Lok Sabha Question No. 1859 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-28
Subject: Subsidy on Electricity
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: KUNWAR SARVESH  KUMAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1859 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.07.2016

## SUBSIDY ON ELECTRICITY

†1859.  KUNWAR SARVESH KUMAR:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has launched any scheme to provide cent per cent subsidy  along  with  electricity  connection  to  all  the  habitations/villages  where  the people are living below poverty line;

- (b) if so, the State-wise details thereof including Uttar Pradesh; and
- (c) the State-wise number of BPL families benefited/likely to be benefited by it?

## 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) :   Government  of  India  has  launched    Deendayal  Upadhyaya  Gram Jyoti Yojana, which includes feeder separation, strengthening of subtransmission and distribution system  including metering of distribution transformers/feeders/consumers and rural electrification.  Under the scheme, free electricity connections are provided to Below Poverty Line Households. The  State-wise  number  of  free  electricity  connection  provided  to  BPL households so far, including Uttar Pradesh, is given at Annex.

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ANNEX

ANNEX  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1859 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 28.07.2016.

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## State-wise number of free electricity connection provided to BPL households under DDUGJY

As on 30.06.2016

| S. No.   | Name of the State   |   Target |   Cumulative achievement (As reported by States) |
|----------|---------------------|----------|--------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pr.          |  2457287 |                                          2372825 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pr.       |    74679 |                                            51621 |
| 3        | Assam               |  1794578 |                                          1210198 |
| 4        | Bihar               | 10660852 |                                          3479737 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh        |  1448997 |                                          1140046 |
| 6        | Gujarat             |   848005 |                                           842945 |
| 7        | Haryana             |   257902 |                                           198580 |
| 8        | Himachal Pr.        |    19578 |                                            16290 |
| 9        | J & K               |   142172 |                                            68435 |
| 10       | Jharkhand           |  2027415 |                                          1274102 |
| 11       | Karnataka           |  1036966 |                                           946539 |
| 12       | Kerala              |   192919 |                                           150305 |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh      |  3209701 |                                          1570372 |
| 14       | Maharashtra         |  1621836 |                                          1221350 |
| 15       | Manipur             |   137525 |                                            70307 |
| 16       | Meghalaya           |   125799 |                                           104383 |
| 17       | Mizoram             |    29710 |                                            29710 |
| 18       | Nagaland            |    98616 |                                            54559 |
| 19       | Odisha              |  4506562 |                                          2771139 |
| 20       | Punjab              |    92988 |                                            92988 |
| 21       | Rajasthan           |  1791656 |                                          1137322 |
| 22       | Sikkim              |    13601 |                                            13601 |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu          |   526468 |                                           502082 |
| 24       | Telangana           |  1125306 |                                           708865 |
| 25       | Tripura             |   208732 |                                           131998 |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh       |  5161785 |                                          1488657 |
| 27       | Uttarakhand         |   238404 |                                           237921 |
| 28       | West Bengal         |  2480034 |                                          2195597 |
|          | Grand Total         | 42330073 |                                         24082474 |

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