Lok Sabha Question No. 3134 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-04
Subject: Electrification of Villages
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: RAJESH RANJAN  (PAPPU  YADAV), RANJEET RANJAN, VINCENT H PALA, KINJARAPU RAM MOHAN NAIDU, SHARAD TRIPATHI, ELUMALAI VELLAIGOUNDER, BHOLA SINGH, M. CHANDRAKASI, ALOK SANJAR, JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL, RAHUL KASWAN, R. VANAROJA, POONAMBEN HEMATBHAI MAADAM, NISHIKANT  DUBEY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3134 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.08.2016

## ELECTRIFICATION OF VILLAGES

3134.   SHRI RAJESH RANJAN: SHRIMATI RANJEET RANJAN: SHRI VINCENT H. PALA: SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU: SHRI SHARAD TRIPATHI: SHRI V. ELUMALAI: DR. BHOLA SINGH: SHRI M. CHANDRAKASI: SHRI ALOK SANJAR: SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL: SHRI RAHUL KASWAN: SHRIMATI VANAROJA R.: SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM: SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY:

## Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) the  details  of  the  number  of  electrified  and  un-electrified  villages  in  the  country, State/UT-wise;

(b) the  details  of  targets  set  and  achieved  under  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyay  Gram  Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) and the reasons for non-achieving the targets during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;

(c) the funds allocated, released and spent under the scheme during the period for the implementation of the scheme, State/ UT-wise;

(d) whether BPL families and the hamlets on agricultural lands have been left out of the  scheme  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  the  number  of  BPL  families  covered under the scheme during the period;

(e) whether villages have been declared to be electrified in the GVA reports prior to a confirmation visit by the GVA representatives, if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and

(f) whether  uninhabited  villages  and  forest  areas  such  as  Panalomali,  Kusadangar, Patyetapali in Odisha, Sunwara in Madhya Pradesh and Akbarpur in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh have been counted as electrified and if so, the reasons therefor?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR POWER, COAL, NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND MINES

( SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL )

(a) : As reported by the States, there were 18,452 un-electrified census villages in the country, as on 01.04.2015. Out of these un-electrified villages, 9,326 villages have been electrified as on 31.07.2016 and remaining 9126 un-electrified villages are targeted to be electrified by 1st May, 2018. The State-wise details of un-electrified villages are given at Annexure-I.

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(b) : Under Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) including RE  component,  State-wise  targets  and  achievements  for  electrification  of  unelectrified villages during the last three years and current year is at Annexure-II. The progress in some of the  States  was  delayed due to various reasons  which include difficult terrain, shorter season for working and required approvals.

(c) : Funds  are  released  based  on  achievement  of  milestones  of  work. State-wise capital subsidy released under DDUGJY during the last three years and current year is at Annexure-III.

(d) : Free electricity connections to 40,27,721 Below Poverty Line (BPL) households have been released under the scheme during the last three years and current year.  BPL households are eligible for free connection under DDUGJY.

(e) : The  data  regarding  rural  electrification  including  electrification  of villages  is    reported  by  the  concerned  State  Governments  and  Distribution Companies  (DISCOMs).        Rural  Electrification  Corporation  (REC),    being    the Nodal    Agency    for  operationalization  of  DDUGJY,  has  deployed  Gram  Vidyut Abhiyantas (GVAs) who visit villages and report the situation.  If any discrepancy is found, States/DISCOMs are advised by REC to rectify the status.

(f) : Out  of  five  villages,  three  villages  namely  Panalomali  (Odisha), Patyetapali  (Odisha),  Sunwara  (Madhya  Pradesh)  are  not  part  of  18,452  unelectrified  villages  provided  by  respective  State  Power  Utility  as  on  1 st   April, 2015. Village Kusadangar (Odisha) was declared as uninhabited by the Government of Odisha. Village Akbarpur (Uttar Pradesh) is taken in to progress based  on  the  DISCOM  report.    Later  the  State  has  reported  this  village  as uninhabited.

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ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO. 3134 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 04.08.2016.

*********** State-wise number of un-electrified villages in the country to be electrified under

Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana

| Sl. No.   | State             |   Number of un- electrified villages (as on 01.04.2015) |   Number of villages electrified (as on 31.07.2016) |   Number of villages to be electrified (as on 31.07.2016) |
|-----------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Arunachal Pradesh |                                                    1578 |                                                 325 |                                                      1253 |
| 2         | Assam             |                                                    2892 |                                                1627 |                                                      1265 |
| 3         | Bihar             |                                                    2747 |                                                1899 |                                                       848 |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh      |                                                    1080 |                                                 447 |                                                       633 |
| 5         | Himachal Pradesh  |                                                      35 |                                                  11 |                                                        24 |
| 6         | Jammu & Kashmir   |                                                     134 |                                                  27 |                                                       107 |
| 7         | Jharkhand         |                                                    2525 |                                                1053 |                                                      1472 |
| 8         | Karnataka         |                                                      39 |                                                   2 |                                                        37 |
| 9         | Madhya Pradesh    |                                                     472 |                                                 304 |                                                       168 |
| 10        | Manipur           |                                                     276 |                                                  88 |                                                       188 |
| 11        | Meghalaya         |                                                     912 |                                                 415 |                                                       497 |
| 12        | Mizoram           |                                                      58 |                                                  23 |                                                        35 |
| 13        | Nagaland          |                                                      82 |                                                   3 |                                                        79 |
| 14        | Odisha            |                                                    3474 |                                                1441 |                                                      2033 |
| 15        | Rajasthan         |                                                     495 |                                                 269 |                                                       226 |
| 16        | Tripura           |                                                      26 |                                                  10 |                                                        16 |
| 17        | Uttar Pradesh     |                                                    1529 |                                                1373 |                                                       156 |
| 18        | Uttarakhand       |                                                      76 |                                                   1 |                                                        75 |
| 19        | West Bengal       |                                                      22 |                                                   8 |                                                        14 |
| Total     | Total             |                                                   18452 |                                                9326 |                                                      9126 |

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electrified

31.07.2016)

ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3134 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 04.08.2016. *********** State-wise targets and achievement for electrification of un-electrified villages under

DDUGJY during the last three years and current year.

| Sr. No.           | State   | 2013-14   | 2013-14       | 2014-15   | 2014-15       | 2015-16              | 2016-17 ( as on 30.06.2016)   | 2016-17 ( as on 30.06.2016)   |
|-------------------|---------|-----------|---------------|-----------|---------------|----------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| Sr. No.           | State   | Target    | Achieve- ment | Target    | Achieve- ment | Target Achieve- ment | Target                        | Achieve- ment                 |
| 1 Andhra Pr.      |         |           |               |           |               |                      |                               |                               |
| 2 Arunachal Pr.   | 406     | 282       | 50            | 107       |               | 174                  | 1039 127                      |                               |
| 3 Assam           | 219     | 125       | 150           | 190       | 517           | 942                  | 1377                          | 502                           |
| 4 Bihar           | 826     | 206       | 350           | 341       | 1664          | 1754                 | 735                           | 116                           |
| 5 Chhattisgarh    | 525     | 164       | 190           | 67        | 449           | 405                  | 500                           | 40                            |
| 6 Himachal Pr.    | 12      |           |               | 6         | 20            | 1                    | 34                            | 8                             |
| 7 J & K           | 61      | 27        | 33            | 9         | 26            | 27                   | 79                            |                               |
| 8 Jharkhand       | 362     | 47        | 759           | 161       | 907           | 750                  | 1314                          | 240                           |
| 9 Karnataka       |         |           |               |           | 5             |                      | 39                            | 2                             |
| 10 Madhya Pradesh | 45      | 98        | 140           | 86        | 234           | 214                  | 191                           | 78                            |
| 11 Manipur        | 264     |           | 20            | 192       | 274           | 75                   | 149                           | 13                            |
| 12 Meghalaya      | 212     | 144       | 39            | 43        | 28            | 1                    | 674                           | 143                           |
| 13 Mizoram        | 43      | 13        | 10            | 47        | 16            | 16                   | 42                            |                               |
| 14 Nagaland       | 17      | 4         |               | 10        | 28            |                      | 82                            |                               |
| 15 Odisha         | 204     | 84        |               | 13        | 351           | 1264                 | 1586                          | 105                           |
| 16 Rajasthan      | 99      | 18        | 59            | 70        | 151           | 163                  | 246                           | 79                            |
| 17 Sikkim         |         |           |               |           | 1             |                      |                               |                               |
| 18 Tripura        | 1       | 1         |               |           | 13            | 9                    | 17                            |                               |
| 19 Uttar Pradesh  |         |           | 100           | 59        | 984           | 1305                 | 166                           | 51                            |
| 20 Uttarakhand    |         |           |               | 4         |               |                      | 76                            |                               |
| 21 West Bengal    | 4       |           |               |           | 18            | 8                    | 14                            |                               |
| Total             | 3300    | 1213      | 1900          | 1405      | 5686          | 7108                 | 8360                          | 1504                          |

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2016-17

ANNEXURE-III

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3134 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 04.08.2016. ***********

State-wise capital subsidy during the last three years and current year under DDUGJY (including RE component)

Rs. in crore

2016-17

| Sl. No   | Name of State     |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 (as on 31.07.2016) |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |      6.27 |     18.97 |     30.64 |                        28.58 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |      4.94 |     60.34 |     30.98 |                        15.92 |
| 3        | Assam             |     18.96 |    114.62 |    338.01 |                        96.79 |
| 4        | Bihar             |    857.98 |   1489.8  |    710.22 |                       461.36 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      |     52.7  |     94.23 |    279.32 |                        20.02 |
| 6        | Gujarat           |      7.53 |     12.36 |     57.79 |                         0    |
| 7        | Haryana           |     -4.56 |    -14.24 |      0    |                         0    |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh  |      0    |      0    |     28.35 |                         0    |
| 9        | Jammu & Kashmir   |     35.09 |      0    |      0    |                         0    |
| 10       | Jharkhand         |      0    |      9.42 |      0    |                       312.96 |
| 11       | Karnataka         |     39.82 |     25.96 |     44.25 |                        27.68 |
| 12       | Kerala            |     21.17 |     15.37 |      0    |                        39.96 |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh    |    115.26 |    358.62 |    438.75 |                         4.1  |
| 14       | Maharashtra       |      0    |      0    |     43.27 |                         0    |
| 15       | Manipur           |     29.8  |     87.66 |      7.04 |                         0    |
| 16       | Meghalaya         |     18.13 |      0    |      0    |                         0    |
| 17       | Mizoram           |     40.9  |      0    |     18.6  |                         0.98 |
| 18       | Nagaland          |      7.17 |      0    |     48.31 |                         7.17 |
| 19       | Odisha            |      2.52 |     15.53 |    514.23 |                       287.11 |
| 20       | Rajasthan         |      3.12 |      0    |    252.52 |                        34.75 |
| 21       | Sikkim            |     16.29 |      0    |      0    |                         0    |
| 22       | Tamil Nadu        |      5.78 |      0    |     82.62 |                         0    |
| 23       | Telangana         |      9.42 |      4.83 |      5.33 |                         0    |
| 24       | Tripura           |      0    |     48.19 |     49.38 |                         1.1  |
| 25       | Uttar Pradesh     |   1061.06 |   1121.07 |   1248.97 |                       323.37 |
| 26       | Uttarakhand       |      1.27 |      1.48 |     71.21 |                         0    |
| 27       | West Bengal       |     51.71 |    145.03 |    305.19 |                        61.72 |
|          | Grand Total       |   2402.34 |   3609.25 |   4604.98 |                      1723.58 |

Note: The negative figures represent the recovery of  excess funds from  State Government due to reduction in the final  executed project  cost.

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