**Executive Summary**
This document, released by the Ministry of Power on February 12, 2024, provides an update on the electrification of villages in India. It details past electrification schemes like DDUGJY and SAUBHAGYA, and the ongoing RDSS scheme. It also presents progress made under the various schemes and mentions the total number of households electrified to date.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Electricity Distribution:**
* The supply and distribution of electricity are under the purview of State Governments and distribution utilities.
* The Government of India supplements State efforts through schemes.
* **Past Electrification Schemes:**
* DDUGJY (launched in 2014) aimed to connect un-electrified census villages and strengthen rural electricity distribution.
* SAUBHAGYA (launched in 2017) aimed for universal household electrification in rural and urban areas by March 2019.
* All inhabited un-electrified census villages were electrified by April 28, 2018, under these schemes.
* A total of 18,374 villages were electrified under DDUGJY, including 49,25,124 BPL households.
* 2.86 crore households were electrified during the SAUBHAGYA period.
* Both DDUGJY and SAUBHAGYA were closed on March 31, 2022.
* **Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS):**
* RDSS was launched in 2021 and continues household electrification.
* Grid electrification works worth Rs. 6,521 Cr. have been sanctioned.
* RDSS covers 13.65 lakh households including:
* Particularly vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG)
* Scheduled Tribes (STs)
* Scheduled Castes (SCs)
* Households in remote and border areas.
* Under RDSS, 2.93 lakh households have been electrified to date.
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholder: States/UTs**
* **Impact:** Required to report electrification progress and implement central government schemes for electrification.
* **Action Required:** Continue electrification efforts under RDSS and ensure its implementation.
**Stakeholder: Unelectrified Households**
* **Impact:** Targeted for electrification under RDSS, focusing on vulnerable groups and remote areas.
* **Action Required:** Ensure they are identified and connected to the electricity grid as part of the ongoing RDSS scheme.
**Stakeholder: Ministry of Power**
* **Impact:** Oversees and reports on the progress of village electrification efforts across the country through various schemes.
* **Action Required:** Monitor the implementation of the RDSS and track the electrification of targeted households, reporting progress to the Lok Sabha.
Key Entities Referenced
Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS): A scheme launched in 2021 focused on connecting un-electrified census villages with electricity and strengthening the rural electricity distribution system. It continues the electrification efforts under SAUBHAGYA.
Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (SAUBHAGYA): A scheme launched in October 2017 with the objective of achieving universal household electrification by providing electricity connections to all willing un-electrified households.
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY): A scheme launched in 2014 aimed at connecting every inhabited un-electrified census village with electricity and strengthening the rural electricity distribution system.
Ministry of Power: The ministry responsible for the information regarding the electrification of villages and the schemes involved.
Ministry of Power
ELECTRIFICATION OF VILLAGES
Posted On: 12 FEB 2026 1:50PM by PIB Delhi
Electricity being a concurrent subject, supply and distribution of electricity to all consumers, in rural as
well as urban areas, is within the purview of the respective State Government/ distribution utility.
Government of India has been supplementing the efforts of the States in providing access to quality power
to all consumers through schemes like Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) launched
in 2014, Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (SAUBHAGYA) launched in October, 2017, and
currently under Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) launched in 2021.
The objective of DDUGJY was to connect every inhabited un-electrified census village with electricity,
and to strengthen the rural electricity distribution system. The objective of SAUBHAGYA was achieving
universal household electrification by providing electricity connections to all willing un-electrified
households in rural areas and all willing poor households in urban areas in the country by March, 2019.
The definition of ‘electrified village’ is as per the Rural Electrification Policy, 2006 but under
SAUBHAGYA, electrification of all households was taken up, which is continuing under the ongoing
scheme of RDSS.
As reported by the States/ UTs, all the inhabited un-electrified census villages in the country were
electrified by 28th April, 2018. A total of 18,374 villages were electrified under DDUGJY including 49,
25,124 Below Poverty Line (BPL) households. Under DDUGJY and thereafter under SAUBHAGYA
electrification of all willing households was completed by 31st March, 2019 as reported by the States/ UTs.
A total of 2.86 crore households were electrified during SAUBHAGYA period. Both the schemes stand
closed as on 31.03.2022.
Under the RDSS, on grid electrification works amounting to Rs. 6,521 Cr. have been sanctioned for 13.65
lakh households including households belonging to Particularly vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) identified
under Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM-JANMAN), households belonging to
Scheduled Tribes (STs) under DA-JGUA (Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan), households
belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC) under Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhyuday Yojana (PM-AJAY)
and households in remote & border areas under Vibrant Village Program (VVP), wherever found feasible.
Out of the above, a total of 2.93 lakh households have been electrified till date.
This Information was given by The Minister of State in the Ministry of Power, Shri Shripad Naik, in a
written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
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