Indian government provides Free Electricity Connections to 2.5 Crore BPL Households

Under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), Government of India is providing free electricity connections to BPL households. Out of total 4.27 crore connections sanctioned, free electricity connections to 2.5 crore BPL households have been provided as on 31.10.2016 under the scheme. This was stated by Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha.

State-wise Coverage and Achievement of BPL Households under DDUGJY (including RE component)

Sl. No.	Name of the State	Coverage	Achievement                                      (As on 31.10.2016)
1	Andhra Pradesh	2457287	2414555
2	Arunachal Pradesh	74679	51621
3	Assam	1794604	1210224
4	Bihar	10660852	3767019
5	Chhattisgarh	1448997	1143343
6	Gujarat	848005	842945
7	Haryana	257902	198580
8	Himachal Pradesh	19578	16290
9	Jammu & Kashmir	142885	69148
10	Jharkhand	2367897	1275170
11	Karnataka	1036966	950098
12	Kerala	192919	150305
13	Madhya Pradesh	3209701	1668407
14	Maharashtra	1621836	1221350
15	Manipur	137525	70307
16	Meghalaya	121758	104383
17	Mizoram	30643	29710
18	Nagaland	98616	54559
19	Odisha	4499998	2776723
20	Punjab	92988	92988
21	Rajasthan	1791657	1166426
22	Sikkim	13601	13601
23	Tamil Nadu	526468	502094
24	Telangana	1125306	708865
25	Tripura	208732	137962
26	Uttar Pradesh	5212392	1910948
27	Uttarakhand	238404	237921
28	West Bengal	2480034	2204398
	Grand Total	42712446	24989940

Shri Goyal further said that in order to provide access to electricity to all rural households and also ensure quality and reliability of power supply in rural areas, Government of India has launched 'Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana' (DDUGJY) with an outlay of Rs.43033 crore and Budgetary support of Rs.33453 crore consisting of separation of agriculture and non-agriculture feeders, strengthening and augmentation of sub-transmission and distribution network, metering at all level and rural electrification.  In addition to this, rural electrification component projects with total outlay of Rs.32860 crore including budgetary support from Government of India of Rs.29574 crore have been subsumed in DDUGJY.  Under the scheme, adequate infrastructure would be created in all the villages to provide access to electricity to all households.  Release of service connections to households is the responsibility of concerned State DISCOM / Power Department. Projects under the scheme are to be completed in 24 months from the date of award.