**Executive Summary**
The document is a response to a parliamentary question (No. 1979), answered on December 11, 2025, concerning schemes and programs to provide electricity to every household in India. It details the schemes implemented by the Government of India to improve electricity supply and grid strengthening in rural areas. The document highlights the efforts and investments made to achieve universal electrification and improve power distribution.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Responsibility for Electricity Supply:**
* Supply and distribution of electricity are primarily the responsibility of respective State Governments/power distribution utilities.
* **Government of India's Support Schemes:**
* The Government of India has supplemented state efforts through schemes like:
* Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY)
* Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS)
* Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (SAUBHAGYA)
* These schemes aim to provide quality and reliable power supply to all households in rural and urban areas.
* **Progress in Electrification:**
* All inhabited un-electrified census villages were electrified by April 28, 2018.
* 18,374 villages were electrified under DDUGJY.
* Electrification of willing households completed by March 31, 2019, under DDUGJY and SAUBHAGYA, resulting in 2.86 crore households electrified.
* Both DDUGJY and SAUBHAGYA closed as on March 31, 2022.
* **Ongoing Support through RDSS:**
* The Government continues to support grid electrification via the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS), launched in July 2021.
* Extending on-grid electricity connection to Vulnerable Tribal Groups under PM-JANMAN and DA-JGUA.
* Projects worth Rs. 6,521 Cr. have been sanctioned for electrification of 13.65 lakh households (2.68 lakh electrified).
* **Infrastructure Upgradation:**
* Government facilitated upgrading and creation of distribution infrastructure through schemes like DDUGJY, IPDS, and SAUBHAGYA.
* Rs. 1.85 lakh crore was spent on strengthening the distribution system under these schemes.
* **Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS):**
* Objective: improve quality and reliability of power supply through a sustainable and efficient distribution sector.
* Focus: improve technical and commercial losses through result-oriented investments, including network strengthening and automation.
* Projects worth Rs. 2.83 lakh crore sanctioned for distribution infrastructure, including smart metering.
* Works include: new/upgraded substations/Distribution Transformers, agriculture feeder segregation, and household electrification.
**Impact Analysis**
**State Governments/Power Distribution Utilities**
* **Impact:** Responsible for implementing and maintaining electricity supply and distribution in their respective regions.
* **Action Required:** Continue to execute electrification and grid strengthening projects, coordinate with central government schemes, and ensure sustainable and efficient power distribution.
**Rural and Urban Households**
* **Impact:** Beneficiaries of improved electricity access, reliability, and quality through various government schemes and initiatives.
* **Action Required:** Avail themselves of the schemes and ensure responsible electricity consumption.
**Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG) and Tribal Households under DA-JGUA**
* **Impact:** Beneficiaries of on-grid electricity connections under RDSS, improving their living conditions and opportunities.
* **Action Required:** Cooperate with authorities for electricity connection and promote efficient energy usage.
Key Entities Referenced
Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS): A scheme launched in July 2021 to improve the quality and reliability of power supply through a financially sustainable and operationally efficient Distribution Sector.
Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (SAUBHAGYA): A scheme to provide electricity to all households in rural and urban areas.
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY): A scheme focused on village electrification and strengthening of distribution infrastructure in rural areas.
Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS): A scheme focused on strengthening the distribution network in urban areas.
Ministry of Power: The Indian government ministry responsible for schemes to provide electricity.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF POWER
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1979
ANSWERED ON 11.12.2025
SCHEMES TO PROVIDE ELECTRICITY TO EVERY HOUSEHOLD
†1979. SMT. ANITA NAGARSINGH CHOUHAN:
Will the Minister of POWER
be pleased to state:
(a) the schemes and programmes implemented to provide electricity to every
household in rural areas;
(b) the number of rural households which have been provided safe and regular
electricity supply under these schemes so far;
(c) the steps taken by the Government to improve the reliability of power supply
and to reduce power cuts in rural areas; and
(d) the details of the plans being formulated by the Government to ensure future
improvement in electricity supply and grid strengthening in rural areas?
A N S W E R
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER
(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)
(a) & (b): Electricity being a concurrent subject, the supply and distribution of
electricity to the all consumers, including improvement in electricity supply and
grid strengthening in rural and urban areas, is the responsibility of respective State
Government/ power distribution utility.
Government of India has supplemented the efforts of the States/ UTs through
schemes like Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), Integrated
Power Development Scheme (IPDS) and Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana
(SAUBHAGYA), to help them achieve the objective of providing quality and reliable
power supply to all households in rural and urban areas.
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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. Further, 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.
Government of India is further supporting States/ UTs for grid electrification
of households left-out during SAUBHAGYA, wherever found feasible, under the
ongoing scheme of Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS), launched in July,
2021. In addition, all identified households belonging to Particularly Vulnerable
Tribal Group (PVTG) under PM-JANMAN (Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya
Maha Abhiyan) and tribal households under DA-JGUA (Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram
Utkarsh Abhiyan) are being extended on-grid electricity connection under RDSS as
per the scheme guidelines. Till date, works amounting to Rs. 6,521 Cr. have been
sanctioned for electrification of 13.65 lakh households of which 2.68 lakh
households have been electrified till date.
(c) & (d): Government of India has facilitated the upgradation and creation of
distribution infrastructure by distribution utilities through allocation of funds under
various schemes such as (a) DDUGJY, where central assistance was provided to
ensure electrification of all villages and strengthening of distribution infrastructure
in rural areas; (b) IPDS, where the strengthening of distribution network in urban
areas was taken up as a key measure in power distribution and (c) SAUBHAGYA for
electrification of households. Overall Rs. 1.85 lakh crore was spent on
strengthening the distribution system of the country under the three schemes.
Under RDSS, the objective is to improve the quality and reliability of power
supply to consumers through a financially sustainable and operationally efficient
Distribution Sector. The scheme focuses on improving the technical and
commercial losses in the distribution sector through result-oriented investments in
upgradation of distribution network including network strengthening and system
automation. Projects worth Rs. 2.83 lakh crore for distribution infrastructure works
including smart metering works have been sanctioned under the scheme. The
sanctioned works comprise of new/ upgradation of substations/ Distribution
Transformers, agriculture feeder segregation, upgradation of conductors,
household electrification works etc.
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