Implementation of household electrification under Saubhagya and RDSS

The Union Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy has informed that the Government of India launched Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) in December, 2014 for various rural electrification works including separation of agriculture and non-agriculture feeders, strengthening and augmentation of sub-transmission & distribution infrastructure, metering at distribution transformers/feeders/consumers and electrification of villages across the country. Works under the scheme has been completed and the scheme stands closed. As reported by the States, all the inhabited un-electrified census villages in the country were electrified by 28th April, 2018. A total of 18,374 villages were electrified during the scheme.

Subsequently, Government of India launched the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana – Saubhagya in October, 2017 with the objective to achieve universal household electrification for providing electricity connections to all willing un-electrified households in rural areas and all willing poor households in urban areas in the country.

Since the launch of Saubhagya scheme, as on 31.03.2021 all the States have reported 100% electrification of all the willing un- electrified households, identified before 31.03.2019. As reported by the States, 2.817 crore households have been electrified since the launch of Saubhagya, up to 31.03.2021. Further, a total of 4.43 lakh additional households have been electrified under DDUGJY. As such, as on 31.03.2022, a total of 2.86 crore households (including tribal households) have been electrified since the launch of Saubhagya. The scheme stands closed.

The construction of new households is a dynamic and continuous process. The Central Government in line with its commitment, is further supporting States under the ongoing Scheme of Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) 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. 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

 

In addition, all identified beneficiary Households of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG) across States under PM-JANMAN (Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan) are eligible for funding under RDSS as per guidelines.

As reported by the States, all the inhabited un-electrified census villages (including tribal villages) in the country were electrified by 28th April, 2018. A total of 18,374 villages were electrified during DDUGJY. There is no categorization specifically for Tribal areas with regard to electrification of census villages. The state wise details of villages electrified under DDUGJY are enclosed below.

 

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State No. Of Villages Electrified under DDUGJY
1 Arunachal Pradesh 1483
2 Assam 2732
3 Bihar 2906
4 Chhattisgarh 1078
5 Himachal Pradesh 28
6 J&K 129
7 Jharkhand 2583
8 Karnataka 39
9 Madhya Pradesh 422
10 Maharashtra 80
11 Manipur 366
12 Meghalaya 1051
13 Mizoram 54
14 Nagaland 78
15 Odisha 3281
16 Rajasthan 427
17 Tripura 26
18 Uttar Pradesh 1498
19 Uttarakhand 91
20 West Bengal 22
  Total 18374

 

The details of BPL Households electrified from FY 2015-16 till September, 2017 under DDUGJY is enclosed below.

State wise Achievement of total BPL Households electrified from FY 2015 till September 2017 under DDUGJY
Sl. No. State Total BPL Households electrified
1 Andhra Pradesh 664851
2 Assam 101537
3 Bihar 1976832
4 Chhattisgarh 63756
5 Gujarat 813
6 J&K 1133
7 Jharkhand 12391
8 Karnataka 98821
9 Kerala 24993
10 Madhya Pradesh 561262
11 Maharashtra 59
12 Meghalaya 95
13 Mizoram 447
14 Nagaland 507
15 Odisha 103857
16 Rajasthan 149854
17 Sikkim 1850
18 Tamil Nadu 1976
19 Telangana 849
20 Tripura 41759
21 Uttar Pradesh 1082986
22 Uttarakhand 46
23 West Bengal 34450
Total 4925124

 

Further, the details of households electrified since the launch (October, 2017) of Saubhagya including additional households sanctioned under DDUGJY till 31.03.2022 is enclosed 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
* Not funded under Saubhagya

 

There is no bifurcation of tribal people and the electricity connections were provided to all the households, including BPL category households, as the Scheme provided universal access of electricity to all the households across the country.