**Subject:** Electrification of Villages in India
**Summary:**
This report summarizes the Indian government's efforts to electrify villages and households nationwide, with a specific focus on the Shahjahanpur Lok Sabha Constituency.
**Key Initiatives and Achievements:**
* **Past Schemes:** The Government of India has supported states through schemes like the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS), and Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (SAUBHAGYA) to provide reliable power.
* **Village Electrification:** As reported by the states, all inhabited unelectrified census villages in the country were electrified by April 28, 2018. A total of 18,374 villages were electrified during DDUGJY.
* **Household Electrification:** Under DDUGJY and SAUBHAGYA, electrification of all willing households was completed. A total of 2.86 crore households were electrified during the SAUBHAGYA period, including 1,23,284 households in the Shahjahanpur Lok Sabha Constituency. Both schemes concluded on March 31, 2022.
* **Ongoing Efforts:** The government continues to support states for grid electrification of remaining households through the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS), launched in July 2021. This includes electrification of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) households under PMJANMAN, tribal households under DAJGUA, Scheduled Caste households under PMAJAY, and remote border households under VVP, where feasible.
* **Off-Grid Electrification:** As of June 30, 2025, works amounting to Rs. 50 Cr have been sanctioned for off-grid solar-based electrification of 9,961 households under a new solar power scheme.
* **RDSS Progress:** Till date, under RDSS, works amounting to Rs. 6,487 Cr. have been sanctioned for electrification of 13.59 lakh households across the country, including 2,924 households in the Shahjahanpur Lok Sabha Constituency.
Key Entities Referenced
Uttar Pradesh: A state in India, mentioned in the context of the Shahjahanpur Lok Sabha Constituency.
Shahjahanpur Lok Sabha Constituency: A parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh, India, used as a specific example in the context of village electrification.
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY): An electrification scheme by the Government of India to provide quality and reliable power supply.
Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS): An electrification scheme by the Government of India to provide quality and reliable power supply.
Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (SAUBHAGYA): An electrification scheme by the Government of India to provide quality and reliable power supply to all households.
Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS): An ongoing scheme by the Government of India supporting States for grid electrification of leftout households.
PMJANMAN Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan: An initiative to identify Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) households for electrification under RDSS.
DAJGUA Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan: An initiative to identify tribal households for electrification under RDSS.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF POWER
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3157
ANSWERED ON 07.08.2025
ELECTRIFICATION OF VILLAGES
†3157. SHRI ARUN KUMAR SAGAR:
Will the Minister of POWER
be pleased to state:
(a) whether all the villages of the country especially those falling under
Shahjahanpur Lok Sabha Constituency of Uttar Pradesh have been electrified
under the electrification scheme of the Government; and
(b) if so, the details thereof?
A N S W E R
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER
(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)
(a) & (b) : Government of India has supplemented the efforts of the States
through schemes like Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY),
Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS), Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har
Ghar Yojana (SAUBHAGYA) etc., to help them achieve the objective of providing
quality and reliable power supply to all households. As reported by the States,
all the inhabited un-electrified census villages in the country were electrified by
28th April, 2018. A total of 18,374 villages were electrified during DDUGJY. Under
DDUGJY and thereafter during SAUBHAGYA, as reported by States,
electrification of all willing households was completed. A total of 2.86 crore
households were electrified during SAUBHAGYA period including 1,23,284
households in Shahjahanpur Lok Sabha Constituency. Both the schemes stand
closed as on 31.03.2022.
Government of India is further supporting States for grid electrification of
left-out households, under the ongoing scheme of Revamped Distribution Sector
Scheme (RDSS), launched in July, 2021. This includes works sanctioned for
electrification of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) households
identified under PM-JANMAN (Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha
Abhiyan), tribal households under DA-JGUA (Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh
Abhiyan), Scheduled Caste households under Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati
Abhyuday Yojna (PM-AJAY) and remote & border households under Vibrant
Villages Program (VVP) wherever found feasible. In addition, under new solar
power scheme, works amounting to Rs.50 Cr for off-grid solar based
electrification have been sanctioned for 9,961 households as on 30th June, 2025.
Till date, under RDSS, works amounting to Rs. 6,487 Cr. have been
sanctioned for electrification of 13.59 lakh households across the country
including 2,924 households in Shahjahanpur Lok Sabha Constituency.
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