Ministry of Power of the Republic of India

03/16/2023 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/16/2023 07:47

SAUBHAGYA ELECTRIFICATION SCHEME - A total 2.86 crore households have been electrified – Union Power & NRE Minister Shri R. K. Singh

Ministry of Power

SAUBHAGYA ELECTRIFICATION SCHEME - A total 2.86 crore households have been electrified - Union Power & NRE Minister Shri R. K. Singh

Posted On: 16 MAR 2023 7:10PM by PIB Delhi

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. Salient features of the scheme were:

(i) Providing last mile connectivity and electricity connections to all un-electrified households in rural areas.

(ii) Providing Solar Photo Voltaic (SPV) based standalone systems for un-electrified households located in remote and inaccessible villages / habitations where grid extension is not feasible or cost effective.

(iii) Providing last mile connectivity and electricity connections to all remaining economically poor un-electrified households in urban areas. Non-poor urban households are excluded from this scheme.

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 had reported that 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 some States reported 11.84 lakh households remained to be electrified, against which States reported that 4.43 lakh households have been electrified. Accordingly, till date, a total 2.86 crore households have been electrified. State-wise details are at Annexure-I. The schemes stands closed on 31st March, 2022.

Under the scheme, projects worth Rs.14,082 crore were sanctioned and with the closure cost of Rs.9246 Crore, against which central grant of Rs.6305 crore was released upto31st March, 2022.

The district-wise details of number of beneficiaries who have been provided with electrical access under the scheme in the Jharkhand, since 2017 are at Annexure-II.

There was no upfront allocation of funds for any State/District under SAUBHAGYAscheme. Funds were released for sanctioned projects in installments based on the reported utilization of the funds released in the previous installments and fulfillment of stipulated conditions. The details of funds sanctioned, allocated and utilized under the scheme in Jharkhand are as under:

(Rs. In Crore)

Project Cost

Sanctioned Cost

Grant disbursed

Grant utilized

887

472

284

100%

ANNEXURE-I

State-wise details of electrification of households since launch of Saubhagya Scheme / Additional Sanctions and Achievement under DDUGJY (status as on 31.03.2022)

Sl. No.

Name of the States

ORIGINAL HOUSEHOLDS SANCTIONED UNDER SAUBHAGYA

ADDITIONAL HOUSEHOLDS SANCTIONED UNDER SAUBHAGYA

ADDITIONAL HOUSEHOLDS SANCTIONED UNDER DDUGJY

Grand Total

No of households electrified from 11.10.2017 to 31.03.2019

No of households electrified from 01.04.2019 to 31.03.2021

Total households electrified as on 31.03.2021

Additional households Sanctioned

Additional households electrified as on 31.03.2022

1

2

3

4

5=3+4

6

7

8=5+7

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 (Jaipur)

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

*Electrified prior to SAUBHAGYA and not funded under SAUBHAGYA

ANNEXURE-II

District wise details of households electrified since the launch of SAUBHAGYA in Jharkhand

Sl. No

District

No of households electrified from 11.10.2017 to 31.03.2019 as per SAUBHAGYA portal(a)

No of households electrified from 01.04.2019 to 31.03.2021 from additional sanction allowed in SAUBHAGYA (b)

Total (a+b)

1

Ranchi

104669

2500

107169

2

Purbi Singhbhum

113887

113887

3

Dhanbad

31162

4709

35871

4

Giridih

152758

11993

164751

5

Palamu

216056

45888

261944

6

Dumka

46822

5300

52122

7

Pashchimi Singhbhum

50968

11457

62425

8

Deoghar

52959

12384

65343

9

Hazaribagh

77639

5619

83258

10

Godda

74637

12599

87236

11

Sarikela-Kharswana

46019

46019

12

Bokaro

58145

2000

60145

13

Garhwa

75495

32731

108226

14

Sahibganj

41801

4330

46131

15

Chatra

87177

12081

99258

16

Pakaur

27817

3882

31699

17

Gumla

40432

7093

47525

18

Jamtara

39341

1500

40841

19

Latehar

44551

44551

20

Simdega

22215

19711

41926

21

Ramgarh

42870

42870

22

Koderma

26652

709

27361

23

Khunti

27321

28030

24

Lohardaga

29315

3514

32829

Total

15,30,708

200000

1730708

This information was given by the Union Minister of Power Sh. R.K. Singh in the Lok Sabha Today.

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