Ministry of Power
Stable Electricity Connections
Posted On: 08 DEC 2022 7:46PM by PIB Delhi
The Government of India launched Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana – Saubhagya in October, 2017 with the objective to achieve 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 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 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 that 11.84 lakh 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. State-wise details are at Annexure. Tamil Nadu State reported that most of the houses were already electrified before the launch of Saubhagya Scheme. Hence, Tamil Nadu had not participated in Saubhagya.
To provide electricity to un-electrified households in remote & inaccessible villages/habitations, where grid extension is neither feasible nor cost effective, solar based systems were installed.
This information was given by Shri R.K Singh, Union Minister of Power and New & Renewable Energy in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
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