The Union Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy has given a brief about the steps taken by the government to achieve 100 per cent electrification of all un-electrified households in the country.

Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (Saubhagya) was launched by Government of India in October, 2017 with the objective to achieve universal household electrification throughout the country.  Under this scheme, electricity connection was provided to all willing un-electrified households in rural areas and all willing poor un-electrified households in urban areas. The electrification was carried out by State DISCOMs / Power Departments with funds provided by the Central Government under the Scheme.

After electrification, the State DISCOMs / Power Departments were asked to certify that all willing unelectrified households were electrified. As on 31.03.2021, all States certified that they have electrified all willing unelectrified households. As per the report received from the States, 2.82 crore households were electrified throughout the country up to 31.03.2021. An additional 4.43 lakh households were electrified through another scheme of Government of India named Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY). As such, a total of 2.86 crore households were covered under the initiative of Government of India up to 31.03.2022. The state-wise details of number of households covered are 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*	1,81,930	0		1,81,930						1,81,930
2	Arunachal Pradesh	47,089	0		47,089		7859		0		47,089
3	Assam	17,45,149	2,00,000		19,45,149		480249		381507#		23,26,656
4	Bihar	32,59,041	0		32,59,041						32,59,041
5	Chhattisgarh	7,49,397	40,394		7,89,791		21981		2577		7,92,368
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	3,77,045	0		3,77,045						3,77,045
10	Jharkhand	15,30,708	2,00,000		17,30,708						17,30,708
11	Karnataka	3,56,974	26,824		3,83,798						3,83,798
12	Ladakh	10,456	0		10,456						10,456
13	Madhya Pradesh	19,84,264	0		19,84,264		99722		0		19,84,264
14	Maharashtra	15,17,922	0		15,17,922						15,17,922
15	Manipur	1,02,748	5,367		1,08,115		21135		0		1,08,115
16	Meghalaya	1,99,839	0		1,99,839		420		401		2,00,240
17	Mizoram	27,970	0		27,970						27,970
18	Nagaland	1,32,507	0		1,32,507		7009		7009		1,39,516
19	Odisha	24,52,444	0		24,52,444						24,52,444
20	Puducherry*	912	0		912						912
21	Punjab	3,477	0		3,477						3,477
22	Rajasthan	18,62,736	2,12,786		20,75,522		210843		52206		21,27,728
23	Sikkim	14,900	0		14,900						14,900
24	Tamil Nadu*	2,170	0		2,170						2,170
25	Telangana	5,15,084	0		5,15,084						5,15,084
26	Tripura	1,39,090	0		1,39,090						1,39,090
27	Uttar Pradesh	79,80,568	12,00,003		91,80,571		334652		0		91,80,571
28	Uttarakhand	2,48,751	0		2,48,751						2,48,751
29	West Bengal	7,32,290	0		7,32,290						7,32,290
Total		2,62,84,350	18,85,374		2,81,69,724		11,83,870		4,43,700		2,86,13,424
#as per initial closure submitted by APDCL 381507 households have been electrified and as per the revised closure 368610 households have been electrified. However, the final closure of DDUGJY addl. HHS of Assam state is yet to be approved
*Not funded under Saubhagya

 

Both SAUBHAGYA and DDUGJY have been closed on 31.03.2022.  The construction of new households is a dynamic and continuous process, and the DISCOMs are required to ensure that those seeking connection are connected.

The Central Government in line with its commitment, is further supporting States for electrification of any left-out households, which existed before 31.03.2019 (period of execution of SAUBHAGYA) but were somehow missed out by the DISCOMs, under the ongoing scheme of Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS). Till date, the approval has been accorded for around 4.96 Lakh left-out households for electrification for the States of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh. The details in this regard are as given below:

 

State	No. of HHs Proposed	Approved Cost (Rs. in Cr.)
Rajasthan	1,90,959	459.18
Uttar Pradesh	2,99,546	338.46
Andhra Pradesh	5,577	16.00

 

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 on December 5, 2023.

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