Lok Sabha Question No. 2782 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-04
Subject: Loss of DISCOMS
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: SHIVKUMAR CHANABASAPPA UDASI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2782 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.01.2018

## LOSS OF DISCOMS

2782.   SHRI SHIVKUMAR UDASI:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether DISCOMS in the country have recorded loss and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether UDAY scheme has shown any positive effect on the performance of DISCOMS;
- (c) whether  UDAY  has  failed  to  bring  a  new  dawn  for  the  State-run  power distribution sector; and
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  details  of  the  estimated  targets  and results achieved under the scheme so far, State-wise?

## A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  R. K. SINGH )

(a) : As per 'Report on Performance of State Power Utilities' published by Power  Finance  Corporation  (PFC)  Ltd.,  the  details  of  financial  performance  of state  owned Power Distribution Companies (DISCOMs) during the financial year 2015-16 are given at Annexure-I.

- (b) : As  per  data  furnished  by  24  States,  the  aggregate  net  losses  of DISCOMs participating in UDAY has come down from Rs. 51590 Crore in FY 201516 to Rs.36905 Crore in  FY 2016-17.

(c) & (d) : Interventions  under  UDAY  including  reduction  in  interest  costs  & cost of power and efficiency gains have yielded encouraging results.  As per the data submitted by States, the participating states have achieved an improvement of 1.00% in Aggregate Technical & Commercial (AT&C) losses and Rs.0.17 a Unit in the gap between Average Cost of Supply and Average Revenue Realized in FY 2017.  Details are furnished at Annexure-II.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  2782 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 04.01.2018.

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## Details of State-wise and Utility-wise financial performance for the year 2015-16

Rs. crore

| Region        | State             | Utility                 | Profit/(Loss) on subsidy booked basis   |
|---------------|-------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| Eastern       | Bihar             | NBPDCL                  | (339)                                   |
|               |                   | SBPDCL                  | (734)                                   |
|               | Jharkhand         | JBVNL                   | (1,599)                                 |
|               | Sikkim            | Sikkim PD               | (82)                                    |
|               | West Bengal       | WBSEDCL                 | 22                                      |
|               | Odisha            | CESU                    | (507)                                   |
|               |                   | NESCO Utility           | (144)                                   |
|               |                   | SESCO Utility           | (98)                                    |
|               |                   | WESCO Utility           | (150)                                   |
| North Eastern | Arunachal Pradesh | Arunachal PD            | (272)                                   |
|               | Assam             | APDCL                   | (104)                                   |
|               | Manipur           | MSPDCL                  | (3)                                     |
|               | Meghalaya         | MePDCL                  | (188)                                   |
|               | Mizoram           | Mizoram PD              | 69                                      |
|               | Nagaland          | Nagaland PD             | (371)                                   |
|               | Tripura           | TSECL                   | (49)                                    |
| Northern      | Delhi             | BSES Rajdhani           | 67                                      |
|               |                   | BSES Yamuna             | 17                                      |
|               |                   | TPDDL                   | 258                                     |
|               | Haryana           | DHBVNL                  | (472)                                   |
|               |                   | UHBVNL                  | (336)                                   |
|               | Himachal Pradesh  | HPSEB Ltd.              | (11)                                    |
|               | Jammu & Kashmir   | J&K PDD                 | (4,281)                                 |
|               | Punjab            | PSPCL                   | (1,695)                                 |
|               | Rajasthan         | AVVNL                   | (3,504)                                 |
|               |                   | JDVVNL                  | (3,274)                                 |
|               |                   | JVVNL                   | (4,463)                                 |
|               | Uttar Pradesh     | DVVN                    | (2,084)                                 |
|               |                   | KESCO                   | (1)                                     |
|               |                   | MVVN                    | (1,101)                                 |
|               |                   | Pash VVN                | (875)                                   |
|               |                   | Poorv VVN               | (2,378)                                 |
|               | Uttarakhand       | Ut PCL                  | (96)                                    |
| Southern      | Andhra Pradesh    | APEPDCL                 | (472)                                   |
|               |                   | APSPDCL                 | (3,427)                                 |
|               | Karnataka         | BESCOM                  | 108                                     |
|               |                   | CHESCOM                 | 8                                       |
|               |                   | GESCOM                  | (131)                                   |
|               |                   | HESCOM                  | (373)                                   |
|               |                   | MESCOM                  | 11                                      |
|               | Kerala            | KSEBL                   | (313)                                   |
|               | Puducherry        | Puducherry PD           | 9                                       |
|               | Tamil Nadu        | TANGEDCO                | (5,787)                                 |
|               | Telangana         | TSNPDCL                 | (1,010)                                 |
|               |                   | TSSPDCL                 | (2,369)                                 |
| Western       | Chhattisgarh      | CSPDCL                  | (541)                                   |
|               | Goa               | Goa PD                  | (36)                                    |
|               | Gujarat           | DGVCL                   | 64                                      |
|               |                   | MGVCL                   | 44                                      |
|               |                   | PGVCL                   | 13                                      |
|               |                   | UGVCL                   | 57                                      |
|               | Madhya Pradesh    | MP Madhya Kshetra VVCL  | (2,597)                                 |
|               |                   | MP Paschim Kshetra VVCL | (1,207)                                 |
|               |                   | MP Purv Kshetra VVCL    | (1,617)                                 |
|               | Maharashtra       | MSEDCL                  | (14,979)                                |

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ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (c)  &  (d)  OF  UNSTARRED

QUESTION NO.  2782 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 04.01.2018.

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Statement of State-wise Targets and Achievements of AT&C Loss (In %) and ACSARR Gap (In Rs./unit) for FY 17

|        |                  | AT&C loss   | AT&C loss   | ACS-ARR Gap   | ACS-ARR Gap   |
|--------|------------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
| Sl. No | Parameter        | Target      | Achievement | Target        | Achievement   |
|        |                  | 18.38       | 20.26       | 0.38          | 0.43          |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh   | 9.26        | 10.96       | 0.21          | 0.44          |
| 2      | Assam            | 19          | 25.09       | 0.66          | 0.51          |
| 3      | Bihar            | 36.43       | 38.97       | 1.32          | 0.69          |
| 4      | Chhattisgarh     | 18.93       | 19.34       | -1.21         | -0.15         |
| 5      | Goa              | 18.75       | 16.79       | 0.75          | 0.95          |
| 6      | Gujarat          | 14.06       | 12.28       | -0.04         | -0.03         |
| 7      | Haryana          | 24.02       | 25.37       | 0.83          | 0.04          |
| 8      | Himachal Pradesh | 13.25       | 4.15        | -0.04         | -0.26         |
| 9      | Jammu & Kashmir  | 46          | 61.34       | 0.68          | 2.15          |
| 10     | Jharkhand        | 28.39       | 29.9        | 1.99          | 1.32          |
| 11     | Karnataka        | 15.47       | 15.11       | 0             | 0.29          |
| 12     | Kerala           | 11.45       | 17.28       | -0.26         | 0.53          |
| 13     | Madhya Pradesh   | 21.15       | 25.16       | 0.34          | 0.54          |
| 14     | Maharashtra      | 16.74       | 18.88       | 0.36          | 0.22          |
| 15     | Manipur          | 25.15       | 36.89       | 1.68          | 0.1           |
| 16     | Meghalaya        | 32.51       | 34.87       | 0.83          | 1.99          |
| 17     | Puducherry       | 19          | 18.98       | 0             | 0.07          |
| 18     | Punjab           | 15.3        | 17.57       | 0.37          | 0.71          |
| 19     | Rajasthan        | 20.11       | 26.02       | 0.4*          | 0.48          |
| 20     | Tamil Nadu       | 14.05       | 14.53       | 0.2           | 0.36          |
| 21     | Telangana        | 12.45       | 14.2        | 0.87          | 0.64          |
| 22     | Tripura          | 30          | 16.61       | 0.05          | 0.02          |
| 23     | Uttar Pradesh    | 28.27       | 30.21       | 1.04          | 0.66          |
| 24     | Uttarakhand      | 15.99       | 14.02       | 0.04          | 0.23          |

Note: AT&C and GAP targets are as per MOU. However, in Rajasthan MOU, ACSARR  GAP  data  is  available  only  DISCOM  wise,  hence  the  consolidated  targets entered in the UDAY portal has been considered.

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