Question : INADEQUACY OF RAJIV GANDHI GRAMEEN VIDYUTIKARAN YOJANA

(a) whether the Union Government has received any representation from the State Government of Kerala regarding inadequacy of the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY);

(b) if so, the details thereof along with the action taken by the Government thereon;

(c) whether some of the State Governments including Kerala have sent any revised Detailed Project Reports for electrification of the unelectrified villages for approval of the Rural Electrification Corporation Limited (REC); and

(d) if so, the details thereof along with the action taken by the REC thereon?

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER(SHRI BHARATSINH SOLANKI)

(a) & (b) : Under Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY), 14 projects from the Government of Kerala were received for sanction. Out of 14 projects, 01 project was sanctioned under X Plan of RGGVY. Since the cost of projects in Kerala was considerably more than the average benchmark cost, the remaining 13 projects were identified for consideration in Phase-II of RGGVY. Subsequently, on the request of Government of Kerala, 06 projects namely Kannur, Kasargod, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Pallakad and Wyanad have been shifted to Phase-I of RGGVY under XI Plan and sanctioned on 10.03.2010.

(c) & (d) : REC has requested the following utilities to submit revised DPRs as per updated costs and on the basis of physical survey:

State Power Utilities of-(i) Chhattisgarh for 2 Detailed Project Reports (DPRs),(ii) Karnataka for 2 DPRs,(iii) Madhya Pradesh for 16 DPRs, (iv) Tamil Nadu for 3 DPRs,(v) Haryana for 2 DPRs and (vi) Kerala for 7 DPRs.

The revised DPRs are yet to be received in the REC.