Rajiv
Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY), a rural electrification
programme launched by government of India in April 2005,
has so far been progressing on the expected lines, said
Sushilkumar Shinde, union power minister in a written
reply in Lok Sabha today.
As
compared to earlier rural electrification schemes where
the average rate of electrification has been 3,000 villages
per year, under RGGVY. Shinde said 9,819 unelectrified
villages were electrified during 2005-06 and 28,706 in
2006-07 besides intensive electrification of around 12,000
electrified villages in these two years.
In
2007-08, so far 4,467 unelectrified villages have been
electrified and 7,708 electrified villages have been intensively
electrified. Also, since the introduction of the scheme
in April, 2005, 13 lakh free electricity connections were
released to those below poverty line (BPL).
According
to the implementing agencies, electrification work has
been carried out in 62,554 villages including 42,992 un-electrified
and 19,585 electrified villages up to 17 August, 2007,
under RGGVY and Rs400 crore has been released during 2007-08
so far.
Shinde
also disclosed the following state-wise and year-wise
details:
State
wise / year wise numbers of villages where electrification
has been reportedly carried out by implementing states/agencies
under RGGVY
State
|
During
2005-06
|
|
During
2006-07
|
|
During
2007-08 (as on 17.08.2007)
|
Cumulative
(up to 17.08.2007)
|
|
Electri-fied
|
Un-electrified
|
Total
|
Electri-fied
|
Un-electri-fied
|
Total
|
Electr-ified
|
Un-electri-fied
|
Total
|
Electri-fied
|
Un-electri-fied
|
Total
|
|
(Nos.)
|
(Nos.)
|
|
(Nos.)
|
(Nos.)
|
|
(Nos.)
|
(Nos.)
|
|
(Nos.)
|
(Nos.)
|
|
Andhra
Pradesh
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4724
|
0
|
4724
|
4,724
|
0
|
4,724
|
Arunachal
Pradesh
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
Assam
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
Bihar
|
0
|
1600
|
1600
|
0
|
8415
|
8415
|
0
|
1,386
|
1386
|
0
|
11401
|
11,401
|
Jharkhand
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
31
|
31
|
0
|
31
|
31
|
Goa
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
Gujarat
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
625
|
0
|
625
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
625
|
0
|
625
|
Haryana
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
15
|
0
|
15
|
15
|
0
|
15
|
Himachal
Pradesh
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
J&K
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
Karnataka
|
350
|
47
|
397
|
8000
|
0
|
8000
|
2,919
|
0
|
2919
|
11269
|
47
|
11,316
|
Kerala
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
Madhya
Pradesh
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
50
|
15
|
65
|
50
|
15
|
65
|
Chhattisgarh
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
29
|
29
|
0
|
29
|
29
|
Maharashtra
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
Manipur
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
Meghalaya
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
Mizoram
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
Nagaland
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
Orissa
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
Punjab
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
Rajasthan
|
0
|
230
|
230
|
570
|
765
|
1335
|
0
|
332
|
332
|
570
|
1327
|
1,897
|
Sikkim
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Tamil
Nadu
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Tripura
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Uttar
Pradesh
|
0
|
7503
|
7503
|
0
|
16620
|
16620
|
0
|
1,855
|
1855
|
0
|
25978
|
25,978
|
Uttaranchal
|
0
|
87
|
87
|
2332
|
798
|
3130
|
0
|
83
|
83
|
2332
|
968
|
3,300
|
West
Bengal
|
0
|
352
|
352
|
0
|
2108
|
2108
|
0
|
736
|
736
|
0
|
3196
|
3,196
|
Delhi
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
G.Total
|
350
|
9819
|
10169
|
11527
|
28706
|
40233
|
7708
|
4,467
|
12175
|
19,585
|
42,992
|
62577
|
|