Free electricity connections released to 2.63 crore BPL Households under DDUGJY

Ministerof State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, Shri Piyush Goyal, informed that under Rural Electrification component of DeenDayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), 2.63 crore BPL Households have been electrified till 30.06.2017.

Free electricity connections released to BPL HHs under RE Component of DDUGJY

Sl. No.

Name of State

Free electricity connections released to BPL HHs (Nos.)

1

Andhra Pradesh

2648777

2

Arunachal Pradesh

51621

3

Assam

1210211

4

Bihar

4339872

5

Chhattisgarh

1149542

6

Gujarat

843104

7

Haryana

198580

8

Himachal Pradesh

16290

9

J&K

69148

10

Jharkhand

1277605

11

Karnataka

987629

12

Kerala

 

150305

13

Madhya Pradesh

1803951

14

Maharashtra

1221350

15

Manipur

70187

16

Meghalaya

104457

17

Mizoram

29710

18

Nagaland

54484

19

Odisha

2845434

20

Punjab

92988

21

Rajasthan

1227216

22

Sikkim

13601

23

Tamil Nadu

502394

24

Telangana

708865

25

Tripura

148368

26

Uttar Pradesh

2110609

27

Uttarakhand

237921

28

West Bengal

2211040

Total

2,63,25,259

Goyal also informed that as per information provided by the States, as on 30

.06.2017, there are 3,618 un-electrified census villages left out of the total 18,452. He further added that a total of 6,015 villages were electrified in 2016-17. The details of villages electrified are as given below:

State-wise details of villages electrified during 2016-17

Sr. No.

State

2016-17

1

Arunachal Pradesh

175

2

Assam

1,218

3

Bihar

556

4

Chhattisgarh

294

5

Himachal Pradesh

27

6

J & K

5

7

Jharkhand

1,104

8

Karnataka

14

9

Madhya Pradesh

159

10

Manipur

121

11

Meghalaya

681

12

Mizoram

24

13

Nagaland

76

14

Odisha

1,092

15

Rajasthan

263

16

Tripura

17

17

Uttar Pradesh

162

18

Uttarakhand

18

19

West Bengal

9

Total

6,015

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