Lok Sabha Question No. 3185 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-03
Subject: UDAY
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE, VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT, NAGENDRA KUMAR PRADHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3185 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2017

## UDAY

3185. DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE: SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT: SHRI NAGENDRA KUMAR PRADHAN:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana is being implemented for State discoms;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the salient features thereof;
- (c) whether the scheme has set the year wise targets for reduction in AT&C losses as well as reduction in ACS-ARR gap;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the State-wise details of reduction in AT&C losses and ACS-ARR gap since the launch of this scheme?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR POWER, COAL, NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND MINES

( SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL )

(a)  &  (b)  :    The  Government  has  launched  the  scheme  Ujjwal  DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY) on 20-11-2015 to improve financial and operational  efficiencies  of  state  owned  Power  Distribution  Companies (DISCOMs).  The scheme is optional for the States to join.  UDAY aims to reduce the burden of interest, cost of power and Aggregate Technical & Commercial  (AT&C)  losses.    The  scheme  also  seeks  to  reduce  the  gap between  Average  Cost  of  Supply  (ACS)  and  Average  Revenue  Realized (ARR) to zero as per defined trajectories.

..........2.

So far, Twenty Six (26) States and one (01) UT namely Andhra Pradesh,  Arunachal  Pradesh,  Assam,  Bihar,  Chhattisgarh,  Goa,  Gujarat, Haryana,  Himachal  Pradesh,  Jammu  &  Kashmir,  Jharkhand,  Karnataka, Kerala,  Madhya  Pradesh,  Maharashtra,  Manipur,  Meghalaya,  Mizoram, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Puducherry have signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Power (MoP) under UDAY.

(c)  &  (d)  :    All  the  States/UT,  who  have  signed  MoUs  under  UDAY,  have undertaken to reduce the ACS-ARR gap and AT&C losses as per agreed trajectories.  Details are given at Annexure-I & II respectively.

(e) : The performance of the operational parameters i.e. Aggregate Technical  &  Commercial  (AT&C)  losses  and  Average  Cost  of  SupplyAverage  Revenue  Realized  (ACS-ARR)  Gap  achieved  under  UDAY  as updated by participating states are given at Annexure-III & IV respectively.

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ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (c)  &  (d)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3185 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 03.08.2017. ***********

## ACS-ARR GAP TO BE REDUCED AS PER THE AGREED TRAJECTORY IN THE MoU

| Sl. NO.            | STATE DISCOM            | FY15   |   FY16 |   FY17 |   FY18 FY19 | FY20   |
|--------------------|-------------------------|--------|--------|--------|-------------|--------|
| 1.                 | Rajasthan AJMER (AVVNL) | 2.35   |   0.39 |  -0.15 |       -0.15 |        |
| 1.                 | JODHPUR (JVVNL)         | 1.98   |   0.32 |  -0.11 |       -0.11 |        |
| 1.                 | JAIPUR (JVVNL)          | 2.04   |   0.53 |  -0.11 |       -0.11 |        |
| 2. Uttar Pradesh   | ALL DISCOMs             | 1.76   |   1.04 |   0.6  |        0.22 | -0.06  |
| 3. Bihar           | NORTH BIHAR (NBPDCL)    | 1.79   |   1.25 |   0.8  |        0.48 | -0.07  |
| 3. Bihar           | SOUTH BIHAR (SBPDCL)    | 2.00   |   1.39 |   0.85 |        0.34 | -0.24  |
| 4.                 | Jammu & Kashmir         | 2.41   |   0.68 |   0.71 |        0.49 | -0.09  |
| 5. Haryana         | UHBVNL/DHBVNL           | 0.81   |   0.83 |   0.51 |        0.12 | -0.02  |
| 6. Jharkhand       | JBVNL                   | 3.16   |   1.99 |   0.99 |        0    |        |
| 7. Uttarakhand     | UPCL                    | 0.07   |   0.04 |  -0.01 |       -0.03 |        |
| 8. Punjab          | PSPCL                   | 0.43   |   0.37 |   0.04 |       -0.09 |        |
| 9. Gujarat         | All DISCOMs             | -0.03  |  -0.04 |  -0.04 |       -0.06 |        |
| 10. Chhattisgarh   | CSPDCL                  | 0.35   |  -1.21 |  -0.34 |       -0.52 |        |
| Andhra             | APEPDCL                 | 0.31   |   0.1  |   0.01 |       -0.02 |        |
| 11. Pradesh        | APSPDCL                 | 0.53   |   0.28 |   0    |       -0.03 |        |
| 12. Goa            | Goa-ED                  |        |   0.75 |   0.2  |       -0.15 |        |
| 13. Karnataka      | All DISCOMs(Combined)   | 0.10   |   0    |  -0.01 |       -0    |        |
| 14. Manipur        | MSPDCL                  |        |   1.68 |   0.64 |       -0.36 |        |
| 15. Madhya Pradesh | All DISCOMs (combined)  | 0.65   |   0.34 |   0.16 |        0.03 | -0.10  |
| 16. Puducherry     | Puducherry-ED           | 0.00   |   0    |   0    |        0    |        |
| 17. Maharashtra    | MSEDCL                  | 0.50   |   0.36 |   0.01 |       -0.39 |        |
| 18. Sikkim         |                         | 2.58   |   0.7  |   0.39 |       -0.09 |        |
| 19. Meghalaya      |                         |        |   0.83 |   0.61 |        0.35 | -0.01  |
| 20. Tripura        |                         |        |   0.05 |   0.04 |        0.03 | -0.01  |
| 21. Pradesh        |                         | 0.00   |   0    |   0    |        0    | 0.00   |
| 22. Mizoram        |                         | 0.00   |   0    |   0    |        0    | 0.00   |
| 23. Kerala         |                         | 0.16   |   0.26 |  -0.04 |       -0.06 |        |
| 24. Tamil Nadu     |                         | 0.60   |   0.2  |   0.05 |       -0.07 |        |
| 25. Assam          |                         | 0.66   |   0.43 |   0.19 |       -0.05 |        |
| 26. Pradesh        |                         | 0.09   |  -0.04 |  -0.05 |       -0.05 |        |
| 27. Telangana      | All DISCOMs(combined)   |        |   0.87 |   0.4  |        0    |        |

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ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c) & (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  3185  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  THE  LOK  SABHA  ON 03.08.2017.

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AT&C LOSSES TO BE REDUCED AS PER THE AGREED TRAJECTORY IN THE MoU

| Sl. No.               | State DISCOM            | FY15   | FY16   | FY17   | FY18 FY19   | FY20   |
|-----------------------|-------------------------|--------|--------|--------|-------------|--------|
| 1.                    | Rajasthan AJMER (AVVNL) | 24.00% | 20.00% | 17.5%  | 15.00%      |        |
| 1.                    | JODHPUR (JVVNL)         | 22.4%  | 18.00% | 16.5%  | 15.00%      |        |
| 1.                    | JAIPUR (JVVNL)          | 27.50% | 22.00% | 18.5%  | 15.00%      |        |
| 2. Uttar Pradesh      | All DISCOMs             | 32.36% | 28.27% | 23.63% | 19.36%      | 14.86% |
| 3. Bihar              | NORTH BIHAR (NBPDCL)    | 40.00% | 34.00% | 28.00% | 20.00%      | 15.00% |
| 3. Bihar              | SOUTH BIHAR (SBPDCL)    | 44.00% | 38.00% | 30.00% | 22.00%      | 15.00% |
| 4. Jammu &            | Kashmir                 | 56.00% | 46.00% | 35.00% | 25.00%      | 15.00% |
| 5. Haryana            | UHBVNL/DHBVNL           | 28.05% | 24.02% | 20.04% | 15.00%      |        |
| 6. Jharkhand          | JBVNL                   | 35.00% | 28.00% | 22.00% | 15.00%      |        |
| 7. Uttarakhand        | UPCL                    | 17.00% | 16.00% | 15.00% | 14.50%      |        |
| 8. Punjab             | PSPCL                   | 16.16% | 15.30% | 14.50% | 14.00%      |        |
| 9. Gujarat            | (combined)              | 14.50% | 14.00% | 13.50% | 13.00%      |        |
| 10. Chhattisgarh      | CSPDCL                  | 21.00% | 18.93% | 18.00% | 15.00%      |        |
|                       | APEPDCL                 |        | 5.46%  | 5.45%  | 5.44%       |        |
| 11. Andhra Pradesh    | APSPDCL                 |        | 11.29% | 11.09% | 10.89%      |        |
| 12. Goa               | Goa-ED                  | 21.06% | 18.75% | 16.59% | 15.00%      |        |
| 13. Karnataka         | All DISCOMs (combined)  | 15.37% | 15.50% | 15.00% | 14.02%      |        |
| 14. Manipur           | MSPDCL                  | 44.20% | 25.15% | 18.70% | 15.00%      |        |
| 15. Madhya Pradesh    | All DISCOMs (combined)  | 26.27% | 21.15% | 19.15% | 17.00%      | 15.00% |
| 16. Puducherry        | Puducherry-ED           | 19.88% | 19.00% | 15.00% | 12.00%      |        |
| 17. Maharashtra       | MSEDCL                  | 17.31% | 16.74% | 15.61% | 14.39%      |        |
| 18. Sikkim            |                         | 37.13% | 29.50% | 25.94% | 15.00%      |        |
| 19. Meghalaya         |                         | 36.50% | 32.51% | 27.50% | 21.50%      | 15.00% |
| 20. Tripura           |                         | 33.80% | 30.00% | 25.00% | 20.00%      | 15.00% |
| 21. Arunachal Pradesh |                         | 57.74% | 52.41% | 43.00% | 39.00%      | 25.00% |
| 22. Mizoram           |                         | 32.17% | 27.38% | 23.76% | 20.30%      | 15.00% |
| 23. Kerala            |                         | 11.57% | 11.45% | 11.23% | 11.00%      |        |
| 24. Tamil Nadu        |                         | 14.58% | 14.06% | 13.79% | 13.50%      |        |
| 25. Assam             |                         | 22.49% | 19.00% | 17.75% | 16.10%      | 15.00% |
| 26. Himachal          | Pradesh                 | 13.85% | 13.50% | 13.00% | 12.75%      |        |
| 27. Telangana         | TSSPDCL                 |        | 12.68% | 11.30% | 9.90%       |        |
|                       | TSNPDCL                 |        | 11.90% | 10.95% | 10.00%      |        |

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ANNEXURE-III ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (e)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  3185  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  THE  LOK  SABHA  ON 03.08.2017. ***********

AT&C Loss

| Parameter          | Unit   |         | FY 2016-17   |               |                                           |
|--------------------|--------|---------|--------------|---------------|-------------------------------------------|
| No.                |        | 2015-16 | Target       | Achieve- ment | Reduction in AT&C Loss over previous year |
| All India Basis    | (In %) | 21.14   | 18.66        | 20.07         | 1.07                                      |
| 1 Himachal Pradesh | (In %) | 12.92   | 13.25        | 4.15          | 8.77                                      |
| 2 Manipur          | (In %) | 44.21   | 28.89        | 36.89         | 7.32                                      |
| 3 Jharkhand        | (In %) | 34.71   | 28.38        | 29.90         | 4.81                                      |
| 4 Tripura          | (In %) | 20.94   | 30.00        | 16.61         | 4.33                                      |
| 5 Haryana          | (In %) | 29.83   | 24.03        | 25.69         | 4.14                                      |
| 6 Rajasthan        | (In %) | 27.27   | 23.09        | 23.81         | 3.46                                      |
| 7 Gujarat          | (In %) | 15.04   | 14.06        | 12.28         | 2.76                                      |
| 8 Uttarakhand      | (In %) | 17.19   | 15.99        | 14.50         | 2.69                                      |
| 9 Chhattisgarh     | (In %) | 21.79   | 18.93        | 19.34         | 2.45                                      |
| 10 Bihar           | (In %) | 43.74   | 36.42        | 41.75         | 1.99                                      |
| 11 Meghalaya       | (In %) | 36.48   | 32.51        | 34.87         | 1.61                                      |
| 12 Puducherry      | (In %) | 19.88   | 19.00        | 18.98         | 0.90                                      |
| 13 Maharashtra     | (In %) | 19.07   | 16.74        | 18.30         | 0.77                                      |
| 14 Goa             | (In %) | 17.12   | 14.49        | 16.79         | 0.33                                      |
| 15 Jammu & Kashmir | (In %) | 61.6    | 46.00        | 61.34         | 0.26                                      |
| 16 Tamil Nadu      | (In %) | 14.38   | 14.02        | 14.53         | -0.15                                     |
| 17 Telangana       | (In %) | 14.02   | 11.93        | 14.20         | -0.18                                     |
| 18 Karnataka       | (In %) | 14.94   | 15.43        | 15.15         | -0.21                                     |
| 19 Madhya Pradesh  | (In %) | 23.97   | 20.76        | 25.16         | -1.19                                     |
| 20 Kerala          | (In %) | 16.03   | 11.57        | 17.28         | -1.25                                     |
| 21 Andhra Pradesh  | (In %) | 9.41    | 9.26         | 10.96         | -1.55                                     |
| 22 Punjab          | (In %) | 15.95   | 15.30        | 17.57         | -1.62                                     |
| 23 Assam           | (In %) | 22.12   | 19.00        | 25.09         | -2.97                                     |
| 24 Uttar Pradesh   | (In %) | 26.47   | 28.08        | 30.21         | -3.74                                     |

Depicts  the  data  of  24  states  only  on  UDAY  portal.  Three  states  joined  in February/March 17 are yet to submit the performance data.

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## ACS-ARR GAP

| Sl. No.   | Parameter        | Unit          |   FY 2015-16 |   Target |   Achievement |   Reduction in ACS-ARR gap over previous year |
|-----------|------------------|---------------|--------------|----------|---------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|           | All India Basis  | (In Rs./unit) |         0.6  |     0.38 |          0.47 |                                          0.13 |
| 1         | Manipur          | (In Rs./unit) |         1.31 |     0    |          0.1  |                                          1.21 |
| 2         | Rajasthan        | (In Rs./unit) |         1.68 |     0.41 |          0.74 |                                          0.94 |
| 3         | Goa              | (In Rs./unit) |         1.5  |     0.68 |          0.95 |                                          0.55 |
| 4         | Jammu & Kashmir  | (In Rs./unit) |         2.55 |     0.68 |          2.15 |                                          0.4  |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh     | (In Rs./unit) |         0.18 |    -1.21 |         -0.15 |                                          0.33 |
| 6         | Himachal Pradesh | (In Rs./unit) |         0.01 |    -0.04 |         -0.26 |                                          0.27 |
| 7         | Tamil Nadu       | (In Rs./unit) |         0.6  |     0.2  |          0.36 |                                          0.24 |
| 8         | Tripura          | (In Rs./unit) |         0.24 |     0.05 |          0.02 |                                          0.22 |
| 9         | Andhra Pradesh   | (In Rs./unit) |         0.82 |     0.21 |          0.6  |                                          0.22 |
| 10        | Uttar Pradesh    | (In Rs./unit) |         0.88 |     0.94 |          0.66 |                                          0.22 |
| 11        | Telangana        | (In Rs./unit) |         0.75 |     0.82 |          0.64 |                                          0.11 |
| 12        | Haryana          | (In Rs./unit) |         0.18 |     0.83 |          0.08 |                                          0.1  |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh   | (In Rs./unit) |         0.92 |     0.34 |          0.86 |                                          0.06 |
| 14        | Maharashtra      | (In Rs./unit) |         0.24 |     0.3  |          0.22 |                                          0.02 |
| 15        | Gujarat          | (In Rs./unit) |        -0.02 |    -0.02 |         -0.03 |                                          0.01 |
| 16        | Puducherry       | (In Rs./unit) |         0.03 |     0.19 |          0.07 |                                         -0.04 |
| 17        | Uttarakhand      | (In Rs./unit) |         0.1  |     0.03 |          0.14 |                                         -0.04 |
| 18        | Bihar            | (In Rs./unit) |         0.65 |     1.32 |          0.71 |                                         -0.06 |
| 19        | Meghalaya        | (In Rs./unit) |         1.71 |     0.83 |          1.81 |                                         -0.1  |
| 20        | Punjab           | (In Rs./unit) |         0.6  |     0.02 |          0.71 |                                         -0.11 |
| 21        | Assam            | (In Rs./unit) |         0.48 |     0.66 |          0.65 |                                         -0.17 |
| 22        | Jharkhand        | (In Rs./unit) |         1.22 |     1.63 |          1.48 |                                         -0.26 |
| 23        | Karnataka        | (In Rs./unit) |         0.06 |     0.56 |          0.35 |                                         -0.29 |
| 24        | Kerala           | (In Rs./unit) |         0.23 |    -0.26 |          0.53 |                                         -0.3  |

Depicts the data of 24 states only on UDAY portal. Three states joined in February/March 17 are yet to submit the performance data.

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## ANNEXURE-IV

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (e)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  3185  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  THE  LOK  SABHA  ON 03.08.2017.

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