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ELECTRIFICATION OF HOUSEHOLDS UNDER SAUBHAGYA SCHEME

ELECTRIFICATION OF HOUSEHOLDS UNDER SAUBHAGYA SCHEME

Government of India launched the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (SAUBHAGYA) in October, 2017 with the objective of providing electricity connections to all willing un-electrified households in rural areas and all willing poor households in urban areas in the country. All sanctioned works have been successfully completed under SAUBHAGYA and scheme stands closed as on 31.03.2022. As reported by the States, around 2.86 crore households have been electrified during the SAUBHAGYA Period. State-wise details are at Annexure.

Government of India is further supporting the States for on-grid electrification of all left out households under the ongoing scheme of Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) based upon survey conducted by Utilities. This includes works sanctioned for electrification of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) households identified under PM-JANMAN (Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan), tribal households under DA-JGUA (Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan), Scheduled Caste households under Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhyuday Yojana (PM-AJAY) and households in remote & border areas under Vibrant Village Program (VVP), wherever found feasible. Till date, under RDSS, works amounting to Rs 6,487 Cr have been sanctioned for electrification of 13.59 lakh households across the country.

In addition, under New Solar Power Scheme, works amounting to Rs. 50 Cr. have been sanctioned for off-grid solar based electrification of 9,961 households as on 30th June, 2025.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Power, Shri Shripad Yesso Naik, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.

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ANNEXURE

Number of Households electrified since the launch of SAUBHAGYA scheme including Additional Households achievement under DDUGJY

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