Remote Village Electrification (RVE) for 6033 villages and hamlets have been sanctioned during the 11th Plan and work on 5211 nos. of villages and hamlets has been completed in various States including Tamil Nadu and Odisha.

Two proposals of 61 hamlets and 161 hamlets of Uttar Pradesh, one proposal of 14 villages of Rajasthan, one proposal of 24 villages and 274 hamlets of Jammu & Kashmir and one proposal of 14 villages of Madhya Pradesh have been received and are currently under first round of appraisal. The Remote Village Electrification (RVE) programme and projects are sanctioned on case-to-case basis after proposals are submitted by the state notified implementing agencies as per the guidelines of the scheme.

The monitoring of implementation of RVE projects is carried out by the respective state notified implementing agencies. Third party monitoring by an agency appointed by the concerned state notified implementing agency is mandatory for final closure of the project. It is also the responsibility of the implementing agencies to ensure functionality of the systems after installation.

The RVE programme is currently sanctioned for continuation up to 31st March 2013. However, the Ministry is in the process of developing a new scheme “Rural Area Energy Access Programme I” by modifying the existing RVE scheme.

The state-wise details of villages and hamlets sanctioned based on the complete proposals as per the guidelines of the scheme submitted by different states and approved by the Ministry during the Eleventh Five year plan are given in the Table below.

Sl. No. State No. of villages and hamlets sanctioned during the 11th Plan No. of villages and hamlets completed during the 11th Plan Funds released (Rs. In Lakh)** 1. Andhra Pradesh 13 13 31.47 2. Arunachal Pradesh 0 141 476.09 3. Assam 1691 1817 11089.97 5. Chhattisgarh 314 243 1621.34 6. Delhi* 0 0 24.96 7. Goa 19 0 9.74 8. Gujarat 0 36 0 9. Haryana 92 241 68.55 10. Himachal Pradesh 0 20 0 11. Jammu & Kashmir 320 43 5954.69 12. Jharkhand 251 206 4424.99 13. Karnataka 59 30 125.98 14. Kerala 49 49 339.04 15. Madhya Pradesh 424 351 3150.7 16. Maharashtra 82 228 2220.207 17. Manipur 49 106 520.59 18. Meghalaya 66 124 229.73 20. Nagaland 8 11 83.477 21. Orissa 1528 584 5244.19 23. Rajasthan 103 163 2152.74 24. Sikkim 0 0 8.04 25. Tamil Nadu 32 0 66.76 26. Tripura 479 539 2740.41 27. Uttarakhand 173 76 640.525 28. Uttar Pradesh 257 184 1969.19 29. West Bengal 24 6 2785.24 30. Other (TERI)* 0 0 38.86 Total 6033 5211 46017.479

This information was given by Dr. FarooqAbdullah, Minister for New & Renewable Energy in Lok Sabha on 1st March 2013.