**Executive Summary**
This document presents the response by the Minister of New and Renewable Energy to questions regarding solar lights and household electrification in Andhra Pradesh. It details the number of unelectrified households, solar lights installed, off-grid systems sanctioned for Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs), and funds sanctioned, released, and utilized under various schemes. The data is current as of specified dates in 2025.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Household Electrification Programs:**
* Schemes like DDUGJY (launched in 2014) and SAUBHAGYA (launched in 2017) were implemented to provide electricity access, with SAUBHAGYA electrifying 2.86 crore households by March 31, 2019. Both schemes closed on March 31, 2022.
* Under the RDSS scheme, Rs. 6,521 Cr was sanctioned for 13.65 lakh households, including PVTGs, Scheduled Tribes (STs), Scheduled Castes (SCs), and remote border area households.
* **Solar Lights in Andhra Pradesh:**
* 1,968 solar lights installed under the Off-grid and Decentralised Solar PV Applications Phase-III Programme.
* **PVTG Electrification Under PM-JANMAN (off-grid solar):**
* 1,675 households sanctioned with 710 households electrified in Andhra Pradesh as of October 31, 2025, under the PM-JANMAN component of the New Solar Power scheme for Tribal and PVTG Habitations/Villages.
* Rs. 36.60 Lakh released for off-grid electrification in Andhra Pradesh under PM-JANMAN.
* **RDSS Initiatives (Annexures):**
* Annexure I provides the status of households sanctioned under various RDSS initiatives.
* Annexure II provides district-wise details of households sanctioned and electrified in Andhra Pradesh.
* Annexure III provides details on funds sanctioned and released for households identified for on-grid electrification under PM-JANMAN.
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholder: Unelectrified Households in Andhra Pradesh, including PVTGs, STs, and SCs**
* **Impact:**
* The schemes aim to provide electricity access, improve living conditions, and promote socio-economic development.
* **Action Required:**
* Engage with relevant authorities to understand eligibility criteria and application processes for the RDSS scheme and PM-JANMAN initiative.
**Stakeholder: New & Renewable Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Ltd. (NREDCAP)**
* **Impact:**
* Responsible for the installation of solar lights under the Off-grid and Decentralised Solar PV Applications Phase-III Programme.
* **Action Required:**
* Continue implementing the program and provide updates on progress and challenges.
**Stakeholder: Ministry of Power**
* **Impact:**
* Overseeing the progress of household electrification schemes like DDUGJY and SAUBHAGYA
* **Action Required:**
* Continue releasing funds and provide data for households identified for on-grid electrification under PM-JANMAN.
Key Entities Referenced
Andhra Pradesh: Indian state, focus of the parliamentary question regarding solar lights and electrification
RDSS (Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme): A scheme focused on improving electricity distribution, mentioned in relation to on-grid electrification
PM-JANMAN (Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan): A mission focused on tribal development, relevant for on-grid electrification of PVTG households.
DDUGJY (Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana): A scheme focused on rural electrification, mentioned as an effort towards providing electricity access.
SAUBHAGYA (Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana): A scheme focused on household electrification, mentioned as an effort towards providing electricity access.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2863
ANSWERED ON 17.12.2025
SOLAR LIGHTS IN ANDHRA PRADESH
2863. SHRI KESINENI SIVANATH
SHRI B K PARTHASARATHI
Will the Minister of NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to state:
(a) the details of the number of unelectrified households in the country, State-wise and
district-wise for Andhra Pradesh;
(b) the number of solar lights sanctioned and installed in streets and Multipurpose Centers
(MPCs), State and district-wise for Andhra Pradesh;
(c) the details of the number of solar off-grid systems sanctioned and installed in Particularly
Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTGs) households, State and district-wise for Andhra Pradesh;
and
(d) the details of the funds sanctioned, released and utilized for energization of unelectrified
PVTGs, State-wise?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER
(SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)
(a) As per the information received from Ministry of Power, Government of India has been
supplementing the efforts of the States in providing electricity access to 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.
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 scheme of RDSS, on-grid electrification works amounting to Rs. 6,521 Cr. have
been sanctioned for 13.65 lakh left out 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
Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DA-JGUA), households belonging to Scheduled
Caste (SC) under Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhyuday Yojana (PM-AJAY) and
households in remote & border areas under Vibrant Village Program (VVP), wherever found
feasible. The details of households sanctioned under various initiatives of RDSS are given at
Annexure-I. District-wise details of households sanctioned and electrified in Andhra Pradesh
are given at Annexure-II.
(b) As per the information received from New & Renewable Energy Development Corporation
of Andhra Pradesh Ltd. (NREDCAP), the district-wise details of solar lights installed in Andhra
Pradesh under Off-grid and Decentralised Solar PV Applications Phase-III Programme are
given below:Sl. District No. of Street
No. Lights Installed
1. Nellore 143
2. Visakhapatnam 13
3. YSR Kadapa 684
4. Ananthapuramu 1,128
Total 1,968
(c) The district-wise details of PVTG households sanctioned and electrified in Andhra Pradesh
through off-grid solar systems under the PM JANMAN component of the New Solar Power
scheme (for Tribal and PVTG Habitations/Villages) are given as under:
Sl. District Number of Number of
No. Households Households
sanctioned Electrified
(as of
31.10.2025)
1. Prakasam 611 522
2. Alluri 731 165
Seetharamaraju
3. Eluru 305 17
4. Parvathipuram- 28 6
Manyam
Total 1675 710
(d) The State-wise details of funds released for off-grid electrification under the PM JANMAN
component of the New Solar Power Scheme (for Tribal and PVTG Habitations/Villages) are
given as under:
Sl. State Funds released
No. in Rs. Lakh
(as on 31.10.2025)
1. Andhra Pradesh 36.60
2. Jharkhand 642.98
3. Karnataka 62.65
4. Telangana 44.1
5. Tripura 596.05
Total 1382.38
As per the information received from Ministry of Power, fund sanctioned and released for
households identified for on-grid electrification under PM-JANMAN are given at Annexure-
III.
*****ANNEXURE-I REFFERED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2863 FOR 17.12.2025
Status of Households Sanctioned under Various Initiatives of RDSS
Sanctioned
Sl. Sanctioned GBS Total Households
Name of State Outlay
No. (Rs. Crores) Sanctioned
(Rs. Crores)
A. Addl. Households Sanctioned under RDSS
1 Andhra Pradesh 49.24 29.55 15,475
2 Arunachal Pradesh 47.11 42.4 6,506
3 Assam 785.55 706.99 127,111
4 Bihar 238.86 143.32 35,467
5 Chhattisgarh 166.55 99.93 34,078
6 Jammu & Kashmir 106.7 96.03 15,359
7 Jharkhand 25.16 15.09 4,853
8 Kerala 0.33 0.2 40
9 Madhya Pradesh 1.13 0.68 196
10 Manipur 214.44 193 36,972
11 Meghalaya 435.7 392.13 50,501
12 Mizoram 79.9 71.91 15,167
13 Nagaland 69.55 62.59 10,004
14 Rajasthan 1,526.94 916.16 338,702
15 Uttar Pradesh 931.04 558.62 251,487
B. Electrification works sanctioned under RDSS in Vibrant Villages
1 Himachal Pradesh 6.08 5.47 0
2 Arunachal Pradesh 20.18 18.16 1,683
3 Uttarakhand 13.08 11.77 1,154
C. Electrification of PVTG Households through Grid Connectivity under PM-
JANMAN
C1. PVTG Households Sanctioned under RDSS
1 Andhra Pradesh 88.71 53.23 24,967
2 Chhattisgarh 38.16 22.9 7,077
3 Jharkhand 74.13 44.48 12,442
4 Karnataka 3.76 2.26 1,615
5 Kerala 0.86 0.52 345
6 Madhya Pradesh 148.83 89.28 30,216
7 Maharashtra 26.61 15.97 8,556
8 Rajasthan 40.34 24.2 17,633
9 Tamil Nadu 29.89 17.93 8,603
10 Telangana 6.79 4.07 3,884
11 Tripura 61.52 55.37 11,664
12 Uttar Pradesh 1.1 0.66 31613 Uttarakhand 0.6 0.54 669
C2. PVTG Households covered under State Plan
1 Gujarat 0 0 0
2 Odisha 0 0 0
3 West Bengal 0 0 0
C3. Public Places Sanctioned under RDSS
1 Madhya Pradesh 0 0 25
D. Electrification of Tribal Households identified under DA-JGUA
D1. DA-JGUA Households Sanctioned under RDSS
1 Andhra Pradesh 19.12 11.47 4,921
2 Arunachal Pradesh 8.2 7.38 1,938
3 Bihar 61.4 36.84 7,117
4 Chhattisgarh 218.44 131.06 39,579
5 Himachal Pradesh 0.49 0.45 93
6 Jammu & Kashmir 89.84 80.85 13,824
7 Jharkhand 92.44 55.47 19,467
8 Karnataka 41 24.6 5,288
9 Kerala 5.73 3.44 1,080
10 Madhya Pradesh 305.66 183.4 59,172
11 Maharashtra 23.6 14.16 6,961
12 Rajasthan 197.11 118.26 82,842
13 Telangana 110.73 66.44 26,525
14 Tripura 40.69 36.62 7,677
15 Uttar Pradesh 32.21 19.32 6,867
16 Uttarakhand 0.84 0.75 207
D2. DA-JGUA Households covered under State Plan
1 Odisha 0 0 0
D3. DA-JGUA Public Places sanctioned under RDSS
1 Andhra Pradesh 0.7 0.42 182
2 Arunachal Pradesh 0.04 0.03 9
3 Himachal Pradesh 0.05 0.05 7
4 Jharkhand 8.25 4.95 1,910
5 Kerala 0.15 0.09 17
6 Madhya Pradesh 3.32 1.99 650
7 Rajasthan 0.7 0.42 195
8 Telangana 2.9 1.74 672
9 Tripura 2.31 2.08 512
10 Uttar Pradesh 0.13 0.08 30
11 Uttarakhand 0.08 0.07 19
D4. DA-JGUA Public Places covered under State Plan
1 Odisha 0 0 0
E. Electrification works sanctioned under PM-AJAY
1 Andhra Pradesh 3.5 2.1 8112 Jharkhand 6.141 3.684 1,782
3 Madhya Pradesh 0.002 0.001 6
4 Maharashtra 6.81 4.086 2,012ANNEXURE-II REFFERED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2863 FOR 17.12.2025
Households Sanctioned and Electrified in Andhra Pradesh as on 30.11.2025
1. Household Electrification under RDSS:
Andhra Pradesh, Left Out HHs under RDSS
Sl. Sanctioned Progress
Discom District (OLD)
No. Households (Nos.) (Nos.)
1 Srikakulam 44 51
2 Vizianagaram 4,233 3,789
3 APEPDCL Visakhapatnam 7,851 8,661
4 Rajamahendravaram 3,100 2,558
5 Eluru 247 247
2. Under PM-JANMAN - PVTG (On-Grid):
Andhra Pradesh, PM JANMAN
Sl. Sanctioned Progress
Discom District (NEW)
No. Households (Nos.) (Nos.)
1 Guntur 772 770
APCPDCL
2 Prakasam 982 982
3 Srikakulam 828 851
4 Vizianagaram 150 99
5 PVP Manyam 3407 3400
6 ASR 17502 17279
APEPDCL
7 Kakinada 0 0
8 Ankapalli 0 160
9 East Godavari 4 39
10 Eluru 1196 1196
11 APSPDCL Nandyal 126 149
3. Under DA-JGUA:
Andhra Pradesh, DA JGUA
Sanctioned
Sl. Households and Progress
DISCOM District (NEW)
No. Public (Nos.)
Institutions (Nos.)
1 ASR 1559 920
2 Ankapalli 276 145
3 Kakinada 171 136
APEPDCL Parvathipuram
4 1696 1565
Manyam
5 Srikakulam 5 5
6 Vizianagaram 38 8
7 APCPDCL Palnadu 219 218
8 Ananthapur 498 326
9 Annamayya 300 300
10 APSPDCL Kurnool 25 25
11 Nandyal 21 14
12 Tirupati 35 3513 YSR Kadapa 260 260
4. Under PM-AJAY:
Andhra Pradesh, PM-AJAY
Sanctioned
Sl. Progress
DISCOM District (NEW) Households
No. (Nos.)
(Nos.)
1 Annamayya 1 0
2 Chittoor 393 205
3 APSPDC Nellore 48 0
4 L Kurnool 10 10
5 Tirupati 348 0
6 YSR Kadapa 11 11ANNEXURE-III REFFERED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2863 FOR 17.12.2025
Fund Expenditure Position of Households Identified for On-Grid Electrification under
PM–JANMAN
Sanctioned Cumulative
Sl. Sanctioned GBS
Name of State Outlay GBS Released
No. (Rs. Crores)
(Rs. Crores) (Rs. Crores)
1 Karnataka 3.76 2.26 1.1
2 Maharashtra 26.61 15.97 7.9
3 Rajasthan 40.34 24.20 11.9
4 Telangana 6.79 4.07 2.0
5 Tripura 61.52 55.37 27.7
6 Uttar Pradesh 1.10 0.66 0.2
7 Uttarakhand 0.60 0.54 0.5
8 Andhra Pradesh 88.71 53.23 26.2
9 Chhattisgarh 38.16 22.90 11.3
10 Kerala 0.86 0.52 0.2
11 Madhya Pradesh 148.97 89.37 36.3
12 Tamil Nadu 29.89 17.93 8.8
13 Jharkhand 74.13 44.48 22.5
14 Bihar 0.28 0.17 0.05
All actual funds released have been utilised except for Rs. 0.14 Cr in Madhya Pradesh, 0.06Cr
in Kerala and 0.49 Cr in Uttarakhand.