by  31.03.2019.  As  per SAUBHAGYA portal, a total of 7,32,290 Nos. households were electrified in the State.

There was no upfront allocation of funds for any State/District under DDUGJY & Saubhagya scheme. Funds were released for sanctioned projects in installments  based  on  the  reported  utilization  of  the  funds  released  in  the previous  installments  and  fulfillment  of  stipulated  conditions.  The  details  of grant released under Saubhagya and DDUGJY (including RE and additional infra) respectively from FY 2020 to 2022 to West Bengal State is as follows:

(Rs. in Crore)

| Scheme    |   FY 2020-21 |   FY 2021-22 |   Total |
|-----------|--------------|--------------|---------|
| DDUGJY    |          149 |          509 |     658 |
| Saubhagya |           16 |           46 |      62 |

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ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1348 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 27.07.2023

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| State wise Achievement of total BPL Households electrified from FY 2015 till September 2017 under DDUGJY   | State wise Achievement of total BPL Households electrified from FY 2015 till September 2017 under DDUGJY   | State wise Achievement of total BPL Households electrified from FY 2015 till September 2017 under DDUGJY   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                                                                    | State Total BPL Households electrified                                                                     | State Total BPL Households electrified                                                                     |
| 1.                                                                                                         | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                             | 664851                                                                                                     |
| 2.                                                                                                         | Assam                                                                                                      | 101537                                                                                                     |
| 3.                                                                                                         | Bihar                                                                                                      | 1976832                                                                                                    |
| 4.                                                                                                         | Chhattisgarh                                                                                               | 63756                                                                                                      |
| 5.                                                                                                         | Gujarat                                                                                                    | 813                                                                                                        |
| 6.                                                                                                         | Jammu &Kashmir                                                                                             | 1133                                                                                                       |
| 7.                                                                                                         | Jharkhand                                                                                                  | 12391                                                                                                      |
| 8.                                                                                                         | Karnataka                                                                                                  | 98821                                                                                                      |
| 9.                                                                                                         | Kerala                                                                                                     | 24993                                                                                                      |
| 10.                                                                                                        | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                             | 561262                                                                                                     |
| 11.                                                                                                        | Maharashtra                                                                                                | 59                                                                                                         |
| 12.                                                                                                        | Meghalaya                                                                                                  | 95                                                                                                         |
| 13.                                                                                                        | Mizoram                                                                                                    | 447                                                                                                        |
| 14.                                                                                                        | Nagaland                                                                                                   | 507                                                                                                        |
| 15.                                                                                                        | Odisha                                                                                                     | 103857                                                                                                     |
| 16.                                                                                                        | Rajasthan                                                                                                  | 149854                                                                                                     |
| 17.                                                                                                        | Sikkim                                                                                                     | 1850                                                                                                       |
| 18.                                                                                                        | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                 | 1976                                                                                                       |
| 19.                                                                                                        | Telangana                                                                                                  | 849                                                                                                        |
| 20.                                                                                                        | Tripura                                                                                                    | 41759                                                                                                      |
| 21.                                                                                                        | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                              | 1082986                                                                                                    |
| 22.                                                                                                        | Uttarakhand                                                                                                | 46                                                                                                         |
| 23.                                                                                                        | West Bengal                                                                                                | 34450                                                                                                      |
|                                                                                                            | Total                                                                                                      | 4925124                                                                                                    |

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## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1348  ANSWERED  IN  THE  LOK  SABHA  ON 27.07.2023

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

| Sl. No.   |                    | No of Households electrified from 11.10.2017 to 31.03.2019 as per Saubhagya Portal   | Additional Sanction allowed under Saubhagya                         | Additional Sanction allowed under Saubhagya   | Further Additional Households sanctioned under DDUGJY   | Grand Total(A+B)   |
|-----------|--------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
| Sl. No.   | Name of the States | No of Households electrified from 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 electrified (as on 31.03.2022) (B)           |                    |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh*    | 181,930                                                                              | 0                                                                   | 181,930                                       |                                                         | 181,930            |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh  | 47,089                                                                               | 0                                                                   | 47,089                                        | 0                                                       | 47,089             |
| 3         | Assam              | 1,745,149                                                                            | 200,000                                                             | 1,945,149                                     | 381507                                                  | 2,326,656          |
| 4         | Bihar              | 3,259,041                                                                            | 0                                                                   | 3,259,041                                     |                                                         | 3,259,041          |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh       | 749,397                                                                              | 40,394                                                              | 789,791                                       | 2577                                                    | 792,368            |
| 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    | 377,045                                                                              | 0                                                                   | 377,045                                       |                                                         | 377,045            |
| 10        | Jharkhand          | 1,530,708                                                                            | 200,000                                                             | 1,730,708                                     |                                                         | 1,730,708          |
| 11        | Karnataka          | 356,974                                                                              | 26,824                                                              | 383,798                                       |                                                         | 383,798            |
| 12        | Ladakh             | 10,456                                                                               | 0                                                                   | 10,456                                        |                                                         | 10,456             |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh     | 1,984,264                                                                            | 0                                                                   | 1,984,264                                     | 0                                                       | 1,984,264          |
| 14        | Maharashtra        | 1,517,922                                                                            | 0                                                                   | 1,517,922                                     |                                                         | 1,517,922          |
| 15        | Manipur            | 102,748                                                                              | 5,367                                                               | 108,115                                       | 0                                                       | 108,115            |

.........2.

| 16    | Meghalaya     | 199,839    | 0         | 199,839    | 401     | 200,240    |
|-------|---------------|------------|-----------|------------|---------|------------|
| 17    | Mizoram       | 27,970     | 0         | 27,970     |         | 27,970     |
| 18    | Nagaland      | 132,507    | 0         | 132,507    | 7009    | 139,516    |
| 19    | Odisha        | 2,452,444  | 0         | 2,452,444  |         | 2,452,444  |
| 20    | Puducherry*   | 912        | 0         | 912        |         | 912        |
| 21    | Punjab        | 3,477      | 0         | 3,477      |         | 3,477      |
| 22    | Rajasthan     | 1,862,736  | 212,786   | 2,075,522  | 52206   | 2,127,728  |
| 23    | Sikkim        | 14,900     | 0         | 14,900     |         | 14,900     |
| 24    | Tamil Nadu*   | 2,170      | 0         | 2,170      |         | 2,170      |
| 25    | Telangana     | 515,084    | 0         | 515,084    |         | 515,084    |
| 26    | Tripura       | 139,090    | 0         | 139,090    |         | 139,090    |
| 27    | Uttar Pradesh | 7,980,568  | 1,200,003 | 9,180,571  | 0       | 9,180,571  |
| 28    | Uttarakhand   | 248,751    | 0         | 248,751    |         | 248,751    |
| 29    | West Bengal   | 732,290    | 0         | 732,290    |         | 732,290    |
| Total | Total         | 26,284,350 | 1,885,374 | 28,169,724 | 443,700 | 28,613,424 |

*Electrified prior to Saubhagya and not funded under Saubhagya

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