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: 

State wise coverage and achievement of un-electrified villages, intensive electrification of partially electrified villages and release of free electricity connections to BPL households under RGGVY
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.