Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & Renewable Energy, Shri Raj Kumar Singh, in a reply to a question on the status of electrified rural households in the country today informed the Rajya Sabha that out of the total 18.10 crore rural households in the country, around 14.16 crore households (78.24%) have been electrified. The status of the electrified rural houses in the States is updated by the respective State DISCOMs on the Saubhagya web-portal. Further, Ministry of Power has taken the help of Department of Posts for survey of un-electrified households in five States viz. Assam, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha, the Minister added.

So far, Government of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh have submitted 151 DPRs (77 rural grid + 27 rural off-grid+ 47 urban) on the online portal.  Sanctions under Saubhagya are made against techno-economic appraisals and approvals of DPRs received, and disbursals made in a phased manner against completion of various activities & achievement of milestones as per scheme guidelines. 

Government of India launched Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana – “Saubhagya” in September 2017 with an outlay of Rs. 16,320 crores including a Gross Budgetary Support (GBS) of Rs. 12,320 crores.  The objective of the scheme is to provide last mile connectivity and electricity connections to all households in rural and urban areas across the country.

State-wise details of rural households electrification
As on 15.01.2018
Sl. No.	State	Total No. of Rural Households	Total No. of Households Electrified	Balance No. of un-electrified Households
1	Andhra Pradesh	11,307,804	11,307,791	13
2	Arunachal Pradesh	230,818	149,690	81,128
3	Assam	5,195,259	2,793,648	2,401,611
4	Bihar	12,786,812	7,043,547	5,743,265
5	Chhattisgarh	4,929,495	4,304,608	624,887
6	Goa	128,208	128,208	-
7	Gujarat	6,673,460	6,673,222	238
8	Haryana	3,424,992	2,746,313	678,679
9	Himachal Pradesh	1,470,529	1,457,804	12,725
10	Jammu & Kashmir	1,273,430	1,007,155	266,275
11	Jharkhand	5,486,513	2,476,450	3,010,063
12	Karnataka	9,363,675	8,696,768	666,907
13	Kerala	7,104,123	7,104,020	103
14	Madhya Pradesh	11,485,955	7,171,852	4,314,103
15	Maharashtra	13,947,231	13,606,525	340,706
16	Manipur	375,335	273,111	102,224
17	Meghalaya	463,022	323,755	139,267
18	Mizoram	110,386	99,430	10,956
19	Nagaland	204,989	99,940	105,049
20	Odisha	8,501,882	5,283,111	3,218,771
21	Puducherry	95,046	94,704	342
22	Punjab	3,689,273	3,689,273	-
23	Rajasthan	9,150,183	7,149,395	2,000,788
24	Sikkim	37,281	31,653	5,628
25	Tamil Nadu	10,285,848	10,285,848	-
26	Telangana	5,963,923	5,580,243	383,680
27	Tripura	731,398	526,104	205,294
28	Uttar Pradesh	30,245,532	15,650,456	14,595,076
29	Uttarakhand	1,732,666	1,547,585	185,081
30	West Bengal	14,659,597	14,363,132	296,465
Total		18,10,54,665	14,16,65,341	3,93,89,324

 

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