Question : GAP BETWEEN SUPPLY AND DEMAND

(a) whether 70% villages in the country have been electrified;

(b) if not, the details in this regard;

(c) whether the gap between power supply and demand in various States have increased even after expansion of power supply system; and

(d) if so, the details of gap between power supply and demand during the last three months of current year along with details of changes occurred in the said gap in comparison to previous year, State-wise?

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER ( SHRIMATI JAYAWANTI MEHTA )

(a) & (b) : According to Central Electricity Authority (CEA), there are 5,87,258 inhabited villages (1991 census) in the country. Of these, 5,09,724 villages have been electrified (87%) as on 31.12.2002.

(c) : The energy shortage during April-January, 2003 has been of the order of 9.1% as against 7.4% during the corresponding period last year.

(d) : The details are annexed.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 443 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 20.2.2003.

ENERGY SHORTAGE PERCENTAGE(%)

Sl. State Nov. Dec. Jan. Nov. Dec. Jan.
No. 2002 2002 2003 2001 2001 2002
Northern Region 
1 Chandigarh 0.0 1.3 2.2 1.4 0.0 0
2 Delhi 0.1 1.8 6.8 1.0 2.1 5.3
3 Haryana 0.6 9.7 8.2 0.7 2.1 3.1
4 Himachal 0.0 0.0 4.0 0.0 1.4 1
Pradesh
5 J&K 3.6 11.4 14.3 5.8 6.1 7.7
6 Punjab 3.6 11.1 3.6 1.6 4.5 5
7 Rajasthan 0.1 8.2 5.1 0.0 0.6 2.5
8 U.P. 20.8 20.5 12.3 6.9 8.5 10.2
9 Uttaranchal 8.4 1.5 2.9 - - -
N.R. 7.6 11.7 8.0 3.1 4.5 6.1
Western Region
10 Chhattisgarh 2.7 3.2 3.0 5.4 4.3 2.5
11 Gujarat 9.9 10.4 12.3 13.1 12.9 12.5
12 Madhya Pr. 13.7 19.5 20.1 15.3 16.2 15.2
13 Maharashtra 13.2 15.5 16.0 12.5 12.7 10.8
14 Goa 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0
W.R. 11.6 14.0 14.9 12.8 13.0 11.7
Southern Region 
15 Andhra Pr. 2.6 2.7 0.7 6.3 6.0 6.2
16 Karnataka 5.7 5.8 4.8 18.0 17.1 17.3
17 Kerala 5.5 5.6 3.6 6.8 6.6 7
18 Tamil Nadu 2.4 2.3 0.5 6.3 6.1 5.9
19 Pondicherry 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
S.R. 3.5 3.5 1.9 9.2 8.8 8.9
Eastern Region 
20 Bihar 10.2 12.2 16.4 5.1 0.6 1.3
21 Jharkhand 0.0 0.7 0.7 - - -
22 D.V.C. 0.4 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0
23 Orissa 1.1 1.5 1.4 0.0 0.0 0
24 West Bengal+ 0.1 0.7 0.8 0.3 0.8 0.8
Sikkim
25 Sikkim - - - - - 0
E.R. 1.7 2.5 3.3 1.1 0.4 0.6
North-Eastern Region 
26 Arunachal Pr. 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.3 0.0 0
27 Assam 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 0
28 Manipur 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0
29 Meghalaya 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0
30 Mizoram 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0
31 Nagaland 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0
32 Tripura 0.0 0.0 4.9 0.0 0.0 0
N.E.R 0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0
All India 7.5 9.6 8.6 8.0 8.3 8.2