(a) whether the villages across the country are experiencing a huge growth in their electricity demand;
(b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including Tamil Nadu;
(c) whether the Government is finding it difficult to manage the huge growth in demand of their electricity;
(d) if so, the reasons therefor;
(e) the details of the number of villages resulting in severe electricity shortages within North Chennai; and
(f) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to meet this demand?
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) : Electricity is a concurrent subject. The supply of electricity to its consumers including in villages is the responsibility of the States/State power utilities. All inhabited census villages have been electrified. The state-wise electrification of inhabited un-electrified census villages under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) during the last two years i.e. 2017-18 & 2018-19 is given at Annexure. As regard Tamil Nadu, all the inhabited census villages are stated to have been electrified by the end of 2014-15.
The Energy requirement in the country has increased to 1,274,595 Million Units (MU) during the year 2018-19 from 1,213,326 MU during 2017-18. This also includes increase in electricity demand of the villages across the country.
(c) & (d): No difficulty is being faced in meeting the demand of electricity in the country. As on 31.10.2019, the installed generation capacity in the country has been around 3,64,960 Mega Watt (MW), which is sufficient to meet the electricity demand in the country.
(e) & (f): As per the information received from Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (TANDEDCO), there is no electricity shortage anywhere in Tamil Nadu.
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