THE MINISTER OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
(DR. FAROOQ ABDULLAH)
(a)&(b): The Ministry has been implementing Remote Village Electrification (RVE) Programme for providing
financial support for lighting/basic electrification in those remote unelectrified census villages and unelectrified
hamlets of electrified census villages including Scheduled Tribes dominated areas where grid extension is not
found feasible by the State Governments and hence are not covered under the Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyutikaran
Yojana (RGGVY). The scheme is based on proposal submitted by states for coverage of left out villages/hamlets
from the RGGVY Scheme of Ministry of Power; therefore, target is not relevant.
The Ministry is also implementing Off grid and Decentralized Solar Application Scheme of JNNSM. State-wise
targets are not fixed under the scheme. The States submit the projects for installation of solar lighting systems
for rural areas and Scheduled Tribes dominated areas as per their requirement. The Ministry sanctions the central
financial assistance for the projects if found eligible as per the guidelines of the programme and availability of funds.
(c)&(d): The state-wise details of villages and hamlets including tribal and economically backward areas of the
country completed as on 31/10/2013 under RVE Programme are given in the Table-I. State-wise targets are not
set under the RVE programme and projects are sanctioned on case-to-case basis after proposals are submitted
by the state identified implementing agencies as per the guidelines of the scheme.
Under the Off Grid and Decentralized Solar Application Scheme, total 9,39,862 solar lanterns, 10,01,890 solar
home lights and 2,55,879 solar street lights have been installed in the country including rural areas and Scheduled
Tribes dominated areas (State/UT wise details given in Annexure). So far, 50,117 solar lanterns, 7,163 solar home
lights and 955 solar street lights have been installed in Bihar. The state-wise details of solar photovoltaic systems
installed under the scheme as on 31/10/2013 are given the Table-II.
Table-I
Table-I referred to in reply part (c) & (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 339 due for Answer on 06/12/2013
Sl. No. State Villages & Hamlets Completed
1. Arunachal Pradesh 297
2. Andhra Pradesh 13
3. Assam 1922
4. Bihar 0
5. Chhattisgarh 568
6. Goa 19
7 Gujarat 38
8. Haryana 286
9. Himachal Pradesh 21
10 Jammu & Kashmir 349
11. Jharkhand 493
12. Karnataka 30
13. Kerala 607
14. Madhya Pradesh 515
15. Maharashtra 340
16 Manipur 240
17. Meghalaya 149
18 Mizoram 20
19. Nagaland 11
20 Orissa 1509
21. Rajasthan 382
22 Sikkim 13
23. Tamil Nadu 131
24. Tripura 842
25. Uttarakhand 594
26. Uttar Pradesh 184
27. West Bengal 1179 Total 10752
Table-II
Table-II referred to in reply part (c) & (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 339 due for Answer on 06/12/2013
S.No. State/UT Solar Photovoltaic Systems Lanterns Nos. Home lights Nos Street lights nos.
1 Andhra Pradesh 41360 17609 6454
2 Arunachal Pradesh 14433 18945 1071
3 Assam 1211 6170 98
4 Bihar 50117 7163 955
5 Chhattisgarh 3311 7254 2042
6 Goa 1093 393 707
7 Gujarat 31603 9233 2004
8 Haryana 93853 56364 22018
9 Himachal Pradesh 23909 22592 8058
10 Jammu & Kashmir 44059 62133 5806
11 Jharkhand 23374 9398 620
12 Karnataka 7334 49243 2694
13 Kerala 54367 33869 1735
14 Madhya Pradesh 9444 3835 9198
15 Maharashtra 68683 3467 8420
16 Manipur 4787 3890 928
17 Meghalaya 24875 7840 1273
18 Mizoram 9589 6801 431
19 Nagaland 6766 1045 271
20 Orissa 9882 5182 5834
21 Punjab 17495 8620 5354
22 Rajasthan 4716 124446 6852
23 Sikkim 23300 10059 504
24 Tamil Nadu 16818 7941 6350
25 Tripura 64282 32723 1199
26 Uttar Pradesh 62015 225189 124828
27 Uttarakhand 64023 91349 8568
28 West Bengal 17662 144322 8726
29 Andaman & Nicobar 6296 468 390
30 Chandigarh 1675 275 898
31 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0 0 0
32 Daman & Diu 0 0 0
33 Delhi 4807 0 301
34 Lakshadweep 5289 0 1725
35 Puducherry 1637 25 417
36 Others 125797 24047 9150 Total 939862 1001890 255879
