Parliament Question: Electrification of Tribal-Dominated Villages

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1925 ANSWERED ON 31.07.2025 ELECTRIFICATION OF TRIBAL-DOMINATED VILLAGES 1925. SHRI S JAGATHRATCHAKAN: Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state: (a) the total number of tribal-dominated villages electrified under the Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM-JANMAN) and the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (Saubhagya) during the last five years, State/UT-wise; and (b) whether the Government has assessed the functionality and reliability of solar-based electrification systems in tribal areas and if so, the findings thereof and the remedial measures taken in this regard? A N S W E R THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER (SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK) (a) : Government of India launched the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (SAUBHAGYA) in October, 2017 with the objective of providing electricity connections to all willing un-electrified households in rural areas and all willing poor households in urban areas in the country. All works sanctioned under SAUBHAGYA have been successfully completed and the scheme stands closed as on 31.03.2022. As reported by the States, a total of 2.86 Cr households were electrified during the SAUBHAGYA period (State wise details are enclosed as Annexure- I). Further, Government of India launched Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) with the objective of improving the quality and reliability of supply of power to consumers through a financially sustainable and operationally efficient Distribution Sector. This includes electrification of left out households under SAUBHAGYA and all identified households under PM- JANMAN as per the scheme guidelines. Under RDSS, works for electrificationof 1,27,061 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG) households identified under Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM-JANMAN), amounting to Rs. 516 Cr. have been sanctioned. Further, electrification of PVTG households in the States of Gujarat, Odisha and West Bengal are being covered under respective State plan. As on 14.07.2025, 1,23,446 no. of PVTG households have been electrified (State wise details are enclosed as Annexure- II). In addition, under New Solar Power Scheme, works worth Rs. 49.8 Cr. have been sanctioned for 9961 households for off-grid solar based electrification (State wise details are enclosed as Annexure- III). (b): For areas where grid connectivity is not technically/ economically feasible, the households are being electrified through off-grid solutions, specifically solar-based systems, as per details submitted by the States. As per the guidelines of the New Solar Power Scheme, the off-grid system being provided to the tribal/ PVTG household includes 5 years of comprehensive maintenance services. There is also provision for a third-party inspection after completion of two years by the implementing agency, as per the scheme guidelines. ************ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1925 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 31.07.2025 ************* Number of Households electrified since the launch of SAUBHAGYA scheme including Additional Households achievement under DDUGJY Sl. No. Name of the States No. of Households electrified 1 Andhra Pradesh* 1,81,930 2 Arunachal Pradesh 47,089 3 Assam 23,26,656 4 Bihar 32,59,041 5 Chhattisgarh 7,92,368 6 Gujarat* 41,317 7 Haryana 54,681 8 Himachal Pradesh 12,891 9 Jammu & Kashmir 3,77,045 10 Jharkhand 17,30,708 11 Karnataka 3,83,798 12 Ladakh 10,456 13 Madhya Pradesh 19,84,264 14 Maharashtra 15,17,922 15 Manipur 1,08,115 16 Meghalaya 2,00,240 17 Mizoram 27,970 18 Nagaland 1,39,516 19 Odisha 24,52,444 20 Puducherry* 912 21 Punjab 3,477 22 Rajasthan 21,27,728 23 Sikkim 14,900 24 Tamil Nadu* 2,170 25 Telangana 5,15,084 26 Tripura 1,39,090 27 Uttar Pradesh 91,80,571 28 Uttarakhand 2,48,751 29 West Bengal 7,32,290 Total 2,86,13,424 *Not funded under SAUBHAGYA Scheme ***************ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1925 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 31.07.2025 ************* Electrification of PVTG Households identified under PM-JANMAN (as on 14/07/2025) S. Name of State Sanctioned Sanctioned Total Households No. Outlay GBS Households Electrified (Rs. Crores) (Rs. Crores) Sanctioned A 1 Andhra 88.71 53.23 24,967 24,925 Pradesh 2 Chhattisgarh 38.17 22.90 7,077 7,144 3 Jharkhand 74.13 44.47 12,442 5,341 4 Karnataka 3.77 2.26 1,615 1,546 5 Kerala 0.86 0.52 345 313 6 Madhya 143.39 86.02 29,290 24,036 Pradesh 7 Maharashtra 26.61 15.96 8,556 9,216 8 Rajasthan 40.34 24.20 17,633 16,023 9 Tamil Nadu 29.89 17.94 8,603 6,235 10 Telangana 6.79 4.07 3,884 3,884 11 Tripura 61.52 55.37 11,664 11,692 12 Uttar Pradesh 1.10 0.66 316 195 13 Uttarakhand 0.60 0.54 669 669 Sub Total (A) 516 328 1,27,061 1,11,219 B 14 Gujarat 6,626 15 Odisha 2,229 16 West Bengal 3,372 Sub Total (B) 12,227 Grand Total (A+B) 516 328 1,27,061 1,23,446 *****************ANNEXURE-III ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1925 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 31.07.2025 ************* Off-grid solar based household electrification sanctioned under New Solar Power Scheme S. No. States No. of households Sanctioned 1. Andhra Pradesh 1,675 2. Chhattisgarh 1,578 3. Jharkhand 2,342 4. Madhya Pradesh 2,060 5. Karnataka 179 6. Kerala 98 7. Telangana 326 8. Tripura 1,703 Total 9,961 ***********