Ministry of Power27-August, 2013 17:25 IST
Electrification of Villages under RGGVY

Proposal for continuation of Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) during the 12th and 13th Five Year Plans has been finalized and the same has been approved by the Government

 

Proposal for continuation of Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) during the 12th and 13th Five Year Plans has been finalized and the same has been approved by the Government.  States have been requested to send DPRs as per the 12th Plan Guidelines for RGGVY. 

648 projects have been sanctioned covering electrification of 1,12,975 un-electrified  (UE) villages,  intensive electrification of 3,88,740 partially electrified (PE)  villages and release of free electricity connections to 2.77 crore BPL households in the country, under RGGVY, during 10th and 11th Five Year Plan,.

Cumulatively, as on 31.07.2013, electrification works in 1,07,497 UE villages and 2,99,690 PE villages have been completed and free electricity connections to 2.11 crore BPL households  have been released.

Those villages where electrification could not be achieved till date are mostly remotely located or inaccessible having poor road connectivity or affected due to severe Left Wing Extremist (LWE) and law and order problems.

 

The progress of rural electrification works in the country under RGGVY is generally satisfactory.  However, the progress in some States is comparatively slow mainly on account of the following reasons:-

 

·     Delay in forest clearance for the land proposals required for execution of the projects in few districts in Jharkhand and Odisha.

 

·     Delay in execution of work in district Latehar, Palamu and Garwha of Jharkhand due to contractual issues.

 

·     Delays in land acquisition in some States particularly in Bihar for 33/11 KV sub-stations by States.

 

·     Poor upstream rural electricity infrastructure in some States, particularly in Jharkhand.

·     Difficult terrain in some States, mostly North Eastern States and Jammu & Kashmir.

·     Law & order problem including Maoist Violence, in a few districts in some States among these Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha and parts of Bihar are more seriously affected.

 

State-wise coverage & achievement of un-electrified villages, partially electrified villages and release of free electricity connection to BPL households under RGGVY

 

As on 31.07.2013

Sl. No.

State

Un-electrified Villages

Partially Electrified Villages

BPL connections

Coverage

Achievement

Coverage

Achievement

Coverage

Achievement

1

Andhra Pradesh*

0

0

26628

26570

2766573

2766614

2

Arunachal Pradesh

2081

1815

1526

1094

53337

43297

3

Assam 

8230

8051

12907

12392

1227824

997920

4

Bihar

24894

22842

18717

5211

5551558

2420077

5

Chhattisgarh  

1736

1114

16098

12848

1220281

998256

6

Gujarat*

0

0

16228

16177

832933

833759

7

Haryana*

0

0

6593

4676

250409

199279

8

Himachal Pradesh

95

83

12734

10534

17215

16373

9

Jammu & Kashmir

234

188

3247

2972

79991

61397

10

Jharkhand 

18912

18107

6359

5747

1469830

1306823

11

Karnataka

62

62

25271

24680

915607

861438

12

Kerala*

0

0

1272

181

117464

89970

13

Madhya Pradesh

886

601

49327

25470

1840777

1005808

14

Maharashtra*

0

0

41921

36763

1217315

1201452

15

Manipur

882

616

1378

585

107369

29658

16

Meghalaya

1866

1680

3239

2364

109696

89557

17

Mizoram

137

94

570

346

30917

18644

18

Nagaland

105

89

1167

1072

72861

38732

19

Odisha

14722

14391

29324

25323

3047561

2839047

20

Punjab*

0

0

5991

5443

102176

80404

21

Rajasthan

4238

4150

34401

33338

1432261

1153713

22

Sikkim

25

25

413

383

12108

9832

23

Tamil Nadu*

0

0

10402

9673

525571

501202

24

Tripura

148

143

658

620

117163

110686

25

Uttar Pradesh

28006

27750

22973

2982

1988574

1044933

26

Uttarakhand

1511

1511

9263

9221

269560

234593

27

West Bengal

4202

4185

24252

23025

2282444

2174376

 

Total

112972

107497

382859

299690

27659375

21127840

*In the States of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Kerala, Maharashtra, Punjab and Tamil Nadu, no un-electrified village was proposed in the DPRs by these States. However, intensive electrification of already electrified villages are being undertaken in these States.

 

This information was given by MoS (I/C) Power Sh. Jyotiraditya M. Scindia in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha. 

 

NB/BD/PS

 


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