(a) whether the funds have been released to West Bengal
under the Rajiv
Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) during the 12th
Five Year Plan;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the details of the households including the Below
Poverty Line (BPL)
households electrified in the Howrah region of West Bengal
under RGGVY till
date?
THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF POWER
( SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA )
(a) & (b) :Under Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY), during
12th Five Year Plan i.e. during 2012-13 and 2013-14, subsidy amount of Rs.7.68
crore has been released by Rural Electrification Corporation (REC), the nodal
agency for RGGVY, to Powergrid (PGCIL), the Implementing Agency, against
West Midnapur supplementary project of West Bengal sanctioned under 11th
Five Year Plan.
(c) :Under RGGVY, the project of district Howrah, West Bengal was
sanctioned during 11th Five Year Plan, covering release of free electricity
connections to 55,396 Below Poverty Line (BPL) households. As on 31.07.2013,
free electricity connections to 55,297 BPL households have been released
under the scheme.