Parliament Question: Un-electrified Households under Saubhagya

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2997 ANSWERED ON 06.08.2026 UN-ELECTRIFIED HOUSEHOLDS UNDER SAUBHAGYA

2997. SHRI RAMASAHAYAM RAGHURAM REDDY:

Will the Minister of POWER

be pleased to state:

(a) the details of rural households having electricity connections but receiving less than twelve hours, eight hours and four hours of daily power supply respectively, State/UT-wise;

(b) whether the Government reduced the estimated number of unelectrified households under the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (SAUBHAGYA) from 300 lakh households, as approved in the scheme guidelines to 248 lakh households on the dashboard before declaring hundred percent electrification, if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;

(c) the details of households excluded from the original target of 300 lakh households under SAUBHAGYA, State/UT-wise along with the reasons for such exclusion;

(d) whether seven States had reported 19.10 lakh unelectrified households as on 31 March, 2019 and sought extension of timelines, if so, the details thereof; and

(e) the manner in which the Government justify by declaring near-universal electrification before completion of the remaining works? A N S W E R THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER (SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

(a): Electricity being a concurrent subject, supply and distribution of electricity to all consumers comes within the purview of respective distribution utility which works under the guidance of the respective State Government and State Electricity Regulatory Commission. Further, as per the Electricity (Rights of Consumers) Rules, 2020, the distribution licensee shall supply 24x7 power to all consumers. However, the State Commission may specify lower hours of supply for some categories of consumers. The details related to hours of supply at the micro level are maintained at the State/ UT level (State/UT-wise data related to hours of supply, as received from States/UTs, is placed at Annexure-I).

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(b) to (e): Under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) launched by Government of India (GoI) in 2014, and thereafter under Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (SAUBHAGYA) launched by GoI in October, 2017, electrification of all willing households was completed by 31st March, 2019 as reported by the States/ UTs. Thereafter, 23.29 lakh households, identified before 2019, which subsequently gave willingness for electrification, were proposed by States and thus, a total electrification of 286 lakh households was reported by States as against the original estimate of 300 lakh households under SAUBHAGYA scheme, including households electrified under State schemes running in parallel.

Both the GoI schemes stand closed as on 31.03.2022. State-wise details are enclosed at Annexure–II.

Under ongoing Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) launched in 2021, grid electrification works amounting to Rs. 6,521 crore have been sanctioned for 13.65 lakh households, based on proposal submitted by the States post survey, including works for electrification of households belonging to Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) identified under Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM-JANMAN), tribal households under DA- JGUA (Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan), households belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC) under Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhyuday Yojana (PM-AJAY) and households in remote & border areas under Vibrant Villages Program (VVP), wherever found feasible. Further, States of Gujarat, Odisha and West Bengal undertook household electrification works under State Plan.

(State/UT-wise details are at Annexure–III). **************ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.

2997 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 06.08.2026 ************* State/UT-wise Average Hours of Supply in rural areas for FY 2025-26 (in hh:mm) Sl. No. State Name Average Hours 1 A&N Island ** 2 Andhra Pradesh 23:51 3 Arunachal Pradesh 23:05 4 Assam 23:14 5 Bihar 23:24 6 Chandigarh * 7 Chhattisgarh 23:24 8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 23:39 9 Delhi * 10 Goa ** 11 Gujarat 23:54 12 Haryana 22:40 13 Himachal Pradesh 23:40 14 Jammu and Kashmir 20:23 15 Jharkhand 21:27 16 Karnataka 23:27 17 Kerala 23:48 18 Ladakh 21:45 19 Madhya Pradesh 22:50 20 Maharashtra 21:52 21 Manipur 23:05 22 Meghalaya 23:34 23 Mizoram 19:59 24 Nagaland 19:53 25 Odisha 23:57 26 Puducherry 23:55 27 Punjab 23:16 28 Rajasthan 21:11 29 Sikkim 22:53 30 Tamil Nadu 24:00 31 Telangana 24:00 32 Tripura 23:11 33 Uttar Pradesh 21:47 34 Uttarakhand 23:28 35 West Bengal 23:50 National Average 22:36 * Rural area not present ** Data not available ***********ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (b) TO (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2997 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 06.08.2026 ************* Number of Households electrified during SAUBHAGYA period S. No. Name of the States No of Households electrified 1 Andhra Pradesh* 1,81,930 2 Arunachal Pradesh 47,089 3 Assam 23,26,656 4 Bihar 32,59,041 5 Chhattisgarh 7,92,368 6 Gujarat* 41,317 7 Haryana 54,681 8 Himachal Pradesh 12,891 9 Jammu & Kashmir 3,77,045 10 Jharkhand 17,30,708 11 Karnataka 3,83,798 12 Ladakh 10,456 13 Madhya Pradesh 19,84,264 14 Maharashtra 15,17,922 15 Manipur 1,08,115 16 Meghalaya 2,00,240 17 Mizoram 27,970 18 Nagaland 1,39,516 19 Odisha 24,52,444 20 Puducherry* 912 21 Punjab 3,477 22 Rajasthan 21,27,728 23 Sikkim 14,900 24 Tamil Nadu* 2,170 25 Telangana 5,15,084 26 Tripura 1,39,090 27 Uttar Pradesh 91,80,571 28 Uttarakhand 2,48,751 29 West Bengal 7,32,290 Total 2,86,13,424 *Not funded under SAUBHAGYA Scheme ************ANNEXURE-III ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (b) TO (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2997 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 06.08.2026 ************* Status of Household Electrification Works sanctioned under RDSS Total Househol Sanctioned Sanctioned GBS Househ ds to be Sl. Households Name of State Outlay (Rs. GBS (Rs. Released olds electrifie No. Electrified Crores) Crores) (Rs. Crores) Sanctio d as per ned survey A. Addl. HHs Sanctioned under RDSS 1 Andhra Pradesh 49.24 29.55 8.73 15,475 15,475 15,320 2 Arunachal Pradesh 47.11 42.40 11.55 6,506 6,506 241 3 Assam 785.55 706.99 195.15 127,111 133,284 41,635 4 Bihar 239.14 143.49 39.18 35,467 35,467 352 5 Chhattisgarh 166.55 99.93 0.00 34,078 34,078 16,515 6 Jammu & Kashmir 106.70 96.03 18.70 15,359 15,359 0 7 Jharkhand 25.16 15.09 0.00 4,853 4,853 804 8 Kerala 0.33 0.20 0.00 40 40 11 9 Madhya Pradesh 1.13 0.68 0.18 196 196 121 10 Manipur 214.44 193.00 0.00 36,972 36,972 0 11 Meghalaya 435.70 392.13 106.25 50,501 50,501 0 12 Mizoram 79.90 71.91 0.00 15,167 15,167 1,751 13 Nagaland 69.55 62.59 17.09 10,004 10,004 20 14 Rajasthan 1,526.94 916.16 165.58 338,702 289,033 95,106 15 Uttar Pradesh 931.04 558.62 122.17 251,487 251,487 42,385 Total (A) 4,678.47 3,328.77 684.58 941,918 898,422 214,261 B. Electrification works sanctioned under RDSS in Vibrant Villages 1 Himachal Pradesh* 6.08 5.47 0.54 0 0 0 2 Arunachal Pradesh 20.18 18.16 1.65 1,683 1,683 0 3 Uttarakhand 13.08 11.77 1.07 1,154 1,154 0 Total (B) 39.34 35.41 3.26 2,837 2,837 0 C. Electrification of PVTG Households through Grid Connectivity under PM-JANMAN C1 PVTG Households Sanctioned under RDSS 1 Andhra Pradesh 88.71 53.23 27.61 24,967 24,925 24,925 2 Chhattisgarh 38.16 22.90 11.28 7,077 7,349 7,349 3 Jharkhand 74.13 44.48 22.54 12,442 11,504 11,504 4 Karnataka 3.76 2.26 1.11 1,615 1,546 1,546 5 Kerala 0.86 0.52 0.23 345 345 314 6 Madhya Pradesh 148.83 89.28 51.66 30,216 28,396 28,396 7 Maharashtra 26.61 15.97 7.87 8,556 9,216 9,216 8 Rajasthan 40.34 24.20 11.92 17,633 16,023 16,023 9 Tamil Nadu 29.89 17.93 8.83 8,603 7,814 7,384 10 Telangana 6.79 4.07 2.07 3,884 3,884 3,884 11 Tripura 61.52 55.37 43.86 11,664 11,692 11,692 12 Uttar Pradesh 1.10 0.66 0.21 316 195 195 13 Uttarakhand 0.60 0.54 0.49 669 669 669 Sub Total (C1) 521.31 331.41 189.69 127,987 123,558 123,097 C2 PVTG Households covered under State Plan 1 Gujarat 0 0 0 0 6,626 6,626 2 Odisha 0 0 0 0 5,738 5,721 3 West Bengal 0 0 0 0 3,372 3,372 Sub Total (C2) 0 0 0 0 15,736 15,719 C3 Public Places Sanctioned under RDSS 1 Madhya Pradesh 0 0 - 25 21 21 Sub Total (C3) 0 0 25 21 21 Total (C=C1+C2+C3) 521.45 331.49 189.69 128,012 139,315 138,837D. Electrification of Tribal Households identified under DA-JGUA D1 DA-JGUA Households Sanctioned under RDSS 1 Andhra Pradesh 19.12 11.47 5.86 4,921 5,302 5,208 2 Arunachal Pradesh 8.20 7.38 3.37 1,938 1,938 1,866 3 Bihar 61.40 36.84 16.76 7,117 7,117 1,635 4 Chhattisgarh 218.44 131.06 0.00 39,579 39,579 25,135 5 Himachal Pradesh 0.49 0.45 0.00 93 93 21 6 Jammu & Kashmir 89.84 80.85 9.90 13,824 13,824 0 7 Jharkhand 92.44 55.47 0.00 19,467 19,467 0 8 Karnataka 41.00 24.60 9.03 5,288 5,288 1,714 9 Kerala 5.73 3.44 1.74 1,080 1,080 295 10 Madhya Pradesh 305.66 183.40 89.38 59,172 59,172 32,373 11 Maharashtra 23.60 14.16 6.97 6,961 5,228 5,228 12 Rajasthan 197.11 118.26 37.66 82,842 82,842 19,762 13 Telangana 110.73 66.44 33.58 26,525 26,525 23,748 14 Tripura 40.69 36.62 17.61 7,677 7,677 7,635 15 Uttar Pradesh 32.21 19.32 4.91 6,867 6,867 274 16 Uttarakhand 0.84 0.75 0.00 207 207 165 Sub Total (D1) 1,247.50 790.52 236.76 283,558 282,206 125,059 D2 DA-JGUA Households covered under State Plan 1 Odisha 0 0 - 0 36,335 0 Sub Total (D2) 0 0 0 36,335 0 DA-JGUA Public D3 Places sanctioned under RDSS 1 Andhra Pradesh 0.70 0.42 - 182 182 130 2 Arunachal Pradesh 0.04 0.03 - 9 9 9 3 Himachal Pradesh 0.05 0.05 - 7 7 3 4 Jharkhand 8.25 4.95 - 1,910 1,910 0 5 Kerala 0.15 0.09 - 17 17 0 6 Madhya Pradesh 3.32 1.99 - 650 650 251 7 Rajasthan 0.70 0.42 - 195 195 0 8 Telangana 2.90 1.74 - 672 8,208 7,940 9 Tripura 2.31 2.08 - 512 512 349 10 Uttar Pradesh 0.13 0.08 - 30 30 7 11 Uttarakhand 0.08 0.07 - 19 19 4 Sub Total (D3) 18.63 11.92 4,203 11,739 8,693 D4 DA-JGUA Public Places covered under State Plan 1 Odisha 0 0 0 0 548 0 Sub Total (D4) 0 0 0 0 548 0 Total 1,266.13 802.44 236.76 287,761 330,828 133,752 (D=D1+D2+D3+D4) E. Electrification works sanctioned under PM-AJAY 1 Andhra Pradesh 3.50 2.10 0.96 811 811 437 2 Jharkhand 6.141 3.684 0.000 1,782 1,782 0 3 Madhya Pradesh 0.002 0.001 0.000 6 6 3 4 Maharashtra 6.810 4.086 1.860 2,012 2,012 437 Total (E) 16.45 9.87 2.82 4,611 4,611 877 Grand Total 6,521.85 4,507.98 1,117.11 1,365,139 1,376,013 487,727 (A+B+C+D+E) *Works sanctioned for strengthening existing distribution infrastructure and improving available voltage profile for covered Households * Telangana electrification progress in PIs under DA-JGUA includes Angan Wadi Centres (AWCs)

Source: MC Minutes, RDSS Portal, REC/PFC **************