Question : Power for All Scheme

(a) whether the Union Governments’ “Power for All” scheme promises continuous and uninterrupted power to all households and industries by March 2019;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the extent to which it has been achieved so far;

(c) whether the country is about to face substantial increase in energy demand in the next few years, which will translate into higher demand for electricity, if so, the facts thereof;

(d) the extent to which the country’s power sector is capable to meet the increased demand for electricity and the manner in which the shortfall is likely to be met; and

(e) whether the power sector in the country has undergone a plethora of reforms in the recent past, if so, the details thereof and the outcome achieved through these reforms?

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR POWER AND
NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

( SHRI R. K. SINGH )

(a) & (b) : Electricity is a concurrent subject. Supply of electricity comes in the jurisdiction of State Government/Discoms/Power Utility. However, in order to enable continuous electricity supply, Government of India has taken up a joint initiative with all States/UTs for preparation of State specific documents for providing 24x7 power supply to all and adequate supply of power to agricultural consumers as per State policy. 24x7 Power for All document has been signed with all the States/UTs.

Government of India supplements the efforts of States with schemes such as Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS) and Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY) to help them to achieve the objective of providing uninterrupted power supply to every households.

(c) : As per 19th Electric Power Survey (EPS) Report brought out by Central Electricity Authority in consultation with States & UTs, the projected energy requirement and peak electricity demand (utilities) for the years 2018-19 to 2021-22 is given below:

Year Electrical Energy
Requirement (BU) Peak Electricity
Demand
in GW
2017-18 (Actual) 1100 164
2018-19 1318 188
2019-20 1400 201
2020-21 1483 213
2021-22 1566 226


(d) : Conventional capacity comprising of 48 GW of Thermal, 6.8 GW Hydro and 3.3 GW Nuclear are at various stages of construction and likely to yield benefits during the period 2017-2022. Government of India has set a target to have 175 GW of Installed Capacity from Renewable Energy Sources (RES) by 2021-22. Considering these additional capacity to be available, it is inferred that adequate electricity generation would be there to meet the demand during the period 2018-22.

(e) : The initiatives taken by the Ministry of Power in respect of Reforms in Power Sector are given at Annexure.

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