Gandhinagar: Gujarat ranks 3rd in terms of power supplied for the year 2023-24, as well as from April to June of this year, just behind Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, which ranked 1st and 2nd respectively. Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh are much larger and more populated States.

Power supply to Gujarat was 1,45,740 million units  during the financial year 2023-24, against a requirement of 1,45,768 million units. From April to June this year, Gujarat was supplied 41,942 million units of power, meeting 100% of the requirement.

This information was provided by Shri Shripad Naik, Minister of State in the Ministry of Power, in response to a question in the Rajya Sabha during the ongoing session of Parliament.

Here is the full answer provided by the ministry:

– There is adequate availability of power in the country. Government of India has addressed the critical issue of power deficiency by adding 2,14,237 MW of generation capacity in the last ten years transforming our country from power deficit to power sufficient.

– The growth in Energy Supplied has been commensurate to the growth in Energy Requirement in the country. There is only a marginal gap between Energy Requirement and Energy Supplied which is generally on account of constraints in the State transmission/distribution network etc.

– There has been consistent growth in generation of electricity in the country except for a marginal decline in 2020-21 due to lower energy requirement in the country due to COVID-19.

 The following steps have been taken to increase the per capita consumption of electricity:

• Under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), Integrated Power Development (IPDS) and Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (SAUBHAGYA) schemes, 18,374 villages have been electrified and 86 crore household were provided electricity connections. The availability of power supply in rural areas has increased from 12.5 Hours in 2015 to 21.9 Hours in 2024. The power supply in urban areas has increased to 23.4 Hours in 2024.As a result of these measures, per capita power consumption has increased from 957 kWh in 2013-14 to 1331 kWh in 2022-23.

• The Government of India has launched “Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) – a Reforms based and Results linked Scheme” on 20th July 2021 with the objective of improving the quality and reliability of power supply to consumers through a financially sustainable and operationally efficient distribution sector. Under RDSS, all identified Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group(PVTG) Households under PM-JANMAN (Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan) are eligible for funding for on-grid electricity connection. Till date, 1,23,581 PVTG households have been sanctioned for electrification.

The details of Power Supply Position during the last five years i.e., 2019-20 to 2023-24 and the current year 2024-25 (upto June, 2024).

The details of State-wise/UT-wise Power Supply Position in the country for the year 2023-24 and current year 2024-25 (April,2024 to June, 2024).

ANNEXURE-III

The total quantity of power generated in the country during the last five years and the current year (upto June, 2024)

(All figures are in Million Units)