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PRADHAN MANTRI SAHAJ BIJLI HAR GHAR YOJANA

Posted On: 02 FEB 2026 5:36PM by PIB Delhi

Government of India launched the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (SAUBHAGYA) in October 2017 to achieve universal household electrification for providing electricity connections to all willing un-electrified households in rural areas and all willing poor households in urban areas in the country. As per the SAUBHAGYA scheme, the total number of un-electrified households was estimated at 300 lakh, against which 286 lakh households across the country were electrified during the SAUBHAGYA period and all the States have reported 100% electrification of all the willing un-electrified households, identified before 31.03.2019.  State-wise details are enclosed below.

Government of India launched Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) with the objective of improving the quality and reliability of supply of power to consumers through a financially sustainable and operationally efficient Distribution Sector. Projects worth Rs 2.62 lakh Crore have been sanctioned for infrastructure and smart metering works under the scheme, of which, works amounting to Rs. 6522 Cr. have been sanctioned for electrification of 13,65,139 households in the country. This includes electrification works sanctioned for particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) households identified under Pradhan Mantri Janjati Maha Nyaya Abhiyan (PM-JANMAN), tribal households under DA-JGUA (Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan), Scheduled Caste households under Pradhan Mantri AnusuchitJaatiAbhyuday Yojana (PM-AJAY) and households in remote & border areas under Vibrant Village Program (VVP), wherever found feasible .The State/UT-wise details of Household electrification under RDSS (PVTG+AddlHHs) are given under.

The amount of extra budgetary borrowings raised by REC under SAUBHAGYA scheme is as follows:

 

Sr. No.

Scheme

Amount in Rs crore

1

SAUBHAGYA

 2,950.00

2

DDUGJY

21,159.30

Total

24,109.30

 

The entire fund was utilised for the scheme within the stipulated time.

 

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

 

State/UT-wise details of Household electrification under RDSS (PVTG+AddlHHs)

 

Name of State

Total Households Sanctioned

Households Electrified

 
 

Addl. HHs Sanctioned under RDSS

 

 

 

Andhra Pradesh

15,475

15,307

 

Arunachal Pradesh

6,506

0

 

Assam

127,111

0

 

Bihar

35,467

0

 

Chhattisgarh

34,078

188

 

Jammu & Kashmir

15,359

0

 

Jharkhand

4,853

371

 

Kerala

40

11

 

Madhya Pradesh

196

21

 

Manipur

36,972

0

 

Meghalaya

50,501

0

 

Mizoram

15,167

0

 

Nagaland

10,004

0

 

Rajasthan

338,702

79,526

 

Uttar Pradesh

251,487

1,317

 

Total (A)

941,918

96,741

 

Himachal Pradesh*

0

0

 

Arunachal Pradesh

1,683

0

 

Uttarakhand

1,154

0

 

Total (B)

2,837

0

 

Andhra Pradesh

24,967

24,925

 

Bihar

-

0

 

Chhattisgarh

7,077

7,160

 

Jharkhand

12,442

11,146

 

Karnataka

1,615

1,546

 

Kerala

345

313

 

Madhya Pradesh

30,216

27,006

 

Maharashtra

8,556

9,216

 

Rajasthan

17,633

16,023

 

Tamil Nadu

8,603

6,939

 

Telangana

3,884

3,884

 

Tripura

11,664

11,692

 

Uttar Pradesh

316

195

 

Uttarakhand

669

669

 

Sub Total (C1)

127,987

120,714

 

Gujarat

0

6,626

 

Odisha

0

5,156

 

West Bengal

0

3,372

 

 

 

Sub Total (C2)

0

15,154

Madhya Pradesh

25

20

Sub Total (C3)

25

20

Total (C=C1+C2+C3)

128,012

135,888

Andhra Pradesh

4,921

4,359

Arunachal Pradesh

1,938

1,469

Bihar

7,117

648

Chhattisgarh

39,579

12,245

Himachal Pradesh

93

10

Jammu & Kashmir

13,824

0

Jharkhand

19,467

0

Karnataka

5,288

1,101

Kerala

1,080

204

Madhya Pradesh

59,172

11,910

Maharashtra

6,961

5,228

Rajasthan

82,842

7

Telangana

26,525

15,442

Tripura

7,677

5,089

Uttar Pradesh

6,867

65

Uttarakhand

207

135

Sub Total (D1)

283,558

57,912

Odisha

0

0

Sub Total (D2)

0

0

Andhra Pradesh

182

129

Arunachal Pradesh

9

9

Himachal Pradesh

7

3

Jharkhand

1,910

0

Kerala

17

0

Madhya Pradesh

650

67

Rajasthan

195

0

Telangana

672

0

Tripura

512

0

Uttar Pradesh

30

7

Uttarakhand

19

3

Sub Total (D3)

4,203

218

Odisha

0

0

Sub Total (D4)

0

0

Total (D=D1+D2+D3+D4)

287,761

58,130

Andhra Pradesh

811

411

Jharkhand

1,782

0

Madhya Pradesh

6

3

Maharashtra

2,012

21

Total (E)

4,611

435

Grand Total (A+B+C+D+E)

1,365,139

291,194

 

This Information was given by The Minister of State in the Ministry of Power, Shri Shripad Naik, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.

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NR/MD


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