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Ministry of Power
25-November-2011 18:00 IST
99470 Villages Covered under Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana

Under Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY), cumulatively as on 31.10.2011, the electrification works in 99,470 un/de-electrified villages have been completed and free electricity connections to 1,73,79,364 Below Poverty Line(BPL) households have been provided.

 

The State-wise and Year-wise, details of coverage, achievement and balance number of un/de-electrified villages including remote and backward areas covered under RGGVY is  given below:-

 

Sr. No.

States

Estimated coverage

Achievement

 

 

2008-09

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12        (upto 31.10.2011)

Cumulative Achievement upto 31.10.2011

Balance no of un/de-electrified villages

1

Andhra Pradesh

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

Arunachal Pradesh

2129

0

215

464

264

943

1186

3

Assam

8299

651

1198

4086

1094

7113

1186

4

Bihar

22484

3098

2584

1937

441

21422

1062

5

Chhattisgarh

1076

50

48

77

129

304

772

6

Gujarat

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

7

Haryana

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

8

Himachal Pradesh

95

0

0

26

11

37

58

9

Jammu & Kashmir

239

46

22

45

17

130

109

10

Jharkhand

19179

4933

7088

3901

189

17370

1809

11

Karnataka

61

11

0

1

2

61

0

12

Kerala

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

13

Madhya Pradesh

746

69

5

187

152

428

318

14

Maharashtra

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

15

Manipur

882

57

35

143

36

307

575

16

Meghalaya

1866

90

47

13

95

245

1621

17

Mizoram

137

0

0

36

33

69

68

18

Nagaland

105

0

14

43

18

75

30

19

Odisha

14719

1427

5870

5890

303

13490

1229

20

Punjab

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

21

Rajasthan

4322

158

773

1258

77

3894

428

22

Sikkim

25

0

0

20

3

23

2

23

Tamil Nadu

0

0

0

0

0

 

0

24

Tripura

160

0

13

65

42

120

40

25

Uttar Pradesh

27759

695

56

23

0

27759

0

26

Uttarakhand

1511

175

80

28

2

1511

0

27

West Bengal

4169

596

326

63

0

4169

0

 

Total

109963

12056

18374

18306

2908

99470

10493

 

The State-wise and Year-wise, details of coverage, achievement and balance number of BPL households including remote and backward areas covered under RGGVY is given below:-

 

 

 

Achievement

 

 

Sr. No.

State

Estimated Coverage

2008-09

 2009-10                         

2010-11                          

2011-12    (as on 31.10.2011)

Cumulative Achievement (as on 31.10.2011)

Balance no. of BPL households

1

Andhra Pradesh

2576311

945368

566518

258751

55098

2659139

0

2

Arunachal Pradesh

40810

0

967

9205

7849

18021

22789

3

Assam

990590

32718

189816

352237

142688

717459

273131

4

Bihar

2733202

474277

560985

641016

90848

1834946

898256

5

Chhattisgarh

851203

75592

145990

196552

36010

469446

381757

6

Gujarat

747469

116310

85931

420126

68589

769273

0

7

Haryana

250690

16930

69453

90535

9403

193228

57462

8

Himachal Pradesh

12764

392

148

3637

4397

8574

4190

9

Jammu & Kashmir

81309

3924

14163

8452

8776

39377

41932

10

Jharkhand

1540533

243830

555289

359213

54105

1215263

325270

11

Karnataka

952603

226046

134949

48861

36981

821573

131030

12

Kerala

55755

3394

6131

1117

0

17238

38517

13

Madhya Pradesh

1383059

76026

75477

211816

164948

529366

853693

14

Maharashtra

1214157

145715

429026

403387

93349

1127764

86393

15

Manipur

107369

2056

1640

4397

2125

11518

95851

16

Meghalaya

109696

1264

17832

12880

9198

41174

68522

17

Mizoram

27417

0

378

8129

2627

11134

16283

18

Nagaland

69899

0

4368

13434

6767

24569

45330

19

Orissa

3202580

144056

650678

1435007

229228

2459041

743539

20

Punjab

148860

0

19507

28890

0

48397

100463

21

Rajasthan

1162921

237727

208695

255939

51120

1008859

154062

22

Sikkim

11458

0

66

7121

1614

8801

2657

23

Tamil Nadu

495740

296

383533

115044

10

498883

0

24

Tripura

123037

0

22085

36886

12418

71389

51648

25

Uttar Pradesh

884028

251575

157263

15818

19571

891491

0

26

Uttarakhand

227523

50111

72382

19596

3742

229012

0

27

West Bengal

2641051

37181

345198

925309

287522

1654429

986622

Total

22642034

3084788

4718468

5883355

1398983

17379364

5379397

 

 

To provide free connections to all eligible BPL households and electrification of all un-electrified villages for sanctioned projects under RGGVY by the end of 11th Plan period, Ministry of Power and REC, the nodal agency for RGGVY,  are regularly conducting review meetings to monitor the progress of RGGVY works under implementation. 32 projects to cover the remaining villages which were not covered under Phase-I of RGGVY are under examination in the Ministry as per the advice of Ministry of Finance and Planning Commission.

 

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

 

MA/VN