Free electricity connections released to 2.63 crore BPL Households under DDUGJY; a total of 6,015 villages were electrified in 2016-17: Shri Piyush Goyal
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Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, Shri Piyush Goyal, in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today, informed the House that under Rural Electrification component of Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), 2.63 crore BPL Households have been electrified till 30.06.2017.
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Free electricity connections released to BPL HHs under RE Component of DDUGJY |
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| Sl. No. | Name of State | Free electricity connections released to BPL HHs (Nos.) | |
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | 2648777 | |
| 2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 51621 | |
| 3 | Assam | 1210211 | |
| 4 | Bihar | 4339872 | |
| 5 | Chhattisgarh | 1149542 | |
| 6 | Gujarat | 843104 | |
| 7 | Haryana | 198580 | |
| 8 | Himachal Pradesh | 16290 | |
| 9 | J&K | 69148 | |
| 10 | Jharkhand | 1277605 | |
| 11 | Karnataka | 987629 | |
| 12 | Kerala | 150305 | |
| 13 | Madhya Pradesh | 1803951 | |
| 14 | Maharashtra | 1221350 | |
| 15 | Manipur | 70187 | |
| 16 | Meghalaya | 104457 | |
| 17 | Mizoram | 29710 | |
| 18 | Nagaland | 54484 | |
| 19 | Odisha | 2845434 | |
| 20 | Punjab | 92988 | |
| 21 | Rajasthan | 1227216 | |
| 22 | Sikkim | 13601 | |
| 23 | Tamil Nadu | 502394 | |
| 24 | Telangana | 708865 | |
| 25 | Tripura | 148368 | |
| 26 | Uttar Pradesh | 2110609 | |
| 27 | Uttarakhand | 237921 | |
| 28 | West Bengal | 2211040 | |
| Total | 2,63,25,259 | ||
Answering to a separate question in Lok Sabha today, Shri Goyal also informed that as per information provided by the States, as on 30.06.2017, there are 3,618 un-electrified census villages left out of the total 18,452. He further added that a total of 6,015 villages were electrified in 2016-17.
| State–wise details of villages electrified during 2016–17 | |||
| Sr. No. | State | 2016–17 | |
| 1 | Arunachal Pradesh | 175 | |
| 2 | Assam | 1,218 | |
| 3 | Bihar | 556 | |
| 4 | Chhattisgarh | 294 | |
| 5 | Himachal Pradesh | 27 | |
| 6 | J & K | 5 | |
| 7 | Jharkhand | 1,104 | |
| 8 | Karnataka | 14 | |
| 9 | Madhya Pradesh | 159 | |
| 10 | Manipur | 121 | |
| 11 | Meghalaya | 681 | |
| 12 | Mizoram | 24 | |
| 13 | Nagaland | 76 | |
| 14 | Odisha | 1,092 | |
| 15 | Rajasthan | 263 | |
| 16 | Tripura | 17 | |
| 17 | Uttar Pradesh | 162 | |
| 18 | Uttarakhand | 18 | |
| 19 | West Bengal | 9 | |
| Total | 6,015 | ||
