Lok Sabha Question No. 1901 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-28
Subject: Percentage of Electricity Connected Villages
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: NALIN KUMAR KATEEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1901 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.07.2016

## PERCENTAGE OF ELECTRICITY CONNECTED VILLAGES

1901.  SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the percentage of household electricity connections in the country, State/ UTwise;
- (b) whether  it  is  true  that  more  than  35  percent  homes  have  no  electricity connection in the country, if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise; and
- (c) whether  the  Government  is  taking  any  time  bound  measures  to  provide electricity connections to all households in the country, and if so, the details thereof? A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL )

(a) to (c) : As per the  census 2011, there were 16.78 crore rural households in the country, out of  which  9.28 crore households had access to electricity.  State-wise details  are  given  at  Annex.    Under  Deendayal  Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti  Yojana (DDUGJY), free electricity connection is provided to all the eligible BPL households and  access  of  electricity  is  created  for  APL  households.    DDUGJY  envisages electrification of all census villages.  All the remaining un-electrified census villages are targeted for electrification by May, 2018.   Under the scheme, BPL Households are provided  free  electricity  connection.    APL  Households  have  to  take  electricity connections from respective State Power Utilities.   Government of India has taken a joint  initiative  of  'Power  for  All'  which  includes  the  target  of  providing  access  to electricity to all households by the year 2022 in a phased manner.

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ANNEX ANNEX  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO.1901 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 28.07.2016.

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Status of Electrification of RHHs as per Census 2011

| Sl. No   | Name of State        |   Total Rural Hhs |   RHhs with electricity | % Electrification   |
|----------|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
| 1        | 2                    |                 3 |                       4 | 5                   |
| 1        | A & N                |             59030 |                   46852 | 79%                 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh       |          14246309 |                12782453 | 90%                 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh    |            195723 |                  108550 | 55%                 |
| 4        | Assam                |           5374553 |                 1524221 | 28%                 |
| 5        | Bihar                |          16926958 |                 1754673 | 10%                 |
| 6        | Chandigarh           |              6785 |                    6603 | 97%                 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh         |           4384112 |                 3070879 | 70%                 |
| 8        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |             35408 |                   32452 | 92%                 |
| 9        | Daman & Diu          |             12750 |                   12532 | 98%                 |
| 10       | Goa                  |            124674 |                  119208 | 96%                 |
| 11       | Gujarat              |           6765403 |                 5749271 | 85%                 |
| 12       | Haryana              |           2966053 |                 2585338 | 87%                 |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh     |           1310538 |                 1265897 | 97%                 |
| 14       | Jammu & Kashmir      |           1497920 |                 1208527 | 81%                 |
| 15       | Jharkhand            |           4685965 |                 1514050 | 32%                 |
| 16       | Karnataka            |           7864196 |                 6819812 | 87%                 |
| 17       | Kerala               |           4095674 |                 3772137 | 92%                 |
| 18       | Lakshadweep          |              2523 |                    2517 | 100%                |
| 19       | Madhya Pradesh       |          11122365 |                 6479144 | 58%                 |
| 20       | Maharashtra          |          13016652 |                 9605299 | 74%                 |
| 21       | Manipur              |            335752 |                  205444 | 61%                 |
| 22       | Meghalaya            |            422197 |                  217739 | 52%                 |
| 23       | Mizoram              |            104874 |                   72138 | 69%                 |
| 24       | Nagaland             |            284911 |                  214319 | 75%                 |
| 25       | NCT Delhi            |             79115 |                   77366 | 98%                 |
| 26       | Orissa               |           8144012 |                 2895252 | 36%                 |
| 27       | Puducherry           |             95133 |                   91105 | 96%                 |
| 28       | Punjab               |           3315632 |                 3166394 | 95%                 |
| 29       | Rajasthan            |           9490363 |                 5528360 | 58%                 |
| 30       | Sikkim               |             92370 |                   83277 | 90%                 |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu           |           9563899 |                 8683426 | 91%                 |
| 32       | Tripura              |            607779 |                  361573 | 59%                 |
| 33       | Uttar Pradesh        |          25475071 |                 6054978 | 24%                 |
| 34       | Uttarakhand          |           1404845 |                 1166756 | 83%                 |
| 35       | West Bengal          |          13717186 |                 5529496 | 40%                 |
| GRAND    | TOTAL                |         167826730 |                92808038 | 55%                 |

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