Sunday, March 17, 2013

Free Electricity Connections to 2,74,98,652 BPL House holds


            Under Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) scheme, 648 projects covering electrification of 1,12,795 un/de-electrified villages (UEV), intensive electrification of 3,96,336 partially electrified villages (PEV) and release of free electricity connections to 2,74,98,652 Below Poverty Line (BPL) households have been sanctioned by the Govt. of India as on 31.01.2013, the electrification works in 1,06,474 UE villages, 2,87,827 PE villages have been completed and free electricity connections to 2,05,15,472 BPL households have been released under the scheme. The Bharat Nirman targets i.e. electrification of 1 lakh villages and 1.75 crore BPL households by March, 2012 set under RGGVY have been achieved.

            The Government of India launched ‘Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) – Programme for creation of Rural Electricity Infrastructure & Household Electrification, in April 2005  for  providing access to electricity to rural households.
            All the villages of Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh as proposed in the DPRs and recommended  by the respective State Governments, were sanctioned during  X and  XI Plan. Under phase-II of RGGVY in XI Plan, 11 supplementary projects in Bihar and 22 supplementary projects in Uttar Pradesh covering left out villages and hamlets/tolas/majras  have also been sanctioned.   Ministry of Power and Rural Electrification Corporation, the nodal agency for RGGVY, is continuously monitoring the progress of work in the States of Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha and extending support to State Government for expeditious implementation of the projects.
            The State-wise targets and achievement for the sanctioned projects under RGGVY is as under: 














Sr. No.
State
Nos. of projects
Electrification of un-electrified villages
Intensive Electrification of partially electrified villages
BPL households


Coverage**
Cumulative Achievement                (as on 31.01.2013)
Coverage**
Cumulative Achievement                (as on 31.01.2013)
Coverage**
Cumulative Achievement                (as on 31.01.2013)




1
Andhra Pradesh*
26
0
0
27477
26756
2484665
2783390


2
Arunachal Pradesh
16
2106
1560
1760
904
40726
24615


3
Assam
23
8326
7990
12984
12197
1150597
882554


4
Bihar
54
23850
22565
19244
4990
5658692
2305704


5
Chhattisgarh
18
1594
941
17291
11881
987834
944103


6
Gujarat*
25
0
0
17667
16317
742094
827788


7
Haryana*
21
0
0
6511
4687
257273
194461


8
Himachal Pradesh
12
95
83
10650
11198
13196
14753


9
Jammu & Kashmir
14
239
173
4442
2767
81217
51012


10
Jharkhand
22
19071
18082
7106
5728
1803377
1283770


11
Karnataka
27
61
62
28119
24671
978219
856401


12
Kerala*
14
0
0
1272
181
74571
52993


13
Madhya Pradesh
52
843
566
49537
23229
1817544
942734


14
Maharashtra*
35
0
0
41739
36713
1202882
1180284


15
Manipur
9
882
616
1378
555
107369
28814


16
Meghalaya
7
1866
1606
3239
2127
109696
83067


17
Mizoram
8
137
94
570
346
27417
15144


18
Nagaland
11
105
84
1140
1060
69899
36062


19
Odisha
32
14715
14324
29324
24368
3045979
2802221


20
Punjab*
17
0
0
11840
0
148860
79104


21
Rajasthan
40
4339
4102
34783
32294
1224417
1120242


22
Sikkim
4
25
25
418
382
11458
9695


23
Tamil Nadu*
29
0
0
10738
9673
527234
501202


24
Tripura
4
148
143
658
594
107506
97625


25
Uttar Pradesh
86
28439
27762
22980
2982
1907419
1042593


26
Uttarakhand
13
1512
1511
9160
9221
238522
234593


27
West Bengal
29
4442
4185
24309
22006
2679989
2120548



Total
648
112795
106474
396336
287827
27498652
20515472


*In the States of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Kerala, Maharashtra, Punjab and Tamil Nadu, no un-electrified village was proposed in the DPRs by these States. However, intensive electrification of already electrified villages are being undertaken in these States.



**Includes 1909 un/de-electrified villages, intensive electrification of 53505 partially electrified villages and release of free electricity connections to 4559141 BPL households of 72 projects sanctioned under phase-II of RGGVY.