Lok Sabha Question No. 2972 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-08
Subject: Electrification of  Villages in Jharkhand
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Shri Bidyut Baran Mahato, Shri Mukeshkumar Chandrakaant Dalal, Smt. Himadri Singh, Shri Dulu Mahato, Shri Janardan Mishra, Shri Vivek Thakur

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2972

## ANSWERED ON 08.08.2024

## ELECTRIFICATION OF VILLAGES IN JHARKHAND

†2972 Shri Bidyut Baran Mahato:

Shri Mukeshkumar Chandrakaant Dalal:

Smt. Himadri Singh:

Shri Dulu Mahato:

Shri Janardan Mishra:

Shri Vivek Thakur:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  expedite  the electrification of the villages particularly in the villages of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand since 2014;
- (b) the status and details of the village electrification programme including the future roadmap;
- (c) the details of the increase in the quantum of electricity available in the villages every day since 2014; and
- (d) the present status of electrification in the State of Madhya Pradesh?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

(a), (b) & (d) :  The Government of India launched Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY)  in  2014  to strengthen the sub-transmission and distribution  networks  in  rural  areas  of  the  country.  Under  the  scheme,  all census  villages  in  the  country  were  electrified.    The  State  wise  details  of number of villages electrified, including for the States of Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh is placed at Annexure-I.

……….2.

Under  Pradhan  Mantri  Sahaj  Bijli  Har  Ghar  Yojana  (SAUBHAGYA)  (20172019)  all  willing  un-electrified  households  in  rural  areas  and  all  willing  poor households in urban areas in the country were electrified.  A total of 2.86 Cr households  were  electrified  during  the  period  of  Saubhagya  Scheme  at  the national  level  (State-wise  details  including  for  the  States  of  Jharkhand  and Madhya  Pradesh  is  placed  at  Annexure-II).The  Scheme  of  SAUBHAGYA  and DDUGJY were closed in 2019 and 2022 respectively.

Further,  Government  of  India  launched  Revamped  Distribution  Sector Scheme  (RDSS)  with  the  objective  of  improving  the  quality  and  reliability  of supply of power to consumers through a financially sustainable and operationally efficient Distribution Sector. The Scheme has an outlay of         Rs. 3,03,758 crore with a Gross Budgetary Support of Rs. 97,631 crore over a period of five years from 2021-22 to FY 2025-26. Projects worth Rs. 2.62 lakh crore for distribution  infrastructure  and  smart  metering  works  have  been  sanctioned under  the  scheme.    This  also  includes  electrification  works  for  un-electrified households  left-out  during  SAUBHAGYA  and  all  Particularly  Vulnerable  Tribal Groups  (PVTG)  habitations/households  identified  under  PM-JANMAN  (Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan).

State-wise detail of household electrification works sanctioned along with status, including for the States of Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh, is placed at Annexure-III.

A  total  of  74  un-electrified  census  villages  were  electrified  and  35,871 households  were  electrified  in  the  district  of  Dhanbad,  Jharkhand  under DDUGJY  and  SAUBHAGYA  schemes. In addition, 31 numbers of PVTG households  have  been  sanctioned  for  electrification  works  under  RDSS  for district Dhanbad, Jharkhand.

Further, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) has approved New Solar  Power Scheme for PVTG Habitations/Villages under PM JANMAN. Under this scheme 5067 HHs have been sanctioned for electrification through off-grid solar.    Under  this,  no  household  has  been  sanctioned  for  District  Dhanbad, Jharkhand.

(c) : At  present,  the  average  availability  of  power  supply  in  rural  areas,  as reported by the States, has increased from 12.5 hours in 2015 to 21.9 hours in 2024.

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ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a),  (b)  &  (d)  OF  UNSTARRED

QUESTION NO. 2972 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 08.08.2024 *************

## State-wise number of villages electrified under DDUGJY

| Sl. No.   | State             | No. Of Villages Electrified under DDUGJY   |
|-----------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Arunachal Pradesh | 1483                                       |
| 2         | Assam             | 2732                                       |
| 3         | Bihar             | 2906                                       |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh      | 1078                                       |
| 5         | Himachal Pradesh  | 28                                         |
| 6         | J&K               | 129                                        |
| 7         | Jharkhand         | 2583                                       |
| 8         | Karnataka         | 39                                         |
| 9         | Madhya Pradesh    | 422                                        |
| 10        | Maharashtra       | 80                                         |
| 11        | Manipur           | 366                                        |
| 12        | Meghalaya         | 1051                                       |
| 13        | Mizoram           | 54                                         |
| 14        | Nagaland          | 78                                         |
| 15        | Odisha            | 3281                                       |
| 16        | Rajasthan         | 427                                        |
| 17        | Tripura           | 26                                         |
| 18        | Uttar Pradesh     | 1498                                       |
| 19        | Uttarakhand       | 91                                         |
| 20        | West Bengal       | 22                                         |
|           | Total             | 18,374                                     |

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ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a),  (b)  &  (d)  OF  UNSTARRED

## QUESTION NO. 2972 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 08.08.2024 *************

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 Karnataka       | 3,83,798             |                                |
| 12 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-III

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a),  (b)  &  (d)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2972 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 08.08.2024 *************

## Electrification under RDSS (PVTG+Addl HHs+ Vibrant Village Program)

| Sl. No.                                                            | Name of State                                                       | Sanctioned Outlay (Rs. Crores)                                      | Sanctioned GBS (Rs. Crores)                                         | Total Households Sanctioned                                         | Households Electrified as on 18.07.2024                             |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
| A. Addl. HHs Sanctioned under RDSS                                 | A. Addl. HHs Sanctioned under RDSS                                  | A. Addl. HHs Sanctioned under RDSS                                  | A. Addl. HHs Sanctioned under RDSS                                  | A. Addl. HHs Sanctioned under RDSS                                  | A. Addl. HHs Sanctioned under RDSS                                  |
| 1                                                                  | Rajasthan                                                           | 459.18                                                              | 275.51                                                              | 190,959                                                             | 62,160                                                              |
| 2                                                                  | Meghalaya                                                           | 435.70                                                              | 392.13                                                              | 50,501                                                              | 0                                                                   |
| 3                                                                  | Mizoram                                                             | 68.94                                                               | 62.04                                                               | 13,715                                                              | 0                                                                   |
| 4                                                                  | Nagaland                                                            | 65.10                                                               | 58.59                                                               | 10,398                                                              | 0                                                                   |
| 5                                                                  | Uttar Pradesh                                                       | 931.04                                                              | 558.62                                                              | 251,487                                                             | 0                                                                   |
| 6                                                                  | Andhra Pradesh                                                      | 49.24                                                               | 29.54                                                               | 15,475                                                              | 11,384                                                              |
| 7                                                                  | Jharkhand                                                           | 7.47                                                                | 4.48                                                                | 872                                                                 | 0                                                                   |
| 8                                                                  | Jammu & Kashmir                                                     | 14.96                                                               | 13.46                                                               | 1,936                                                               | 0                                                                   |
| 9                                                                  | Bihar                                                               | 119.57                                                              | 71.74                                                               | 21,658                                                              | 0                                                                   |
| 10                                                                 | Assam                                                               | 785.55                                                              | 706.99                                                              | 127,111                                                             | 0                                                                   |
|                                                                    | Total (A)                                                           | 2,936.75                                                            | 2,173.12                                                            | 684,112                                                             | 73,544                                                              |
| B. Electrification works sanctioned under RDSS in Vibrant Villages | B. Electrification works sanctioned under RDSS in Vibrant Villages  | B. Electrification works sanctioned under RDSS in Vibrant Villages  | B. Electrification works sanctioned under RDSS in Vibrant Villages  | B. Electrification works sanctioned under RDSS in Vibrant Villages  | B. Electrification works sanctioned under RDSS in Vibrant Villages  |
| 1                                                                  | Himachal Pradesh                                                    | 6.08                                                                | 5.47                                                                | 3,536                                                               | 0                                                                   |
| 2                                                                  | Arunachal Pradesh                                                   | 20.18                                                               | 18.16                                                               | 1,683                                                               | 0                                                                   |
| 3                                                                  | Uttarakhand                                                         | 13.08                                                               | 11.77                                                               | 1,154                                                               | 0                                                                   |
|                                                                    | Total (B)                                                           | 39.34                                                               | 35.40                                                               | 6,373                                                               |                                                                     |
| C.                                                                 | Household Electrification through Grid Connectivity under PM-JANMAN | Household Electrification through Grid Connectivity under PM-JANMAN | Household Electrification through Grid Connectivity under PM-JANMAN | Household Electrification through Grid Connectivity under PM-JANMAN | Household Electrification through Grid Connectivity under PM-JANMAN |
|                                                                    | Sanctioned under RDSS                                               | Sanctioned under RDSS                                               | Sanctioned under RDSS                                               | Sanctioned under RDSS                                               | Sanctioned under RDSS                                               |
| 1                                                                  | Andhra Pradesh                                                      | 88.71                                                               | 53.23                                                               | 25,054                                                              | 22,245                                                              |
| 2                                                                  | Chhattisgarh                                                        | 38.17                                                               | 22.90                                                               | 7,077                                                               | 3,172                                                               |
| 3                                                                  | Jharkhand                                                           | 53.39                                                               | 32.03                                                               | 9,134                                                               | 0                                                                   |
| 4                                                                  | Madhya Pradesh                                                      | 136.07                                                              | 81.65                                                               | 27,358                                                              | 7,517                                                               |
| 5                                                                  | Maharashtra                                                         | 26.61                                                               | 15.96                                                               | 8,556                                                               | 8,556                                                               |
| 6                                                                  | Rajasthan                                                           | 40.34                                                               | 24.20                                                               | 17,633                                                              | 9,815                                                               |
| 7                                                                  | Karnataka                                                           | 3.77                                                                | 2.26                                                                | 1,615                                                               | 811                                                                 |
| 8                                                                  | Kerala                                                              | 0.86                                                                | 0.52                                                                | 345                                                                 | 303                                                                 |
| 9                                                                  | Tamil Nadu                                                          | 29.89                                                               | 17.94                                                               | 10,673                                                              | 4,781                                                               |
| 10                                                                 | Telangana                                                           | 6.79                                                                | 4.07                                                                | 3,884                                                               | 3,862                                                               |
| 11                                                                 | Tripura                                                             | 61.52                                                               | 55.37                                                               | 11,664                                                              | 2,367                                                               |
| 12                                                                 | Uttarakhand                                                         | 0.41                                                                | 0.37                                                                | 221                                                                 | 667                                                                 |
| 13                                                                 | Uttar Pradesh                                                       | 1.10                                                                | 0.66                                                                | 316                                                                 | 157                                                                 |
|                                                                    | Total (C)                                                           | 487.63                                                              | 311.15                                                              | 123,530                                                             | 64,253                                                              |
|                                                                    | Grand Total (A+B+C)                                                 | 3,463.72                                                            | 2,519.67                                                            | 814,015                                                             | 137,797                                                             |

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