Question : Electricity to Every Household

(a) whether the Government had set any target of providing electricity to every households in the country;

(b) if so, whether any time limit has been fixed in this regard;

(c) the district-wise number of households in rural areas of Chhattisgarh which have been provided electricity by December 31, 2019;

(d) the total number of households in Rajnandgaon and Kabirdham in Chhattisgarh which have been provided electricity by December 31, 2019 along with the number of registered households having no electricity; and

(e) the funds allocated and sanctioned to Chhattisgarh till December 31, 2019 under ‘Saubhagya’ Yojana?

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR POWER, NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT & ENTREPRENEURSHIP

( SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) & (b) : Government of India launched Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana–Saubhagya in October, 2017 to achieve universal household electrification by providing last mile connectivity and electricity connections to all willing households in rural and all poor households in urban areas across the country by March, 2019.

(c) : As reported by State, since launch of Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana – Saubhagya, 7,45,647 households in rural area of Chhattisgarh have been electrified upto 31.12.2019. District-wise detail is given at Annexure.

(d) : As reported by the State of Chhattisgarh, total 24,706 households in Rajnandgaon and 28,609 households in Kabirdham districts have been electrified since launch of Saubhagya up to 31.12.2019 and no household remains un-electrified.

(e) : There is no upfront allocation for any State under Saubhagya Scheme. Funds are released for sanctioned projects in installments based on the reported utilization of the previous installment(s) and fulfillment of stipulated conditionalities. Under the scheme, Government of India have sanctioned projects of Rs.648 crore for the State of Chhattisgarh and disbursed Rs.284 crore, as grant, up to 31.12.2019. In addition to this, Government of India have also sanctioned projects of Rs.83.64 crore for additional infrastructure up to 31.12.2019, to support household electrification under Saubhagya.
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