Ministry of Power | Status on Electrification of Villages

PIB News Update: As reported by the States, all the inhabited census villages across the country stand electrified as on 28April, 2018.  All the States reported electrification of all willing households, on Saubhagya portal, as on 31Mar2019, except few households in LWE affected Bastar region of Chhattisgarh.   Subsequently, seven States reported 19,09,679 un-electrified households which were un-willing earlier but are now willing to get electricity connection. These houses are being electrified by the concerned States. The State/UT-wise details are given at Annexure-I.  The State-wise per capita electricity consumption for 2018-19 is given at Annexure-II.

As reported by the States, 5,251 un-electrified inhabited census villages were electrified under DDUGJY during the last two years i.e. 2017-18 & 2018-19 (up to 28April, 2018). The State-wise details are given at Annexure-III.   There is no upfront allocation made to any State under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) and Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana – Saubhagya.  Funds are released against sanctioned projects in instalments based on the reported utilisation of the previous instalment(s).  Government of India has disbursed Rs. 29,709 crore, as grant, under DDUGJY and Saubhagya during the last two financial years for various works related to rural electrification. The State/UT-wise details are given at Annexure-IV.

As reported by the States, number of hours of power supply in rural areas, is given at Annexure-V. All the inhabited census villages stand electrified as on 28April, 2018.  Electricity is a concurrent subject and as such providing electricity connection to households falls under the purview of State Governments / Power Utility.  All the States/UTs have entered into Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of India for providing 24 x 7 power supply to all households, industrial and commercial consumers from April, 2019 and adequate supply of power to agricultural consumers as per State policy.  Government of India is supplementing the efforts of the States through its various schemes including Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS), Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana- Saubhagya and Ujjwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY).

This information was provided by Union Minister of State (IC) Power, New & Renewable Energy and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Shri R.K. Singh, in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

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ANNEXURE-I

 

STATE-WISE WILLING UN-ELECTRIFIED HOUSEHOLDS IDENTIFIED BEFORE 31ST MARCH 2019 UNDER SAUBHAGYA SCHEME
Sl. No.	Name of the State	Un-electrified HHs (un-willing earlier)	Households electrified from 01.04.2019 to 31.10.2019		Balance un-electrified HHs to be electrified (as on 31.10.2019)
1	Assam	2,00,000	65,979		1,34,021
2	Chhattisgarh	40,394	1,888		38,506
3	Jharkhand	2,00,000	54,234		1,45,766
4	Karnataka	39,738	20,538		19,200
5	Manipur	1,141	1,980		0
6	Rajasthan	2,28,403	2,12,786		15,617
7	Uttar Pradesh	12,00,003	1,62,738		10,37,265
Total		19,09,679	5,20,143		13,90,375

 

ANNEXURE-II

 

Per Capita Electricity Consumption
For The Year 2018-19
State/UT	Per Capita Consumption (kWh)
Chandigarh	978
Delhi	1548
Haryana	2082
Himachal Pradesh	1418
Jammu & Kashmir	1322
Punjab	2046
Rajasthan	1282
Uttar Pradesh	606
Uttarakhand	1467
Chhattisgarh	1961
Gujarat	2378
Madhya Pradesh	1084
Maharashtra	1424
Daman & Diu	7758
Dadra  & Nagar Haveli	15179
Goa	2274
Andhra Pradesh	1480
Telangana	1896
Karnataka	1396
Kerala	757
Tamil Nadu	1866
Puducherry	1745
Lakshadweep	554
Bihar	311
Jharkhand	938
Odisha	1628
West Bengal	703
Sikkim	873
Andaman- Nicobar	597
Arunachal Pradesh	703
Assam	341
Manipur	371
Meghalaya	881
Mizoram	617
Nagaland	356
Tripura	514
All India	1181
Source : CEA

 

ANNEXURE-III

 

Electrification of Un-Electrified Villages during 2017-18 and 2018-19
Sl. No.	State	2017-18	2018-19	Total
1	Arunachal Pr.	854	280	1134
2	Assam	572		572
3	Bihar	332	264	596
4	Chhattisgarh	348	31	379
5	J & K	35	62	97
6	Jharkhand	613	116	729
7	Karnataka	25		25
8	Madhya Pradesh	44	5	49
9	Maharashtra		80	80
10	Manipur	77	93	170
11	Meghalaya	218	151	369
12	Mizoram	14		14
13	Nagaland	2		2
14	Odisha	544	381	925
15	Rajasthan	1		1
16	Uttar Pradesh	9	22	31
17	Uttarakhand	43	30	73
18	West Bengal	5		5
Total		3736	1515	5251

 

ANNEXURE-IV

 

State-wise Grant disbursed under DDUGJY and Saubhagya during the financial year 2017-18 & 2018-19
SI. No.	Name of the State	2017-18	2018-19	Total
1	Andhra Pradesh	165	175	340
2	Arunachal Pradesh	81	299	380
3	Assam	443	1,491	1,933
4	Bihar	878	2,611	3,489
5	Chhattisgarh	595	298	893
6	Gujarat	143	181	324
7	Haryana	45	22	67
8	Himachal Pradesh	–	15	15
9	J&K	67	593	660
10	Jharkhand	932	1,445	2,377
11	Karnataka	204	451	655
12	Kerala	102	57	159
13	Madhya Pradesh	858	1,099	1,957
14	Maharashtra	158	622	780
15	Manipur	39	76	115
16	Meghalaya	58	253	310
17	Mizoram	42	69	111
18	Nagaland	29	90	118
19	Odisha	442	1,528	1,971
20	Punjab	15	42	57
21	Rajasthan	782	1,349	2,131
22	Sikkim	18	21	39
23	Tamil Nadu	2	244	246
24	Telangana	60	61	121
25	Tripura	62	349	410
26	Uttar Pradesh	4,013	4,083	8,096
27	Uttarakhand	47	292	339
28	West Bengal	255	1,354	1,609
29	Goa	–	3	3
30	D&N  Haveli	–	1	1
31	Andaman & Nicobar	1	–	1
	Total	10,536	19,173	29,709

 

ANNEXURE-V

 

Status of Power Supply to Rural Areas
		During September, 2019
Sl. No.	Name of the State	Average hours of power supply in a day to rural areas
1	Andhra Pradesh	23.63
2	Arunachal Pradesh*	14.30
3	Assam	19.00
4	Bihar	21.83
5	Chhattisgarh	23.00
6	Gujarat	24.00
7	Haryana	17.67
8	Himachal Pradesh	24.00
9	Jammu & Kashmir*	16.00
10	Jharkhand	17.46
11	Karnataka	18.93
12	Kerala	24.00
13	Madhya Pradesh	23.47
14	Maharashtra	24.00
15	Manipur	23.50
16	Meghalaya	18.50
17	Mizoram	15.00
18	Nagaland	20.00
19	Odisha	22.23
20	Punjab	24.00
21	Rajasthan	22.00
22	Sikkim	16.75
23	Tamil Nadu	24.00
24	Telangana	24.00
25	Tripura	23.50
26	Uttar Pradesh	17.58
27	Uttarakhand	23.98
28	West Bengal	24.00
* For Jammu & Kashmir, June 2019 Month data has been included. For Arunachal Pradesh, February, 2019 data has been included.

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