Lok Sabha Question No. 61 (STARRED), answered on 2015-12-03
Subject: Electrification of Villages
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: BALABHADRA MAJHI, GOPAL CHINAYYA SHETTY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.61 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.12.2015

## ELECTRIFICATION OF VILLAGES

- *61.   SHRI BALABHADRA MAJHI: SHRI GOPAL SHETTY:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of unelectrified households/villages in the country, State/UT-wise, at present;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  drawn  up  an  ambitious  plan  to  provide electricity to agriculture sector and unelectrified rural households in a timebound manner, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  expenditure  likely  to  be  incurred  on  electrification  of  all  rural households  in  the  country  and  the  manner  in  which  resources  are  to  be generated, State-wise; and
- (d) the steps taken to provide electricity in rural areas including uninterrupted power supply for agriculture purpose?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR POWER, COAL AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

( SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL )

(a) to (d) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  STARRED QUESTION  NO.61  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  THE  LOK  SABHA  ON  03.12.2015 REGARDING ELECTRIFICATION OF VILLAGES.

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(a) : The details of un-electrified households/villages in the country are placed at Annex-I.

(b) : Government  of  India  has  launched    Deendayal  Upadhyaya  Gram Jyoti  Yojana  (DDUGJY)    for  separation  of  agriculture  and  non-agriculture feeders,  strengthening  and  augmentation  of  sub-transmission  &  distribution infrastructure for adequate supply of electricity in rural areas.  The ongoing Rajiv  Gandhi  Grameen  Vidyutikaran  Yojana  (RGGVY)      was      subsumed  in DDUGJY.  Under the scheme, all un-electrified villages/habitations would be covered  for  electrification  which  would  give  access  to  electricity  to  rural households.    All  the  remaining  un-electrified  villages  are  targeted  to  be electrified by 01 st  May, 2018.

(c) & (d) : For providing electricity to agriculture  sector  and electrification of un-electrified villages to give electricity access to un-electrified households, during the 12th Plan, projects amounting to           Rs. 63,810 crores has been sanctioned so far under DDUGJY including  the  subsumed Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY).  The state-wise amount sanctioned is given at Annex-II.

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ANNEX REFERRED TO IN PART (a) OF THE STATEMENT LAID IN REPLY TO STARRED QUESTION NO. 61 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 03.12.2015 REGARDING ELECTRIFICATION OF VILLAGES.

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## No. of un-electrified rural households and un-electrified villages in the country

| Sl. No.                 | State                   | Rural Households without electricity as per Census 2011   | Un-electrified Villages (as on 01.04.2015)   |
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| 1                       | Odisha                  | 5248760                                                   | 3450                                         |
| 2                       | Assam                   | 3850332                                                   | 2890                                         |
| 3                       | Bihar                   | 15172285                                                  | 2719                                         |
| 4                       | Jharkhand               | 3171915                                                   | 2581                                         |
| 5 Arunachal             | Pr.                     | 87173                                                     | 1578                                         |
| 6 Uttar Pradesh         |                         | 19420093                                                  | 1528                                         |
| 7                       | Chhattisgarh            | 1313233                                                   | 1080                                         |
| 8                       | Meghalaya               | 204458                                                    | 912                                          |
| 9                       | Rajasthan               | 3962003                                                   | 495                                          |
| 10 Madhya               | 4643221                 |                                                           | 472                                          |
| 11 Manipur              | 130308                  |                                                           | 276                                          |
| 12 J & K                |                         | 289393                                                    | 132                                          |
| 13 Nagaland             |                         | 70592                                                     | 82                                           |
| 14 Uttarakhand          | 238089                  |                                                           | 76                                           |
| 15 Mizoram              |                         | 32736                                                     | 58                                           |
| 16 Karnataka            | 1044384                 |                                                           | 39                                           |
| 17 Himachal             | Pr.                     | 44641                                                     | 36                                           |
| 18 Tripura              |                         | 246206                                                    | 26                                           |
| 19 West Bengal          |                         | 8187690                                                   | 22                                           |
| 20 Andhra Pr.           |                         | 1463856                                                   | -                                            |
| 21 Dadra &              | Nagar 2956              |                                                           | -                                            |
| 22 Daman &              | Diu 218                 |                                                           | -                                            |
| 23 Goa                  |                         | 5466                                                      | -                                            |
| 24 Gujarat              |                         | 1016132                                                   | -                                            |
| 25 Haryana              |                         | 380715                                                    | -                                            |
| 26 Kerala               |                         | 323537                                                    | -                                            |
| 27 Lakshadweep          | 6                       |                                                           | -                                            |
| 28                      | Maharashtra             | 3411353                                                   | -                                            |
| 29 NCT Delhi            |                         | 1749                                                      | -                                            |
| 30 Puducherry           |                         | 4028                                                      | -                                            |
| 31 Punjab               |                         | 149238                                                    | -                                            |
| 32                      | Sikkim                  | 9093                                                      | -                                            |
| 33                      | Tamil Nadu              | 880473                                                    | -                                            |
| 34                      | A & N                   | 12178                                                     | -                                            |
| 35                      | Chandigarh              | 182                                                       | -                                            |
| Total 7,50,18,692 18452 | Total 7,50,18,692 18452 | Total 7,50,18,692 18452                                   | Total 7,50,18,692 18452                      |

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ANNEX REFERRED TO IN PARTS (c) & (d) OF THE STATEMENT LAID IN REPLY TO STARRED QUESTION  NO.  61  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  THE  LOK  SABHA  ON  03.12.2015  REGARDING ELECTRIFICATION OF VILLAGES.

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## Sanctioned Project Cost under 12 th  Plan RGGVY and DDUGJY (As on 31.10.2015)

| Sl. No.   | State         |   Sanctioned Project Cost in Rs. Crore |
|-----------|---------------|----------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pr.    |                                 922.08 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pr. |                                 401.81 |
| 3         | Assam         |                                1938.93 |
| 4         | Bihar         |                               11077    |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh  |                                1539.6  |
| 6         | Gujarat       |                                 924.72 |
| 7         | Haryana       |                                 316.38 |
| 8         | Himachal Pr.  |                                 159.12 |
| 9         | J&K           |                                 720.96 |
| 10        | Jharkhand     |                                4957.15 |
| 11        | Karnataka     |                                1853.8  |
| 12        | Kerala        |                                 485.37 |
| 13        | Madhya Pr.    |                                4296.19 |
| 14        | Maharashtra   |                                2163.44 |
| 15        | Manipur       |                                 259.69 |
| 16        | Meghalaya     |                                 100.64 |
| 17        | Mizoram       |                                 107.46 |
| 18        | Nagaland      |                                 134.69 |
| 19        | Orissa        |                                5206.95 |
| 20        | Punjab        |                                 252.06 |
| 21        | Rajasthan     |                                4272.6  |
| 22        | Tamil Nadu    |                                 924.12 |
| 23        | Telangana     |                                 462.3  |
| 24        | Tripura       |                                 390.35 |
| 25        | Uttar Pr.     |                               14229.7  |
| 26        | Uttarakhand   |                                 842    |
| 27        | West Bengal   |                                4871.71 |
|           | Total         |                               63810.9  |

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