28 Apr 2012

Electrification of Villages


As per census 2001, the total number of inhabited villages were 5,93,732  in the country. 4,74,162 villages were electrified and 1,19,570  villages did not  have electricity.   Based on Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) received from State Governments, under Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY), 576 projects for electrification of 1,10,886 un/de-electrified villages were sanctioned  during 10th and 11th Plan in the country including tribal and hilly areas. Cumulatively, as on 31.03.2012, the electrification works in 1,04,496 un/de-electrified villages including tribal and hilly areas have been completed.  The details of villages covered and electrified, State-wise, is given below:-

State-wise coverage and achievements of electrification of un/de-electrified villages under RGGVY as on 31.03.2012
Sl. No.
Name of State
Un/de-electrified villages
 Coverage
Achievement
Balance
1
Andhra Pradesh*
0
0
0
2
Arunachal Pradesh
2129
1313
816
3
Assam
8326
7829
497
4
Bihar
22509
22029
480
5
Chhattisgarh
1468
857
611
6
Gujarat*
0
0
0
7
Haryana*
0
0
0
8
Himachal Pradesh
95
78
17
9
Jammu & Kashmir
239
148
91
10
Jharkhand
19281
17905
1376
11
Karnataka
61
61
0
12
Kerala*
0
0
0
13
Madhya Pradesh
679
504
175
14
Maharashtra*
0
0
0
15
Manipur
882
616
266
16
Meghalaya
1866
1172
694
17
Mizoram
137
89
48
18
Nagaland
105
79
26
19
Odisha
14747
14226
521
20
Punjab*
0
0
0
21
Rajasthan
4350
3999
351
22
Sikkim
25
25
0
23
Tamil Nadu*
0
0
0
24
Tripura
148
127
21
25
Uttar Pradesh
27891
27759
132
26
Uttarakhand
1511
1511
0
27
West Bengal
4437
4169
268
 Total
110886
104496
6390
*
In the States of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Kerala, Punjab, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, all the villages were electrified prior to launch of RGGVY. As such no un/de-electrified village was proposed in the DPR. However, intensive electrification work of partly electrified villages have been taken up in these States.
In addition to 576 projects, 69 projects (33 new projects and 36 supplementary projects) have also been sanctioned under Phase-II of RGGVY in November/December 2011 for electrification of 1587 un/de-electrified villages in the country including tribal and hilly areas. There is no upfront allocation of funds for any State/district under RGGVY. Funds are released against sanctioned projects in instalments based on the reported utilization of amount in the previous instalment(s) and fulfillment of other conditionalities. The details of funds released under RGGVY during the 11thPlan period, state-wise, are given below:-

State-wise and Year-wise details of funds* released during XI Plan period under RGGVY

Sr. No.
Name of State
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
 2011-12
Total                      (including amount disbursed prior to 2007-08)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
1
Andhra Pradesh
266.43
80.58
158.28
155.10
31.46
793.82
2
Arunachal Pradesh
179.83
92.70
225.27
165.54
40.01
705.60
3
Assam
65.47
510.05
459.62
698.42
553.53
2327.63
4
Bihar
746.73
695.90
697.41
580.38
304.22
3878.91
5
Chhattisgarh
50.92
100.08
333.56
163.65
119.84
821.17
6
Gujarat
17.93
52.38
94.32
76.80
30.62
285.64
7
Haryana
24.66
37.10
60.67
21.27
20.97
177.75
8
Himachal Pradesh
0.14
79.28
122.46
59.90
21.25
290.55
9
Jammu & Kashmir
29.81
181.17
363.92
67.32
75.56
737.37
10
Jharkhand
595.86
1068.58
750.48
161.89
116.54
2979.62
11
Karnataka
325.43
68.10
67.60
62.92
48.95
732.43
12
Kerala
0.10
0.84
10.59
31.89
0.00
63.45
13
Madhya Pradesh
156.17
185.88
416.47
288.27
431.00
1584.47
14
Maharashtra
16.80
139.53
200.77
162.08
55.00
584.40
15
Manipur
5.31
39.36
63.17
95.95
80.12
297.17
16
Meghalaya
19.93
12.20
129.38
86.86
105.05
353.42
17
Mizoram
0.00
78.31
81.02
78.28
0.00
238.24
18
Nagaland
5.39
54.40
59.26
61.86
28.14
213.47
19
Odisha
176.80
994.65
998.65
605.74
390.31
3232.06
20
Punjab
0.00
56.90
0.00
0.00
0.00
59.90
21
Rajasthan
181.18
290.50
159.10
83.58
221.54
1078.97
22
Sikkim
0.00
43.74
44.90
43.62
40.62
172.88
23
Tamil Nadu
100.77
16.76
119.30
39.12
41.41
317.36
24
Tripura
0.00
24.28
52.29
33.96
52.39
164.00
25
Uttar Pradesh
565.26
86.84
192.92
72.45
95.50
3368.54
26
Uttarakhand
137.66
78.53
102.06
9.69
0.00
664.65
27
West Bengal
81.17
623.35
619.18
508.95
168.01
2320.79
 Total
3749.75
5691.99
6582.65
4415.49
3072.04
28444.26
*including loan component.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Power Shri K. C. Venugopal  in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabhatoday.

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