Lok Sabha Question No. 2025 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-11
Subject: Power Supply for Agricultural Activities
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Shri Arvind Ganpat Sawant, Shri Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2025 ANSWERED ON 11.12.2025

## POWER SUPPLY FOR AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES

2025.  SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT: SHRI SANJAY HARIBHAU JADHAV:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has made efforts to separate agricultural feeders from domestic feeders in rural areas particularly where agricultural load is high to reduce the burden on domestic feeders and ensure uninterrupted power supply to farmers, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) the total number of agricultural feeders identified and separated so far in rural areas of the country;
- (d) the number of such feeders separated in the State of Maharashtra, districtwise including Parbhani;
- (e) the  total  cost  of  separating  these  feeders  and  the  manner  in  which  the Government plans to allocate resources for feeder separation in rural and remote areas to ensure reliable power supply for agricultural activities; and
- (f) the  number  of  families  belonging to  Particularly Vulnerable Tribal  Groups (PVTGs) in such areas identified for the purpose?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

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

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

|   Sl No | Particulars                                                                        | All India   | Maharashtra   |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|---------------|
|       1 | Total feeders with more than 30% agricultural load feasible for segregation        | 80,720      | 10,811        |
|       2 | Feeders already segregated under various schemes including DDGUJY, State Plan etc. | 49,601      | 6,099         |
|       3 | Balance feeders sanctioned for segregation under RDSS                              | 31,119      | 4,712         |
|       4 | Feeders segregated under RDSS till date                                            | 7,846       | 2,295         |

The district-wise feeder segregation details under RDSS, including for the district Parbhani, are enclosed at Annexure.

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

Rs Cr

| Scheme   | All India   | Maharashtra   |
|----------|-------------|---------------|
| RDSS     | 40,525      | 7,010         |

(f) : Under RDSS, Government of India is supporting States for grid electrification of  Particularly  Vulnerable  Tribal  Groups  (PVTG) households  identified under PMJANMAN (Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan). Works amounting to Rs. 521 Cr. have been sanctioned for providing on-grid connectivity to 1,27,987 households  belonging  to  PVTG,  including  8,556  households  for  the  State  of Maharashtra.

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ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2025 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 11.12.2025 *************

| Sl. No. District    | Nos. of Feeder sanctioned under RDSS   | Nos. of Feeder segregated under RDSS   |
|---------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| 1 Ahmednagar        | 136                                    | 235                                    |
| 2 Akola             | 107                                    | 48                                     |
| 3 Amravati          | 69                                     | 23                                     |
| 4 Aurangabad        | 327                                    | 130                                    |
| 5 Beed              | 367                                    | 227                                    |
| 6                   | 40                                     | 14                                     |
| Bhandara 7 Buldhana | 56                                     | 41                                     |
| 8 Chandrapur        | 117                                    | 35                                     |
| 9 Dhule             | 50                                     | 23                                     |
| 10 Gadchiroli       | 104                                    | 24                                     |
| 11 Gondia           | 99                                     | 30                                     |
| 12 Hingoli          | 101                                    | 30                                     |
| 13 Jalgaon          | 171                                    | 64                                     |
| 14 Jalna            | 221                                    | 67                                     |
| 15 Kolhapur         | 7                                      | 6                                      |
| 16 Latur            | 393                                    | 174                                    |
| 17 Nagpur           | 217                                    | 71                                     |
| 18 Nanded           | 319                                    | 88                                     |
| 19 Nandurbar        | 33                                     | 9                                      |
| 20                  | 570                                    | 419                                    |
| Nashik 21 Osmanabad | 223                                    | 44                                     |
| 22 Palghar          | 12                                     | 4                                      |
| Parbhani            | 100                                    | 49                                     |
| 23 24 Pune          | 277                                    | 102                                    |
| 25 Raigarh          | 2                                      | -                                      |
| 26 Ratnagiri        | 6                                      | 2                                      |
| 27 Sangli           | 10                                     | 30                                     |
| 28 Satara           | 54                                     | 18                                     |
| 29 Sindhudurg       | 16                                     | 3                                      |
| 30 Solapur          | 201                                    | 179                                    |
| 31 Thane            | 3                                      | 1                                      |
| 32 Wardha           | 96                                     | 63                                     |
| 33 Washim           | 49                                     | 6                                      |
| 34 Yavatmal         | 159                                    | 36                                     |
| Total               | 4,712                                  | 2,295                                  |

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