Lok Sabha Question No. 3366 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-15
Subject: Installation of Pre-Paid or Smart Meters
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: RAMDAS CHANDRABHANJI TADAS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3366 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.03.2018

## INSTALLATION OF PRE-PAID OR SMART METERS

†3366. SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) the names of the States and Union Territories in which the installation of prepaid or smart meters has been started in the country at present;

- (b) whether the installation of pre-paid or smart meters has been completed in any State;

(c) if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether  the  Union  Government  has  sanctioned  any  financial  package  to the  States  for  installing  pre-paid  or  smart  meters  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof; and

(e) the funds released to Maharashtra till date and the time by which the work is likely to be completed in the State?

## A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  R. K. SINGH )

(a) to (d) :  Provision of meters, including smart meters, is the responsibility of the States  and  their  respective  Distribution  utilities.  The  Government  of  India  has been supporting States for provisioning of Smart Meters under several Smart Grid Pilot  Projects,  the  status  of  installation  of  which  is  furnished  at  Annex-I.  Under Integrated  Power Development  Scheme (IPDS) and National Smart Grid  Mission (NSGM), sanctions for 6,15,786 smart meters/prepaid meters have been issued as per  details  furnished  at  Annex-II.  Recently,  on  the  basis  of  Ujwal  Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) scheme performance, approval for additional outlay of Rs. 750 crore for smart metering projects has been made under IPDS. Recently bid  for  providing  50  Lakh smart  meters in  Uttar  Pradesh  and  Haryana  has been settled.

(e) : In Maharashtra Smart Grid projects at Amravati town and Congress Nagar Division (Nagpur) worth Rs.229.20 Cr. were sanctioned for deployment of Smart  Grid  infrastructure  including  installation  of  2,73,898  Smart  Meters  under NSGM.  So  far,  as  per  the  milestone,  an  amount  of  Rs.2.70  Crore  have  been released. Both the projects are currently in tendering stage.

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ANNEX-I ANNEX  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.    3366  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  THE  LOK  SABHA  ON 15.03.2018. *********** STATUS  OF  NO.  OF  SMART  METERS  INSTALLED  UNDER  SMART  GRID PILOT PROJECTS

| Sl. No.   | State/UT         | Number Of Smart Meters Installed   |
|-----------|------------------|------------------------------------|
| 1.        | Karnataka        | 20,496                             |
| 2.        | Haryana          | 7,044                              |
| 3.        | Himachal Pradesh | 1,346                              |
| 4.        | Assam            | 13,598                             |
| 5.        | Telangana        | 28                                 |
| 6.        | Tripura          | 15,049                             |
| 7.        | Puducherry       | 2,281                              |
| 8.        | Gujarat          | 250                                |
| 9.        | IIT-Kanpur,UP    | 28                                 |
|           | Total            | 60,120                             |

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ANNEX-II ANNEX  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.    3366  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  THE  LOK  SABHA  ON 15.03.2018. ***********

Smart Meters & Prepaid Meters sanctioned under IPDS & NSGM

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                  |   Smart Meters & Prepaid meters sanctioned |
|-----------|---------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| 1.        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                                        450 |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh            |                                      16490 |
| 3.        | Assam                     |                                       3760 |
| 4.        | Bihar                     |                                       5288 |
| 5.        | Chandigarh                |                                      29433 |
| 6.        | Chhattisgarh              |                                         75 |
| 7.        | Gujarat                   |                                      66908 |
| 8.        | Haryana                   |                                       1653 |
| 9.        | Jammu& Kashmir            |                                        460 |
| 10.       | Jharkhand                 |                                        844 |
| 11.       | Karnataka                 |                                      31858 |
| 12.       | Kerala                    |                                      20223 |
| 13.       | Madhya Pradesh            |                                      15145 |
| 14.       | Maharashtra               |                                     284487 |
| 15.       | Manipur                   |                                        360 |
| 16.       | Meghalaya                 |                                         15 |
| 17.       | Odisha                    |                                       5860 |
| 18.       | Punjab                    |                                        582 |
| 19.       | Rajasthan                 |                                      15232 |
| 20.       | Sikkim                    |                                       2212 |
| 21.       | Telangana                 |                                      50622 |
| 22.       | Tripura                   |                                       2855 |
| 23.       | Uttar Pradesh             |                                      24684 |
| 24.       | Uttarakhand               |                                        350 |
| 25.       | West Bengal               |                                      35940 |
| Total     | Total                     |                                     615786 |

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