Free electricity connections released to 2.63 crore BPL Households under DDUGJY; a total of 6,015 villages were electrified in 2016-17: Shri Piyush Goyal
- Press Information Bureau
- July 21, 2017
New Delhi: Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, Shri Piyush Goyal, in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today, informed the House that under Rural Electrification component of Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), 2.63 crore BPL Households have been electrified till 30.06.2017.
Free electricity connections released to BPL HHs under RE Component of DDUGJY
|
Sl. No. |
Name of State |
Free electricity connections released to BPL HHs (Nos.) |
||
|
1 |
Andhra Pradesh |
2648777 |
||
|
2 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
51621 |
||
|
3 |
Assam |
1210211 |
||
|
4 |
Bihar |
4339872 |
||
|
5 |
Chhattisgarh |
1149542 |
||
|
6 |
Gujarat |
843104 |
||
|
7 |
Haryana |
198580 |
||
|
8 |
Himachal Pradesh |
16290 |
||
|
9 |
J&K |
69148 |
||
|
10 |
Jharkhand |
1277605 |
||
|
11 |
Karnataka |
987629 |
||
|
12 |
Kerala |
150305 |
||
|
13 |
Madhya Pradesh |
1803951 |
||
|
14 |
Maharashtra |
1221350 |
||
|
15 |
Manipur |
70187 |
||
|
16 |
Meghalaya |
104457 |
||
|
17 |
Mizoram |
29710 |
||
|
18 |
Nagaland |
54484 |
||
|
19 |
Odisha |
2845434 |
||
|
20 |
Punjab |
92988 |
||
|
21 |
Rajasthan |
1227216 |
||
|
22 |
Sikkim |
13601 |
||
|
23 |
Tamil Nadu |
502394 |
||
|
24 |
Telangana |
708865 |
||
|
25 |
Tripura |
148368 |
||
|
26 |
Uttar Pradesh |
2110609 |
||
|
27 |
Uttarakhand |
237921 |
||
|
28 |
West Bengal |
2211040 |
||
|
Total |
2,63,25,259 |
|||
Answering to a separate question in Lok Sabha today, Shri Goyal also informed that as per information provided by the States, as on 30.06.2017, there are 3,618 un-electrified census villages left out of the total 18,452. He further added that a total of 6,015 villages were electrified in 2016-17. The details of villages electrified are as given below:
State-wise details of villages electrified during 2016-17
|
Sr. No. |
State |
2016-17 |
||
|
1 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
175 |
||
|
2 |
Assam |
1,218 |
||
|
3 |
Bihar |
556 |
||
|
4 |
Chhattisgarh |
294 |
||
|
5 |
Himachal Pradesh |
27 |
||
|
6 |
J & K |
5 |
||
|
7 |
Jharkhand |
1,104 |
||
|
8 |
Karnataka |
14 |
||
|
9 |
Madhya Pradesh |
159 |
||
|
10 |
Manipur |
121 |
||
|
11 |
Meghalaya |
681 |
||
|
12 |
Mizoram |
24 |
||
|
13 |
Nagaland |
76 |
||
|
14 |
Odisha |
1,092 |
||
|
15 |
Rajasthan |
263 |
||
|
16 |
Tripura |
17 |
||
|
17 |
Uttar Pradesh |
162 |
||
|
18 |
Uttarakhand |
18 |
||
|
19 |
West Bengal |
9 |
||
|
Total |
6,015 |
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Disclaimer: This information has been collected through secondary research and IBEF is not responsible for any errors in the same.
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