Parliament Question: Status of Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1114 ANSWERED ON 09.02.2026 STATUS OF PRADHAN MANTRI SAHAJ BIJLI HAR GHAR YOJANA 1114 SMT. RANJEET RANJAN: Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state: (a) the basis on which the estimated number of unelectrified households was revised downward during SAUBHAGYA implementation; (b) State-wise number of households currently identified as de-electrified or non-functional connections; (c) the amount of extra-budgetary borrowings raised by Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) under SAUBHAGYA and related schemes; and (d) the interest burden incurred on unutilised funds? A N S W E R THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER (SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK) (a) & (b): Government of India launched the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (SAUBHAGYA) in October 2017 to achieve universal household electrification for providing electricity connections to all willing un-electrified households in rural areas and all un-electrified and willing poor households in urban areas in the country. As per the SAUBHAGYA scheme, the total number of un-electrified households was estimated at 300 lakh, against which 286 lakh households across the country were electrified during the SAUBHAGYA period and all the States have reported 100% electrification of all the willing un- electrified households, identified before 31.03.2019. State-wise details are enclosed at Annexure–I. Government of India launched Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) in the year 2021 with the objective of improving the quality and reliability of supply of power to consumers through a financially sustainable and operationally efficient distribution sector. Projects worth Rs 2.83 lakh Crore have been sanctioned for infrastructure and smart metering works under the scheme, of which, works amounting to Rs. 6522 Cr. have been sanctioned for electrification of 13,65,139 households in the country. This includes electrification works sanctioned for Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) households identified under Pradhan Mantri Janjati Maha Nyaya Abhiyan(PM-JANMAN), tribal households under DA-JGUA (Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan), Scheduled Caste households under Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhyuday Yojana (PM-AJAY) and households in remote & border areas under Vibrant Village Program (VVP), wherever found feasible.The State/UT-wise details of Household electrification under RDSS (PVTG+Addl HHs) are given at Annexure-II. (c) & (d): The amount of extra budgetary borrowings raised by REC under SAUBHAGYA scheme is as follows: Sr. No. Scheme Amount in Rs crore 1 SAUBHAGYA 2,950.00 2 DDUGJY 21,159.30 Total 24,109.30 The entire fund was utilised for the scheme within the stipulated time. *********ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1114 ANSWERED IN THE RAJYA SABHA ON 09.02.2026 ************* Number of Households electrified during SAUBHAGYA period S. 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 PARTS (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1114 ANSWERED IN THE RAJYA SABHA ON 09.02.2026 ************* State/UT-wise details of Household electrification under RDSS (PVTG+Addl HHs) Total Households Name of State Households Electrified Sanctioned Addl. HHs Sanctioned under RDSS Andhra Pradesh 15,475 15,307 Arunachal Pradesh 6,506 0 Assam 127,111 0 Bihar 35,467 0 Chhattisgarh 34,078 188 Jammu & Kashmir 15,359 0 Jharkhand 4,853 371 Kerala 40 11 Madhya Pradesh 196 21 Manipur 36,972 0 Meghalaya 50,501 0 Mizoram 15,167 0 Nagaland 10,004 0 Rajasthan 338,702 79,526 Uttar Pradesh 251,487 1,317 Total (A) 941,918 96,741 Himachal Pradesh* 0 0 Arunachal Pradesh 1,683 0 Uttarakhand 1,154 0 Total (B) 2,837 0 Andhra Pradesh 24,967 24,925 Bihar - 0 Chhattisgarh 7,077 7,160 Jharkhand 12,442 11,146 Karnataka 1,615 1,546 Kerala 345 313 Madhya Pradesh 30,216 27,006 Maharashtra 8,556 9,216 Rajasthan 17,633 16,023 Tamil Nadu 8,603 6,939 Telangana 3,884 3,884 Tripura 11,664 11,692 Uttar Pradesh 316 195 Uttarakhand 669 669 Sub Total (C1) 127,987 120,714 Gujarat 0 6,626 Odisha 0 5,156 West Bengal 0 3,372 Sub Total (C2) 0 15,154Madhya Pradesh 25 20 Sub Total (C3) 25 20 Total (C=C1+C2+C3) 128,012 135,888 Andhra Pradesh 4,921 4,359 Arunachal Pradesh 1,938 1,469 Bihar 7,117 648 Chhattisgarh 39,579 12,245 Himachal Pradesh 93 10 Jammu & Kashmir 13,824 0 Jharkhand 19,467 0 Karnataka 5,288 1,101 Kerala 1,080 204 Madhya Pradesh 59,172 11,910 Maharashtra 6,961 5,228 Rajasthan 82,842 7 Telangana 26,525 15,442 Tripura 7,677 5,089 Uttar Pradesh 6,867 65 Uttarakhand 207 135 Sub Total (D1) 283,558 57,912 Odisha 0 0 Sub Total (D2) 0 0 Andhra Pradesh 182 129 Arunachal Pradesh 9 9 Himachal Pradesh 7 3 Jharkhand 1,910 0 Kerala 17 0 Madhya Pradesh 650 67 Rajasthan 195 0 Telangana 672 0 Tripura 512 0 Uttar Pradesh 30 7 Uttarakhand 19 3 Sub Total (D3) 4,203 218 Odisha 0 0 Sub Total (D4) 0 0 Total (D=D1+D2+D3+D4) 287,761 58,130 Andhra Pradesh 811 411 Jharkhand 1,782 0 Madhya Pradesh 6 3 Maharashtra 2,012 21 Total (E) 4,611 435 Grand Total (A+B+C+D+E) 1,365,139 291,194 ***********