Lok Sabha Question No. 842 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-04
Subject: Line Losses in Power Transmission
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Shri Virendra Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.842 ANSWERED ON 04.12.2025

## LINE LOSSES IN POWER TRANSMISSION

†842. SHRI VIRENDRA SINGH:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the details in percentage of line losses in power transmission along with the main reasons for such losses and the action being taken by the Government to minimize the same, State-wise;
- (b) the number of un-electrified villages in the country, State-wise;
- (c) whether there is any plan of the Government for the electrification of these villages and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the details of the various un-electrified villages and village majras in Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh and the time by which these are likely to be electrified; and
- (e) whether there is any plan of the Government to compensate the farmers whose land falls between transmission lines coming from production centres as farmers cannot do anything other than farming and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

(a) to (d): The transmission losses in the country vary between approximately 3-4%. As per the General Review published by Central Electricity Authority (CEA) in November, 2025, the region-wise Transmission Losses during 2023-24 in the country are as under:

| Region               |   Transmission Losses (%) |
|----------------------|---------------------------|
| Northern Region      |                      3.15 |
| Western Region       |                      3.12 |
| Southern Region      |                      3.46 |
| Eastern Region       |                      4.24 |
| North Eastern Region |                      3.89 |

Further,  Transmission  and  Distribution  (T&D)  losses  which  also  include  the transmission losses are around 17.63% during 2023-24. The State-wise T&D Losses for FY 2023-24 are at Annexure.

The  Central  &  State  Transmission  Utilities  are  taking  following  action  for  further reducing the Transmission losses in the system:

-  Network expansion and augmentation of existing system
-  Adoption of higher voltage system
-  Reactive power management and better operational practices to improve voltage profile and reduce losses
-  Modernizing transmission system including use of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and Energy Management System (EMS)

Government of India has supplemented the efforts of the States through schemes like Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS), Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (SAUBHAGYA) etc., to help them  achieve  the  objective  of  providing  quality  and  reliable  power  supply  to  all households. As reported by the States, all the inhabited un-electrified census villages in the country have been electrified and electrification of all willing households completed. A total of 18,374 villages were electrified during DDUGJY. A total of 2.86 crore households were electrified during SAUBHAGYA. Both the schemes stand closed as on 31.03.2022.

Further, Government of India is now supporting States for grid electrification of unelectrified households under the ongoing Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS). Works for on-grid electrification of households belonging to Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) identified under PM-JANMAN (Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan) and households belonging to tribals under DA-JGUA (Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh  Abhiyan)  have    been  sanctioned  under  RDSS  as  per  the  scheme  guidelines, wherever found feasible.

The details of households sanctioned along with their electrification status under RDSS in the state of Uttar Pradesh are as under:

| Sr. No.   | Different heads of the RDSS   | Household   | Household   |
|-----------|-------------------------------|-------------|-------------|
| Sr. No.   | Different heads of the RDSS   | Sanctioned  | Progress    |
| 1.        | Additional Households         | 251487      | 1317        |
| 2.        | PM-JANMAN                     | 316         | 195         |
| 3.        | DA-JGUA                       | 6897        | 58          |
| Total     | Total                         | 258700      | 1570        |

As reported by the DISCOM, all the villages in Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh have  been  electrified.  However,  after  survey,  the  following  households  in  partially electrified villages were taken up under RDSS and the details pertaining to Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh are as under:

| Sr. No.   | Different heads of the RDSS   | Household   | Household   |
|-----------|-------------------------------|-------------|-------------|
| Sr. No.   | Different heads of the RDSS   | Sanctioned  | Progress    |
| 1.        | Additional Households         | 645         | 68          |
| 2.        | DA-JGUA                       | 285         | 00          |
| Total     | Total                         | 930         | 68          |

(e) : As per the provisions of the Electricity Act, 2003, land is not acquired for laying transmission line, and the ownership of land over which the transmission line passes continues to remain with the landowner. Compensation for any damage caused during the execution of transmission works is provided as per the guidelines of respective State Government.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 842 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 04.12.2025

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## State-wise T&D Losses for FY 2023-24

| States/UTs           |   T&D losses in % |
|----------------------|-------------------|
| Chandigarh           |             13.83 |
| Delhi                |             15.13 |
| Haryana              |             17.96 |
| Himachal             |             15.63 |
| UT of J&K and Ladakh |             48.08 |
| Punjab               |             14.03 |
| Rajasthan            |             22.85 |
| Uttar Pradesh        |             19.02 |
| Uttarakhand          |             18.31 |
| Chhattisgarh         |             17.04 |
| Gujarat              |             12.84 |
| Madhya Pradesh       |             22.85 |
| Maharashtra          |             15.38 |
| DNH & DD             |             10.75 |
| Goa                  |             10.48 |
| Andhra Pradesh       |             15.59 |
| Telangana            |             12.92 |
| Karnataka            |             17.33 |
| Kerala               |             15.55 |
| Tamil Nadu           |             17.71 |
| Puducherry           |             14.12 |
| Lakshadweep          |             15.44 |
| Bihar                |             21.54 |
| Jharkhand            |             19.27 |
| Orissa               |             21.26 |
| West Bengal          |             17.18 |
| Sikkim               |             24.16 |
| A.& N. Islands       |             17.55 |
| Arunachal Pradesh    |             34.28 |
| Assam                |             17.6  |
| Manipur              |             19.43 |
| Meghalaya            |             20.63 |
| Mizoram              |             22.65 |
| Nagaland             |             19.41 |
| Tripura              |             28.7  |
| All India            |             17.63 |

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