Parliament Question: Electrification under DDUGJY and RDSS in Karbi Anglong

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3090 ANSWERED ON 07.08.2025 ELECTRIFICATION UNDER DDUGJY AND RDSS IN KARBI ANGLONG

3090. SHRI AMARSING TISSO:

Will the Minister of POWER

be pleased to state:

(a) the number of villages in Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao that have been electrified under Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) and the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS);

(b) whether 100% household electrification has been achieved in these districts and if so, the details thereof;

(c) the status of smart/prepaid metering in these rural and tribal areas; and

(d) the steps being taken by the Government to ensure metered, reliable electricity supply in hilly terrain? 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 including 650 and 266 villages in the districts of Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao respectively. 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 including 61,928 and 14,295 households in the districts of Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao respectively.

Both the schemes stand closed as on 31.03.2022. ………2.- 2 - Government of India is further supporting States for grid electrification of left-out households under the ongoing Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme

(RDSS), launched in July, 2021. It includes works 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 AbhyudayYojna (PM-AJAY) and remote & border households under Vibrant Villlage Program (VVP) wherever found feasible. Till date, electrification works for 13.59 lakh households have been sanctioned under RDSS including 9,011 and 2,604 households in the districts of Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao respectively.

In addition, till date, under New Solar Power scheme, works amounting to Rs 50 Cr have been sanctioned for off-grid solar based electrification for 9961 households.

(c) : The status of smart metering works under RDSS in the districts of Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao (as on 27.07.2025) is as below:

District No. of smart meters No. of smart meters sanctioned (Nos.) installed (Nos.) Karbi Anglong 1,96,300 79,222 Dima Hasao 60,849 12,227

(d) : Government of India is taking necessary steps to support States for electrification of all households. Since most of the left-out households are in remote, hilly and forest areas, hence the norms for electrification under RDSS have been relaxed and the ceiling limit for cost of electrification has been enhanced. Survey has been carried out by distribution utilities to identify un- electrified households. Grid based electrification works have been sanctioned under RDSS wherever found feasible as per the revised norms and for remaining areas off-grid solar based electrification works are being sanctioned under New Solar Power Scheme.

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