Lok Sabha Question No. 1979 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-11
Subject: Schemes to Provide Electricity to every Household
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Smt. Anita Nagarsingh Chouhan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1979 ANSWERED ON 11.12.2025

## SCHEMES TO PROVIDE ELECTRICITY TO EVERY HOUSEHOLD

†1979.  SMT. ANITA NAGARSINGH CHOUHAN:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the schemes and programmes implemented to provide electricity to every household in rural areas;
- (b) the number of rural households which have been provided safe and regular electricity supply under these schemes so far;
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to improve the reliability of power supply and to reduce power cuts in rural areas; and
- (d) the details of the plans being formulated by the Government to ensure future improvement in electricity supply and grid strengthening in rural areas?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

(a) & (b): Electricity being a concurrent subject, the supply and distribution of electricity to the all consumers, including improvement in electricity supply and grid strengthening in rural and urban areas, is the responsibility of respective State Government/ power distribution utility.

Government of India has supplemented the efforts of the States/ UTs through schemes  like  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti  Yojana  (DDUGJY),  Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS) and Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (SAUBHAGYA), to help them achieve the objective of providing quality and reliable power supply to all households in rural and urban areas.

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As  reported  by  the  States/  UTs,  all  the  inhabited  un-electrified  census villages in the country were electrified by 28th April, 2018. A total of 18,374 villages were  electrified  under  DDUGJY.  Further,  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.

Government of India is further supporting States/ UTs for grid electrification of  households  left-out  during  SAUBHAGYA,  wherever  found  feasible,  under  the ongoing scheme of Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS), launched in July, 2021.  In  addition,  all  identified  households  belonging  to  Particularly  Vulnerable Tribal  Group  (PVTG)  under  PM-JANMAN  (Pradhan  Mantri  Janjati  Adivasi  Nyaya Maha Abhiyan) and tribal households under DA-JGUA (Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan) are being extended on-grid electricity connection under RDSS as per the scheme guidelines. Till date, works amounting to Rs. 6,521 Cr. have been sanctioned  for  electrification  of  13.65  lakh  households  of  which  2.68  lakh households have been electrified till date.

(c)  &  (d):  Government  of  India  has  facilitated  the  upgradation  and  creation  of distribution infrastructure by distribution utilities through allocation of funds under various schemes such as (a) DDUGJY, where central assistance was provided to ensure electrification of all villages and strengthening of distribution infrastructure in rural areas; (b) IPDS, where the strengthening of distribution network in urban areas was taken up as a key measure in power distribution and (c) SAUBHAGYA for electrification of households. Overall Rs. 1.85 lakh crore was spent on strengthening the distribution system of the country under the three schemes.

Under RDSS, the objective is to improve the quality and reliability of power supply to consumers through a financially sustainable and operationally efficient Distribution Sector. The scheme  focuses on improving the technical and commercial losses in the distribution sector through result-oriented investments in upgradation of distribution network including network strengthening and system automation. Projects worth Rs. 2.83 lakh crore for distribution infrastructure works including  smart  metering  works  have  been  sanctioned  under  the  scheme.  The sanctioned  works  comprise  of  new/  upgradation  of  substations/  Distribution Transformers, agriculture feeder segregation, upgradation of conductors, household electrification works etc.

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