Lok Sabha Question No. 959 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-05
Subject: Agricultural Feeders under DDUGJY
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Shri Karti P Chidambaram, Shri Tanuj Punia

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.959 ANSWERED ON 05.02.2026

## AGRICULTURAL FEEDERS UNDER DDUGJY

959.   SHRI KARTI P CHIDAMBARAM: SHRI TANUJ PUNIA:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of agricultural feeders that were originally assessed, sanctioned and  actually  separated  under  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyay  Gram  Jyoti  Yojana  (DDUGJY), State-wise;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  assessed  the  impact  of  incomplete  feeder separation on hours of supply to non- agricultural rural consumers and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the number of projects where award of work exceeded prescribed timelines by 12 and 24 months, State-wise; and
- (d) the  number  of  instances  where  funds  were  released  prior  to  fulfilment  of mandatory pre-conditions such as agreements and State contribution?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

- (a) : The Government of India launched DDUGJY in December 2014 with an outlay of Rs. 43,033 crore, including Gross Budgetary Support (GBS) of Rs 33,453 crore. The main  objectives  of  the  scheme  were  strengthening  and  augmentation  of  subtransmission &  distribution infrastructure, separation of agriculture and nonagriculture feeders and electrification of villages across the country.

The State-wise details of feeders identified and separated under the DDUGJY scheme are given below:

|   Sr. No. | State            |   Sanction |   Achievement |
|-----------|------------------|------------|---------------|
|         1 | Bihar            |        698 |           698 |
|         2 | Chhattisgarh     |        356 |           205 |
|         3 | Gujarat          |         45 |             0 |
|         4 | Haryana          |         35 |            35 |
|         5 | Himachal Pradesh |          5 |             5 |
|         6 | Jammu & Kashmir  |        151 |            34 |
|         7 | Jharkhand        |        409 |           409 |
|         8 | Karnataka        |        927 |           927 |
|         9 | Madhya Pradesh   |       1284 |           873 |
|        10 | Maharashtra      |       1077 |           583 |
|        11 | Odisha           |         89 |            89 |

| 12    | Punjab             | 76   | 76   |
|-------|--------------------|------|------|
| 13    | Rajasthan 2131     | 1458 |      |
| 14    | Tamil Nadu 29      | 29   |      |
| 15    | Uttar Pradesh 1891 |      | 1891 |
| 16    | Uttarakhand        | 44   | 44   |
| 17    | West Bengal        | 585  | 477  |
| Total | Total              | 9832 | 7833 |

Source: Nodal Agency REC Ltd.

(b) : A comprehensive Impact Assessment study of the DDUGJY scheme was carried out,  covering  all  states  and  most  UTs.  The  study  revealed  an  approximately  39% improvement in the supply hours to villages post DDUGJY. Further, 100% of villages and consumers covered under this survey have reported improvement in supply hours.

- (c): Under DDUGJY, a total of 673 projects were sanctioned in 33 States, out of which award of works was delayed in 154 projects for more than 12 month and in 24 projects for more than 24 months from the prescribed timeline, details of which are as under:

| Sr. No.     | States                    |   Projects delayed >12 months |   Projects delayed months | > 24   |
|-------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------|--------|
| 1           | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                             0 |                         1 |        |
| 2           | Assam                     |                             0 |                         8 |        |
| 3           | Bihar                     |                             2 |                         0 |        |
| 4           | Chhattisgarh              |                             2 |                         0 |        |
| 5           | Goa                       |                             2 |                         0 |        |
| 6           | Haryana                   |                             7 |                         0 |        |
| 7           | Himachal Pradesh          |                            10 |                         1 |        |
| 8           | Jammu & Kashmir           |                             0 |                        13 |        |
| 9           | Jharkhand                 |                            24 |                         0 |        |
| 10          | Karnataka                 |                            23 |                         0 |        |
| 11          | Madhya Pradesh            |                            26 |                         1 |        |
| 12          | Maharashtra               |                            27 |                         0 |        |
| 13          | Mizoram                   |                             1 |                         0 |        |
| 14          | Punjab                    |                            20 |                         0 |        |
| 15          | Telangana                 |                             1 |                         0 |        |
| 16          | Uttar Pradesh             |                             9 |                         0 |        |
| Grand Total | Grand Total               |                           154 |                        24 |        |

Source: Nodal Agency REC Ltd.

(d) : Flagship scheme of the Government of India, DDUGJY was launched at the fag end  of  the  year  2014-15  with  the  objective  to  complete  the  scheme  within  the stipulated timelines. A budget had also been allocated for the scheme in the same year. To facilitate timely start of this scheme, it was decided to consider demands for release  of  funds  of  those  States,  whose  DPRs  of  projects  were  ready,  with  the assurance of compliance with milestones and conditionalities within the stipulated time and before seeking release of the next tranche.

Therefore, as an exception, 1 st  tranche amounting to Rs. 541 crores had been released to the power utilities of 6 States, namely Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh & West Bengal, with the approval of Competent Authorities.

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