THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER (SHRI K.C. VENUGOPAL)
(a): Under Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY), as on
15.07.2011, the electrification works in 98,174 un/de-electrified villages have
been completed and free electricity connections to 167 lakh Below Poverty
Line)(BPL) households have been provided. The details of the total number of
villages electrified and those yet to be electrified as per sanctioned DPR and
the number of BPL connections provided under RGGVY during the last three
years and the current year, State- wise, are at Annex-I & II, respectively.
(b): State-wise and Year-wise release of funds for the sanctioned projects
under RGGVY for the last three years and the current year, is at Annex-III.
(c) & (d): There have been delays in some States in execution of the
projects mainly for the following reasons:
i) Delay in forest clearance for the land proposals required for execution of
the Projects in some States.
ii) Delay in land acquisition for 33/11 KV sub-stations by States.
iii) Limited number of good agencies available for execution of turnkey
contracts.
iv) Delay in issuance of road permit and way bills in some States.
v) Inadequate upstream transmission infrastructure in some States.
vi) Delay in finalization of BPL lists by some States.
vii) Delay in taking decision to waive state and local taxes on line materials
by some States.
viii) Difficult terrain in some States.
(e) : The following steps have been taken for effective implementation of
the RGGVY:
i) Government of India has set up an inter-Ministerial Monitoring
Committee which periodically meets to sanction projects and
review progress of implementation.
ii) States have been advised to set up district committees to monitor
the progress of rural electrification works. All the states have
notified formation of district committees.
iii) The States have also been requested by MOP to hold monthly
meeting under the Chairmanship of Chief Secretary to resolve the
bottlenecks in implementation of RGGVY.
iv) Ministry of Power, the Government of India as well as Rural
Electrification Corporation (REC), the nodal agency for RGGVY,
conduct frequent review meetings with all the stakeholders; the
concerned State Governments, state power utilities and
implementing agencies for expeditious implementation of the
scheme as per the agreed schedules.
v) For speedier and effective implementation of projects, execution of
project has been taken up on turnkey basis.
vi) To ensure qualitative execution of rural electrification works, a
three tier quality control mechanism has been enforced under
RGGVY.
vii) Grant amount of BPL connection has been enhanced to Rs.2200/- in
XI Plan from Rs.1500/- in X Plan.
viii) Benchmark, cost norms for village electrification has been revised
upward
