Lok Sabha Question No. 2128 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-12
Subject: Electrification of Villages
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Shri Kalipada Saren Kherwal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2128 ANSWERED ON 12.02.2026

## ELECTRIFICATION OF VILLAGES

## 2128. SHRI KALIPADA SAREN KHERWAL:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the number and percentage of un-electrified households in rural and urban areas, area-wise;
- (b) the number and percentage of economically poor un-electrified households;
- (c) whether the definition for electrification of a village incorporates only ten per cent of houses in that village, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether  the  Government  intends  to  change  this  definition  and  increase  the percentage  of  households  included  therein,  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) : Electricity being a concurrent subject, supply and distribution of electricity to all consumers, in rural as well as urban areas, is within the purview of the  respective State Government/ distribution utility. Government of India has been supplementing the efforts  of  the  States  in  providing  access  to  quality  power  to  all  consumers  through schemes like Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) launched in 2014, Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (SAUBHAGYA) launched in October, 2017, and currently under Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) launched in 2021.

The objective of DDUGJY was to connect every inhabited un electrified census village with electricity, and to strengthen the rural electricity distribution system. The objective of SAUBHAGYA was achieving universal household electrification by providing electricity  connections  to  all  willing  un-electrified  households  in  rural  areas  and  all willing poor households in urban areas in the country by March, 2019.

The definition of 'electrified village' is as per the Rural Electrification Policy, 2006 but  under  SAUBHAGYA,  electrification  of  all  households  was  taken  up,  which  is continuing under the ongoing scheme of RDSS.

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As reported by the States/ UTs, all the inhabited un-electrified census villages in the country were electrified by 28 th  April, 2018. A total of 18,374 villages were electrified under DDUGJY including 49,25,124 Below Poverty Line (BPL) households. Under DDUGJY and  thereafter under SAUBHAGYA  electrification  of  all willing  households  was completed by 31 st   March,  2019  as  reported  by  the  States/  UTs.  A  total  of  2.86  crore households were electrified during SAUBHAGYA period. Both the schemes stand closed as on 31.03.2022.

Under the RDSS, on grid electrification works amounting to Rs. 6,521 Cr. have been sanctioned for 13.65 lakh households including households belonging to Particularly  vulnerable  Tribal  Group  (PVTG)  identified  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM-JANMAN), households belonging to Scheduled Tribes (STs)  under  DA-JGUA  (Dharti  Aaba  Janjatiya  Gram  Utkarsh  Abhiyan),  households belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC) under Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhyuday Yojana  (PM-AJAY)  and  households  in  remote  &  border  areas  under  Vibrant  Village Program (VVP), wherever found feasible. Out of the above, a total of 2.93 lakh households have been electrified till date.

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