Lok Sabha Question No. 2295 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-12
Subject: Agricultural Feeders Sanctioned under DDUGJY in Dausa
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Shri Murari Lal Meena

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2295 ANSWERED ON 12.02.2026

## AGRICULTURAL FEEDERS SANCTIONED UNDER DDUGJY IN DAUSA

†2295. SHRI MURARI LAL MEENA:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of agricultural feeders that were originally assessed, sanctioned and  actually  segregated  under  the  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti  Yojana (DDUGJY), State-wise along with current status for Rajasthan including Dausa Lok Sabha Constituency;
- (b) whether the impact of incomplete or partial feeder segregation on the hours and quality of power supply to non-agricultural rural consumers has been assessed, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  number  of  projects  where  the  completion  time  has  been  delayed  by  12 months and by 24 months, State-wise including Rajasthan; and
- (d) whether funds were released by the Union Government without fulfilling the terms of project related agreements, State contribution or pre-conditions and if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Rajasthan?

## 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.

There are three districts under Dausa Lok Sabha Constituency namely Alwar, Dausa and Jaipur. The details of feeders separated under the DDUGJY scheme in these districts are as below:

|   Sr. No. | State   |   Achievements |
|-----------|---------|----------------|
|         1 | Alwar   |            145 |
|         2 | Dausa   |            129 |
|         3 | Jaipur  |            329 |

Source: Nodal Agency REC Ltd.

Under Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS), 12835 number of feeders have been sanctioned for separation with total sanctioned amount of Rs. 10202 Cr for the state of Rajasthan, out of which 370 nos. of feeders have already been executed. The details of feeders identified and separated under the RDSS scheme in the three districts under Dausa Lok Sabha Constituency are as below:

| Sr. No.   | Districts   |   Sanctioned under RDSS (Nos.) |   Completed |   Feeders on which load shifted (Nos.) |
|-----------|-------------|--------------------------------|-------------|----------------------------------------|
| 1         | Alwar       |                            431 |           0 |                                      0 |
| 2         | Dausa       |                            383 |           1 |                                      1 |
| 3         | Jaipur      |                            994 |           6 |                                      5 |
| Total     | Total       |                           1808 |           7 |                                      6 |

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 months and in 24 projects for more than 24 months from the prescribed timeline. Further, no projects that were sanctioned in Rajasthan reported a delay of more than 12 months. Details of the delayed projects are as under:

|   Sr. No. | States   |   Projects delayed >12 months | Projects delayed months   | > 24              |
|-----------|----------|-------------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------|
|         1 | Andaman  |                             0 | 1                         | & Nicobar Islands |
|         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. 541.55 crores had been released to the power utilities of only six States. The State-wise details are as under:

(In Rs. Crore)

| S.No.   | State            |   Funds Released |
|---------|------------------|------------------|
| 1.      | Gujarat          |            28.58 |
| 2.      | Himachal Pradesh |            13.46 |
| 3.      | Madhya Pradesh   |           171.1  |
| 4.      | Tamil Nadu       |            55.17 |
| 5.      | Uttar Pradesh    |            18.74 |
| 6.      | West Bengal      |           254.5  |
| Total   | Total            |           541.55 |

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