The Union Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy has informed about the status of implementation and coverage of the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana -"SAUBHAGYA" in the country.

The Minister informed that the Government of India launched Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana – SAUBHAGYA in October, 2017 with the objective of achieving universal household electrification, by providing electricity connections to all un-electrified households in rural areas and all poor households in urban areas in the country. Under the aegis of SAUBHAGYA, as on 31.03.2019, all households were reported electrified by the States, except 18,734 households in Left Wing Extremists (LWE) affected areas of Chhattisgarh. Subsequently, seven States namely Assam, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Manipur, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh reported around 19.09 lakh un-electrified households, identified before 31.03.2019, which were unwilling earlier but later expressed willingness to get electricity connection. This was also sanctioned. All these seven States had reported 100% household electrification as on 31.03.2021. A total of 2.817 crore households were electrified since the launch of SAUBHAGYA, up to 31.03.2021.

Thereafter, the States reported that some households remained to be electrified, against which, states reported electrification of 4.43 lakh households. Accordingly, a total 2.86 crore households have been electrified. The scheme stands closed on 31.03.2022.  As per the SAUBHAGYA portal, a total of 29 states participated during scheme period. The State-wise details of Household electrification in the Country under SAUBHAGYA are as given below.

 

State-wise electrification of households since launch of Saubhagya Scheme including Additional Households achievement under DDUGJY
Sl. No.		Name of the States	No. of Households electrified from 11.10.2017 to 31.03.2019 as per Saubhagya Portal		Additional Sanction allowed under Saubhagya			Further Additional Households sanctioned under DDUGJY		Grand Total(A+B)
					No. of Households reported electrified from  01.04.2019 to 31.03.2021		Total HHs electrified as on 31.03.2021(A)	Households Sanctioned during 2021-22	Households electrified(as on 31.03.2022)(B)
1		Andhra Pradesh*	181,930		0		181,930			181,930
2		Arunachal Pradesh	47,089		0		47,089	7859	0	47,089
3		Assam	1,745,149		200,000		1,945,149	480249	381507	2,326,656
4		Bihar	3,259,041		0		3,259,041			3,259,041
5		Chhattisgarh	749,397		40,394		789,791	21981	2577	792,368
6		Gujarat*	41,317		0		41,317			41,317
7		Haryana	54,681		0		54,681			54,681
8		Himachal Pradesh	12,891		0		12,891			12,891
9		Jammu & Kashmir	377,045		0		377,045			377,045
10		Jharkhand	1,530,708		200,000		1,730,708			1,730,708
11		Karnataka	356,974		26,824		383,798			383,798
12		Ladakh	10,456		0		10,456			10,456
13		Madhya Pradesh	1,984,264		0		1,984,264	99722	0	1,984,264
14		Maharashtra	1,517,922		0		1,517,922			1,517,922
15		Manipur	102,748		5,367		108,115	21135	0	108,115
16		Meghalaya	199,839		0		199,839	420	401	200,240
17		Mizoram	27,970		0		27,970			27,970
18		Nagaland	132,507		0		132,507	7009	7009	139,516
19		Odisha	2,452,444		0		2,452,444			2,452,444
20		Puducherry*	912		0		912			912
21		Punjab	3,477		0		3,477			3,477
22		Rajasthan	1,862,736		212,786		2,075,522	210843	52206	2,127,728
23		Sikkim	14,900		0		14,900			14,900
24		Tamil Nadu*	2,170		0		2,170			2,170
25		Telangana	515,084		0		515,084			515,084
26		Tripura	139,090		0		139,090			139,090
27		Uttar Pradesh	7,980,568		1,200,003		9,180,571	334652	0	9,180,571
28		Uttarakhand	248,751		0		248,751			248,751
29		West Bengal	732,290		0		732,290			732,290
	Total			26,284,350	1,885,374	28,169,724		1,183,870	443,700	28,613,424

*Electrified prior to Saubhagya and not funded under Saubhagya

This information has been given by the Union Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy Shri R. K. Singh, in a written reply to a question, in Rajya Sabha today, August 2, 2023.

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