Lok Sabha Question No. 3302 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-12
Subject: Villages without Electricity
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Shri Shafi Parambil, Shri Sunil Bose

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3302 ANSWERED ON 12.03.2026

## VILLAGES WITHOUT ELECTRICITY

3302.  SHRI SUNIL BOSE: SHRI SHAFI PARAMBIL:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of villages in the country which are without electricity power supply, State-wise including Karnataka especially in Mysore and Chamarajanagar districts and the reasons/hurdles thereof in the electrification of these villages;
- (b) the steps taken by the Government to improve electricity supply in rural areas;
- (c) the number of villages electrified during the last ten years, State-wise;
- (d) the steps being taken by the Government for electrification of villages in rural areas in the country and the role of State Governments in this regard;
- (e) whether any time frame has been fixed for electrification of all villages in rural areas in the country and if so, the details of ongoing rural electrification programmes with the help of the Union Government at present; and
- (f) the financial assistance provided to each State for the purpose during the last three years?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

(a) to (f) : Electricity being a concurrent subject, supply and distribution of electricity to all  consumers  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.

As reported by the States/ UTs, all the inhabited un-electrified census villages in the country (including Karnataka) were electrified by 28 th  April, 2018.  A total of 18,374 villages were electrified under DDUGJY including 39 villages of the State of Karnataka. State wise details of villages electrified under DDUGJY are enclosed at Annexure I. 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  including  3,83,798 households of the State of Karnataka. State wise details of households electrified during SAUBHAGYA  are  enclosed  at  Annexure  II.  Both  the  schemes  stand  closed  as  on 31.03.2022. Under    the  RDSS,  based  on  survey  by  the  States,  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  Groups  (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 Villages Program (VVP), wherever found feasible. This includes Rs 45 crore sanctioned for electrification of 6,903 households in the State of Karnataka. Out of the above, a total of 3.42 lakh households have been electrified till date. The sunset date for the scheme is 31 st March, 2028. State wise details of fund released under RDSS for household works implemented under  earlier  schemes  of  DDUGJY  and  SAUBHAGYA  in  the  last  3  years  is  placed  at Annexure III. State wise details of household electrification works sanctioned under RDSS including fund outlay and released till Feb., 2026  are enclosed at Annexure IV&V. Districtwise  details  of  households  sanctioned  under  RDSS  for  the  state  of  Karnataka  are  at Annexure-VI.

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Villages electrified under DDUGJY

| S. No.   | Name of the States      | Number of villages electrified   |
|----------|-------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1        | Arunachal Pradesh 1,483 |                                  |
| 2        | Assam                   | 2,732                            |
| 3        | Bihar                   | 2,906                            |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh            | 1,078                            |
| 5        | Himachal Pradesh 28     |                                  |
| 6        | J & K                   | 129                              |
| 7        | Jharkhand               | 2,583                            |
| 8        | Karnataka 39            |                                  |
| 9        | Madhya Pradesh 422      |                                  |
| 10       | Maharashtra 80          |                                  |
| 11       | Manipur                 | 366                              |
| 12       | Meghalaya               | 1,051                            |
| 13       | Mizoram                 | 54                               |
| 14       | Nagaland                | 78                               |
| 15       | Odisha                  | 3,281                            |
| 16       | Rajasthan               | 427                              |
| 17       | Tripura                 | 26                               |
| 18       | Uttar Pradesh           | 1,498                            |
| 19       | Uttarakhand             | 91                               |
| 20       | West Bengal             | 22                               |
|          | Total                   | 18,374                           |

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## Households electrified during SAUBHAGYA

| Sl. No.            | Name of the States   | No of Households electrified   |
|--------------------|----------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1                  | Andhra Pradesh*      | 1,81,930                       |
| 2                  | Arunachal Pradesh    | 47,089                         |
| 3 Assam            |                      | 23,26,656                      |
| 4 Bihar            | 32,59,041            |                                |
| 5                  | Chhattisgarh         | 7,92,368                       |
| 6                  | Gujarat*             | 41,317                         |
| 7 Haryana          |                      | 54,681                         |
| 8 Himachal Pradesh | 12,891               |                                |
| 9 Jammu & Kashmir  | 3,77,045             |                                |
| 10 Jharkhand       |                      | 17,30,708                      |
| 11 Karnataka       |                      | 3,83,798                       |
| 12                 | Ladakh               | 10,456                         |
| 13 Madhya Pradesh  |                      | 19,84,264                      |
| 14                 | Maharashtra          | 15,17,922                      |
| 15                 | Manipur              | 1,08,115                       |
| 16                 | Meghalaya            | 2,00,240                       |
| 17                 | Mizoram              | 27,970                         |
| 18                 | Nagaland             | 1,39,516                       |
| 19                 | Odisha               | 24,52,444                      |
| 20 Puducherry*     | 912                  |                                |
| 21                 | Punjab               | 3,477                          |
| 22                 | Rajasthan            | 21,27,728                      |
| 23                 | Sikkim               | 14,900                         |
| 24 Tamil           | Nadu*                | 2,170                          |
| 25                 | Telangana            | 5,15,084                       |
| 26                 | Tripura              | 1,39,090                       |
| 27                 | Uttar Pradesh        | 91,80,571                      |
| 28                 | Uttarakhand          | 2,48,751                       |
| 29                 | West Bengal          | 7,32,290                       |
| Total              | Total                | 2,86,13,424                    |

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ANNEXURE-III

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## State wise fund released under RDSS for Electrification works sanctioned under DDUGJY and SAUBHAGYA

| State/ UT                 |   Funds released (Rs in crore) |
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                           3.96 |
| Arunachal Pradesh         |                          76.11 |
| Assam                     |                         981.13 |
| Bihar                     |                          48.05 |
| Chhattisgarh              |                           5.13 |
| Himachal Pradesh          |                          12.52 |
| Jammu & Kashmir           |                         158.78 |
| Jharkhand                 |                         196.69 |
| Ladakh                    |                           8.78 |
| Madhya Pradesh            |                           2.74 |
| Manipur                   |                          95.45 |
| Meghalaya                 |                          99.06 |
| Nagaland                  |                          69.29 |
| Odisha                    |                           4.88 |
| Rajasthan                 |                         157.51 |
| Tripura                   |                          44.24 |
| Uttar Pradesh             |                         103.22 |
| West Bengal               |                          49.75 |
| Total                     |                        2117.29 |

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## ANNEXURE-IV

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## Household electrification status under RDSS

| Sl. No.   | State                   | Sanctioned Outlay (Rs. Crore)   | Sanctioned GBS (Rs. Crore)   | Households Sanctioned   | Households Electrified   |
|-----------|-------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
| A.        | Additional. Households  |                                 |                              |                         |                          |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh          | 49.24                           | 29.55                        | 15,475                  | 15,319                   |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh       | 47.11                           | 42.40                        | 6,506                   | 0                        |
| 3         | Assam                   | 785.55                          | 706.99                       | 1,27,111                | 16,748                   |
| 4         | Bihar                   | 238.86                          | 143.32                       | 35,467                  | 0                        |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh            | 166.55                          | 99.93                        | 34,078                  | 9,084                    |
| 6         | Jammu & Kashmir         | 106.70                          | 96.03                        | 15,359                  | 0                        |
| 7         | Jharkhand               | 25.16                           | 15.09                        | 4,853                   | 804                      |
| 8         | Kerala                  | 0.33                            | 0.20                         | 40                      | 11                       |
| 9         | Madhya Pradesh          | 1.13                            | 0.68                         | 196                     | 21                       |
| 10        | Manipur                 | 214.44                          | 193.00                       | 36,972                  | 0                        |
| 11        | Meghalaya               | 435.70                          | 392.13                       | 50,501                  | 0                        |
| 12        | Mizoram                 | 79.90                           | 71.91                        | 15,167                  | 0                        |
| 13        | Nagaland                | 69.55                           | 62.59                        | 10,004                  | 0                        |
| 14        | Rajasthan               | 1,526.94                        | 916.16                       | 3,38,702                | 91,534                   |
| 15        | Uttar Pradesh           | 931.04                          | 558.62                       | 2,51,487                | 1,317                    |
|           | Total (A)               | 4,678.19                        | 3,328.60                     | 9,41,918                | 134,838                  |
| B.        | Vibrant Village Program |                                 |                              |                         |                          |
| 1         | Himachal Pradesh        | 6.08                            | 5.47                         | 0                       | 0                        |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh       | 20.18                           | 18.16                        | 1,683                   | 0                        |
| 3         | Uttarakhand             | 13.08                           | 11.77                        | 1,154                   | 0                        |
|           | Total (B)               | 39.34                           | 35.41                        | 2,837                   | 0                        |
| C         | PM-JANMAN               |                                 |                              |                         |                          |
| C1        | Under RDSS              |                                 |                              |                         |                          |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh          | 88.71                           | 53.23                        | 24,967                  | 24,925                   |
| 2         | Chhattisgarh            | 38.16                           | 22.90                        | 7,077                   | 7,160                    |
| 3         | Jharkhand               | 74.13                           | 44.48                        | 12,442                  | 11,504                   |
| 4         | Karnataka               | 3.76                            | 2.26                         | 1,615                   | 1,546                    |
| 5         | Kerala                  | 0.86                            | 0.52                         | 345                     | 314                      |
| 6         | Madhya Pradesh          | 148.83                          | 89.28                        | 30,216                  | 27,202                   |
| 7         | Maharashtra             | 26.61                           | 15.97                        | 8,556                   | 9,216                    |
| 8         | Rajasthan               | 40.34                           | 24.20                        | 17,633                  | 16,023                   |
| 9         | Tamil Nadu              | 29.89                           | 17.93                        | 8,603                   | 7,053                    |
| 10        | Telangana               | 6.79                            | 4.07                         | 3,884                   | 3,884                    |
| 11        | Tripura                 | 61.52                           | 55.37                        | 11,664                  | 11,692                   |
| 12        | Uttar Pradesh           | 1.10                            | 0.66                         | 316                     | 195                      |
| 13        | Uttarakhand             | 0.60                            | 0.54                         | 669                     | 669                      |
|           | Sub Total (C1)          | 521.59                          | 331.57                       | 1,27,987                | 1,21,383                 |
| C2        | Under State Plan        |                                 |                              |                         |                          |
| 1         | Gujarat                 | 0                               | 0                            | 0                       | 6,626                    |
| 2         | Odisha                  | 0                               | 0                            | 0                       | 5,203                    |
| 3         | West Bengal             | 0                               | 0                            | 0                       | 3,372                    |
|           | Sub Total (C2)          | 0                               | 0                            | 0                       | 15,201                   |

| C3   | Public Places under RDSS       | Public Places under RDSS       | Public Places under RDSS       |           |          |
|------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------|----------|
| 1    | Madhya Pradesh                 | 0                              | 0                              | 25        | 20       |
|      | Sub Total (C3)                 | 0                              | 0                              | 25        | 20       |
|      | Total (C=C1+C2+C3)             | 521.74                         | 331.66                         | 1,28,012  | 1,36,604 |
| D.   | DA-JGUA                        | DA-JGUA                        | DA-JGUA                        |           |          |
| D1   | Under RDSS                     | Under RDSS                     | Under RDSS                     |           |          |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh                 | 19.12                          | 11.47                          | 4,921     | 4,527    |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh              | 8.20                           | 7.38                           | 1,938     | 1,579    |
| 3    | Bihar                          | 61.40                          | 36.84                          | 7,117     | 752      |
| 4    | Chhattisgarh                   | 218.44                         | 131.06                         | 39,579    | 15,456   |
| 5    | Himachal Pradesh               | 0.49                           | 0.45                           | 93        | 10       |
| 6    | Jammu & Kashmir                | 89.84                          | 80.85                          | 13,824    | 0        |
| 7    | Jharkhand                      | 92.44                          | 55.47                          | 19,467    | 0        |
| 8    | Karnataka                      | 41.00                          | 24.60                          | 5,288     | 1,429    |
| 9    | Kerala                         | 5.73                           | 3.44                           | 1,080     | 248      |
| 10   | Madhya Pradesh                 | 305.66                         | 183.40                         | 59,172    | 15,981   |
| 11   | Maharashtra                    | 23.60                          | 14.16                          | 6,961     | 5,228    |
| 12   | Rajasthan                      | 197.11                         | 118.26                         | 82,842    | 492      |
| 13   | Telangana                      | 110.73                         | 66.44                          | 26,525    | 17,465   |
| 14   | Tripura                        | 40.69                          | 36.62                          | 7,677     | 6,678    |
| 15   | Uttar Pradesh                  | 32.21                          | 19.32                          | 6,867     | 65       |
| 16   | Uttarakhand                    | 0.84                           | 0.75                           | 207       | 157      |
|      | Sub Total (D1)                 | 1,247.50                       | 790.52                         | 2,83,558  | 70,067   |
| D2   | Under State Plan               | Under State Plan               | Under State Plan               |           |          |
| 1    | Odisha                         | 0                              | 0                              | 0         | 0        |
|      | Sub Total (D2)                 | 0                              | 0                              | 0         | 0        |
| D3   | Public Places under RDSS       | Public Places under RDSS       | Public Places under RDSS       |           |          |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh                 | 0.70                           | 0.42                           | 182       | 129      |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh              | 0.04                           | 0.03                           | 9         | 9        |
| 3    | Himachal Pradesh               | 0.05                           | 0.05                           | 7         | 3        |
| 4    | Jharkhand                      | 8.25                           | 4.95                           | 1,910     | 0        |
| 5    | Kerala                         | 0.15                           | 0.09                           | 17        | 0        |
| 6    | Madhya Pradesh                 | 3.32                           | 1.99                           | 650       | 100      |
| 7    | Rajasthan                      | 0.70                           | 0.42                           | 195       | 0        |
| 8    | Telangana                      | 2.90                           | 1.74                           | 672       | 0        |
| 9    | Tripura                        | 2.31                           | 2.08                           | 512       | 0        |
| 10   | Uttar Pradesh                  | 0.13                           | 0.08                           | 30        | 7        |
| 11   | Uttarakhand                    | 0.08                           | 0.07                           | 19        | 3        |
|      | Sub Total (D3)                 | 18.63                          | 11.92                          | 4,203     | 251      |
| D4   | Public Places under State Plan | Public Places under State Plan | Public Places under State Plan |           |          |
| 1    | Odisha                         | 0                              | 0                              | 0         | 0        |
|      | Sub Total (D4)                 | 0                              | 0                              | 0         | 0        |
|      | Total (D=D1+D2+D3+D4)          | 1,266.13                       | 802.44                         | 2,87,761  | 70,318   |
| E.   | PM-AJAY                        | PM-AJAY                        | PM-AJAY                        |           |          |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh                 | 3.50                           | 2.10                           | 811       | 437      |
| 2    | Jharkhand                      | 6.141                          | 3.684                          | 1,782     | 0        |
| 3    | Madhya Pradesh                 | 0.002                          | 0.001                          | 6         | 3        |
| 4    | Maharashtra                    | 6.810                          | 4.086                          | 2,012     | 361      |
|      | Total (E)                      | 16.45                          | 9.87                           | 4,611     | 801      |
|      | Grand Total (A+B+C+D+E)        | 6,521.85                       | 4,507.98                       | 13,65,139 | 3,42,561 |

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## Funds released for household electrification works sanctioned under RDSS

| States / UTs      |   GBS released (Rs in crore) |
|-------------------|------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    |                        43.15 |
| Arunachal Pradesh |                        13.2  |
| Assam             |                       193.03 |
| Bihar             |                        53.02 |
| Chhattisgarh      |                        11.28 |
| Himachal Pradesh  |                         0.54 |
| Jammu & Kashmir   |                        10.21 |
| Jharkhand         |                        22.54 |
| Karnataka         |                         5.34 |
| Kerala            |                         1.97 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |                       102.43 |
| Maharashtra       |                        16.7  |
| Manipur           |                         0    |
| Meghalaya         |                         0    |
| Mizoram           |                         0    |
| Nagaland          |                        17.09 |
| Rajasthan         |                        11.92 |
| Tamil Nadu        |                         8.83 |
| Telangana         |                        35.65 |
| Tripura           |                        45.29 |
| Uttar Pradesh     |                       106.74 |
| Uttarakhand       |                         0.49 |
| Total             |                       699.43 |

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District-wise details of households sanctioned under RDSS for Karnataka

| DAJGUA   | DAJGUA         | DAJGUA                 | DAJGUA                   |                       |
|----------|----------------|------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|
| DISCOM   | District       | Total no. of Household | Sanction cost (in Lakhs) | Progress (no. of HHs) |
| CESC     | Mysore         | 497                    | 319.36                   | 497                   |
| CESC     | Chamaraj nagar | 2510                   | 3633.0 7                 | 428                   |
| CESC     | Kodagu         | 675                    | 644.48                   | 231                   |
| PVTG     | PVTG           | PVTG                   | PVTG                     |                       |
| DISCOM   | District       | Total no. of Household | Sanction cost (in Lakhs) | Progress(no . of HHs) |
| CESC     | Mysore         | 805                    | 185.17                   | 852                   |
| CESC     | Chamaraj nagar | 197                    | 45.31                    | 176                   |
| CESC     | Kodagu         | 604                    | 138.93                   | 509                   |

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