A total of 18,374 villages were electrified under DDUGJY, including 49,25,124 Below Poverty Line (BPL) households
By ANI
Updated – February 13, 2026 at 10:32 AM.
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New Delhi
The Government of India has been supporting states in providing quality power to all consumers through schemes like the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (SAUBHAGYA), and the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS).
According to the Ministry of Power, the objective of DDUGJY was to connect every inhabited un-electrified census village with electricity and to strengthen the rural electricity distribution system.
The objective of SAUBHAGYA was to achieve universal household electrification by providing electricity connections to all willing un-electrified households in rural areas and all willing poor households in urban areas by March 2019.
The definition of an ‘electrified village’ is as per the Rural Electrification Policy, 2006; however, under SAUBHAGYA, electrification of all households was undertaken, which continues under the ongoing RDSS scheme.
As reported by the states and Union Territories (UTs), all the inhabited un-electrified census villages in the country were electrified by April 28, 2018. A total of 18,374 villages were electrified under DDUGJY, including 49,25,124 Below Poverty Line (BPL) households.
Under DDUGJY and thereafter under SAUBHAGYA, electrification of all willing households was completed by March 31, 2019, as reported by the states/UTs. A total of 2.86 crore households were electrified during the SAUBHAGYA period.
Both the schemes stand closed as of March 31, 2022, as stated in the release.
Under the RDSS, on-grid electrification works amounting to ₹6,521 crore have been sanctioned for 13.65 lakh households, including households belonging to the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) identified under the Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM-JANMAN), households belonging to Scheduled Tribes (STs) under DA-JGUA (Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan), households belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC) under the Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhyuday Yojana (PM-AJAY), and households in remote and border areas under the Vibrant Villages Programme (VVP), wherever found feasible.
Out of the above, a total of 2.93 lakh households have been electrified so far.
Published on February 13, 2026