Lok Sabha Question No. 3642 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-10
Subject: Electricity Connections under SAUBHAGYA Yojana
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Jyotsna Charandas Mahant

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3642 ANSWERED ON 10.08.2023

## ELECTRICITY CONNECTIONS UNDER SAUBHAGYA YOJANA

†3642. SHRIMATI JYOTSNA CHARANDAS MAHANT:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the current status of electricity connections in all poor households in rural and urban areas of the country under Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar YojanaSAUBHAGYA;
- (b) the  total  number  of  households  benefited  under  the  said  yojana  in  Korba Lok Sabha Constituency of Chhattisgarh, district-wise;
- (c) the details of the funds allocated and its actual utilisation under the said yojana during the last three years; and
- (d) whether 24X7 power supply has been ensured by the Government in all the urban and rural areas of the country and if so, the details thereof?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a)  :        The  Government  of  India  launched  Pradhan  Mantri  Sahaj  Bijli  Har  Ghar Yojana  -  Saubhagya  in  October,  2017  with  the  objective  to  achieve  universal household electrification, by providing electricity connections to all un-electrified households in rural areas and all poor households in urban areas in the country. Under  the  aegis  of  Saubhagya,  as  on  31.03.2019,  all  willing  households  were reported  electrified  by  the  States,  except  18,734  households  in  Left  Wing Extremists  (LWE)  affected  areas  of  Chhattisgarh.  Subsequently,  seven  States namely  Assam,  Chhattisgarh,  Jharkhand,  Karnataka,  Manipur,  Rajasthan  and Uttar Pradesh reported that around 19.09 lakh un-electrified households, identified  before  31.03.2019,  which  were  unwilling  earlier  but  later  expressed willingness  to  get  electricity  connection.  This  was  also  sanctioned.  All  these seven States had reported 100% households' electrification as on 31.03.2021. A total of 2.817 crore households were electrified since the launch of Saubhagya, up to 31.03.2021.

Thereafter, the States reported that some households remained to be electrified, against which, States reported electrification of 4.43 lakh households. Accordingly,  a  total  2.86  crore  households  have  been  electrified.  The  scheme stands  closed  on  31.03.2022.    As  per  the  SAUBHAGYA  portal,  a  total  of  29 States/UTs participated during scheme period. The State-wise details of Household electrification in the Country under SAUBHAGYA are as per  AnnexureI.

- (b) : Total  number  of  households  benefitted  since  launch  of  Saubhagya scheme including additional households electrified under DDUGJY in Korba Lok Sabha Constituency (covering Korba, Koriya, Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi* areas) of Chhattisgarh, district-wise is as follows:

| District   |   No of Households electrified from 11.10.2017 to 31.03.2019 as per Saubhagya Portal |   Additional households covered under Saubhagya 01.04.2019 to 31.03.2021 |   Addl. Households electrified under DDUGJY during 2021-22 |
|------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| Korba      |                                                                                30278 |                                                                     1004 |                                                          0 |
| Koriya     |                                                                                23590 |                                                                     1507 |                                                        187 |
| Bilaspur*  |                                                                                51156 |                                                                        0 |                                                          0 |

*Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district was carved out of Bilaspur district and inaugurated in February, 2020.

- (c) :   There  was  no  upfront  allocation  of  funds  for  any  State/District  under Saubhagya scheme. Funds were released for sanctioned projects in instalments based on the reported utilization of the funds released in the previous instalments and  fulfilment  of  stipulated  conditions.  The  details  of  the  grant  disbursed  and utilized under Saubhagya during the last three years is at Annexure-II.
- (d) : Electricity is  a  concurrent  subject  and  supply/distribution of  electricity  to all  consumers of urban and rural areas falls primarily under the purview  of the respective State Governments and/or State Power Utilities. Government of India supplements the efforts of the States through its various schemes to help them to achieve the objective of providing uninterrupted power supply to all households.
- For  24x7  power  supply,  all  the  States  and  the  Union  Territories  (UTs) have  signed  MoUs  with  the  Central  Government  w.e.f.  1 st   April,  2019  onwards. Many States and UTs claim to supply 24x7 power other than the planned outages and interruptions due to unforeseen events. In this regard, Government of India vide notification dated 31.12.2020 notified the Electricity (Rights of Consumers) Rules,  2020  which  mandates  24x7  power  supply  to  all  consumers  by  the distribution licensee.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  3642 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 10.08.2023

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| State-wise electrification of households since launch of Saubhagya Scheme including Additional Households achievement under DDUGJY   | State-wise electrification of households since launch of Saubhagya Scheme including Additional Households achievement under DDUGJY   | State-wise electrification of households since launch of Saubhagya Scheme including Additional Households achievement under DDUGJY   | State-wise electrification of households since launch of Saubhagya Scheme including Additional Households achievement under DDUGJY   | State-wise electrification of households since launch of Saubhagya Scheme including Additional Households achievement under DDUGJY   | State-wise electrification of households since launch of Saubhagya Scheme including Additional Households achievement under DDUGJY   | State-wise electrification of households since launch of Saubhagya Scheme including Additional Households achievement under DDUGJY   | State-wise electrification of households since launch of Saubhagya Scheme including Additional Households achievement under DDUGJY   |
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| Sl. No.                                                                                                                              | Name of the State/UT                                                                                                                 | 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                                                                                | Further Additional Households sanctioned under DDUGJY                                                                                | Grand Total (A+B)                                                                                                                    |
| Sl. No.                                                                                                                              | Name of the State/UT                                                                                                                 | 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 Sanctioned during 2021-22                                                                                                 | Households electrified (as on 31.03.2022) (B)                                                                                        | Grand Total (A+B)                                                                                                                    |
| 1                                                                                                                                    | Andhra Pradesh*                                                                                                                      | 181,930                                                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                                                    | 181,930                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                      | 181,930                                                                                                                              |
| 2                                                                                                                                    | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                    | 47,089                                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                                                    | 47,089                                                                                                                               | 7859                                                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                                                    | 47,089                                                                                                                               |
| 3                                                                                                                                    | Assam                                                                                                                                | 1,745,149                                                                                                                            | 200,000                                                                                                                              | 1,945,149                                                                                                                            | 480249                                                                                                                               | 381507                                                                                                                               | 2,326,656                                                                                                                            |
| 4                                                                                                                                    | Bihar                                                                                                                                | 3,259,041                                                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                                                    | 3,259,041                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                      | 3,259,041                                                                                                                            |
| 5                                                                                                                                    | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                         | 749,397                                                                                                                              | 40,394                                                                                                                               | 789,791                                                                                                                              | 21981                                                                                                                                | 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                                                                                                                            | 99722                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                    | 1,984,264                                                                                                                            |
| 14                                                                                                                                   | Maharashtra                                                                                                                          | 1,517,922                                                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                                                    | 1,517,922                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                      | 1,517,922                                                                                                                            |
| 15                                                                                                                                   | Manipur                                                                                                                              | 102,748                                                                                                                              | 5,367                                                                                                                                | 108,115                                                                                                                              | 21135                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                    | 108,115                                                                                                                              |
| 16                                                                                                                                   | Meghalaya                                                                                                                            | 199,839                                                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                                                    | 199,839                                                                                                                              | 420                                                                                                                                  | 401                                                                                                                                  | 200,240                                                                                                                              |
| 17                                                                                                                                   | Mizoram                                                                                                                              | 27,970                                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                                                    | 27,970                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                      | 27,970                                                                                                                               |
| 18                                                                                                                                   | Nagaland                                                                                                                             | 132,507                                                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                                                    | 132,507                                                                                                                              | 7009                                                                                                                                 | 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                                                                                                                            | 210843                                                                                                                               | 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                                                                                                                            | 334652                                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                                                    | 9,180,571                                                                                                                            |
| 28                                                                                                                                   | Uttarakhand                                                                                                                          | 248,751                                                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                                                    | 248,751                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                      | 248,751                                                                                                                              |
| 29                                                                                                                                   | West Bengal                                                                                                                          | 732,290                                                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                                                    | 732,290                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                      | 732,290                                                                                                                              |
|                                                                                                                                      | Total                                                                                                                                | 26,284,350                                                                                                                           | 1,885,374                                                                                                                            | 28,169,724                                                                                                                           | 1,183,870                                                                                                                            | 443,700                                                                                                                              | 28,613,424                                                                                                                           |

*Electrified prior to Saubhagya and not funded under Saubhagya

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ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3642 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 10.08.2023 **************

State-wise  Grant  disbursed  and  utilized  under  Saubhagya  Scheme  during  the financial year 2020-21 to 2022-23.

(Rs. in crore)

| SI. No.   | Name of the State/UT   | Grant disbursed and utilized   | Grant disbursed and utilized   | Grant disbursed and utilized   | Grant disbursed and utilized   | Grant disbursed and utilized   |
|-----------|------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| SI. No.   | Name of the State/UT   | 2020-21                        | 2021-22                        | 2022-23                        | Total                          | Funds Utilised by the States   |
| 1         | Arunachal Pradesh      | 0                              | 7                              | 0                              | 7                              | 7                              |
| 2         | Assam                  | 118                            | 21                             | 0                              | 139                            | 139                            |
| 3         | Bihar                  | 17                             | 24                             | 0                              | 41                             | 41                             |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh           | 42                             | 43                             | 0                              | 85                             | 85                             |
| 5         | Haryana                | 0                              | 5                              | 0                              | 5                              | 5                              |
| 6         | Himachal Pradesh       | 0                              | 0                              | 0                              | -                              | -                              |
| 7         | J&K                    | 0                              | 0                              | 0                              | -                              | -                              |
| 8         | Jharkhand              | 60                             | 68                             | 0                              | 128                            | 128                            |
| 9         | Karnataka              | 0                              | 9                              | 0                              | 9                              | 9                              |
| 10        | Kerala                 | 13                             | 12                             | 0                              | 25                             | 25                             |
| 11        | Ladakh                 | 0                              | 0                              | 0                              | -                              | -                              |
| 12        | Madhya Pradesh         | 6                              | 140                            | 0                              | 146                            | 146                            |
| 13        | Maharashtra            | 0                              | 20                             | 0                              | 20                             | 20                             |
| 14        | Manipur                | 12                             | 5                              | 0                              | 17                             | 17                             |
| 15        | Meghalaya              | 1                              | 19                             | 0                              | 20                             | 2                              |
| 16        | Mizoram                | 6                              | 1                              | 0                              | 7                              | 7                              |
| 17        | Nagaland               | 0                              | 15                             | 0                              | 15                             | 15                             |
| 18        | Orissa                 | 0                              | 78                             | 0                              | 78                             | 78                             |
| 19        | Punjab                 | 0                              | 0                              | 0                              | 1                              | 1                              |
| 20        | Rajasthan              | 101                            | 24                             | 0                              | 125                            | 125                            |
| 21        | Sikkim                 | 1                              | 0                              | 0                              | 1                              | 1                              |
| 22        | Telangana              | 0                              | 1                              | 0                              | 1                              | 1                              |
| 23        | Tripura                | 0                              | 22                             | 0                              | 22                             | 22                             |
| 24        | Uttar Pradesh          | 52                             | 350                            | 0                              | 402                            | 402                            |
| 25        | Uttarakhand            | 1                              | 6                              | 0                              | 7                              | 7                              |
| 26        | West Bengal            | 16                             | 46                             | 0                              | 62                             | 62                             |
|           | Total                  | 448                            | 915                            | 0                              | 1,363                          | 1,345                          |

Note: Saubhagya scheme was launched in October, 2017

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