Under the Remote Village Electrification (RVE) Programme, proposals are received from the State identified implementing agencies including Gujarat for financial support for creation of facilities for lighting/basic electricity through renewable energy sources in those remote unelectrified census villages and unelectrified hamlets of electrified census villages where grid extension is not found feasible by the State Governments and hence are not covered under the Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyutikaran Yojna. Such proposals are sanctioned once they are complete in all respects and are in conformity with the provisions of the RVE Programme, subject to budget provisions.
The State-wise details of such proposals received and sanctioned are given below:-
Sl. No. | State | No. of villages & Hamlets covered in proposals |
1. | Andhra Pradesh | 13 |
2. | Arunachal Pradesh | 298 |
3. | Assam | 2157 |
4. | Chhattisgarh | 682 |
5. | Goa | 19 |
6. | Gujarat | 38 |
7. | Haryana | 286 |
8. | Himachal Pradesh | 22 |
9. | Jammu & Kashmir | 460 |
10. | Jharkhand | 720 |
11. | Karnataka | 79 |
12. | Kerala | 607 |
13. | Madhya Pradesh | 603 |
14. | Maharashtra | 353 |
15. | Manipur | 240 |
16. | Meghalaya | 163 |
17 | Mizoram | 20 |
18. | Nagaland | 11 |
19. | Orissa | 1447 |
20. | Rajasthan | 417 |
21. | Sikkim | 13 |
22. | Tamil Nadu | 184 |
23. | Tripura | 1006 |
24. | Uttarakhand | 814 |
25. | Uttar Pradesh | 507 |
26. | West Bengal | 1210 |
Under the Programme, Central Financial Assistance of upto 90% of the costs of systems, subject to pre specified maximum amount for each technology, is provided for approved projects to the states.
This information was given by the Minister of New and Renewable Energy Dr. Farooq Abdullah in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabharecently.
