Lok Sabha Question No. 5386 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-06
Subject: T&D Lossses
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: KRISHNAN NARAYANASAMY RAMACHANDRAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5386 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.04.2017

## T&D LOSSSES

## 5386.   SHRI K.N. RAMACHANDRAN:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  any  standards  with  regard  to  transmission  and  distribution  of electricity have been fixed by advanced countries;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  Transmission  and  Distribution (T&D) losses suffered in the country in comparison to the advanced countries, State-wise;
- (c) whether the factors responsible for T&D losses have been assessed;
- (d) if so, the steps taken by the Government to reduce the losses along with the success achieved therein; and
- (e) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  modernize  the  State  Electricity Boards (SEBs) specifically to reduce leakages and losses and if so, the details thereof?

## 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) : There are no universally accepted standards for Transmission and Distribution  (T&D)  losses.  State-wise  percentage  of  T&D  losses  (including energy unaccounted for) in the country during the last three years are given at Annex.    In  comparison  to  advanced  countries,  Transmission  &  Distribution losses in India are high.  This is because upgradation has not taken place over several years.
- (c) : The  factors  responsible  for  Aggregate  Technical  &  Commercial (AT&C) losses and T&D losses are overloading of existing lines and substation equipment; Low HT: LT lines ratio; poor repair and maintenance of equipment; non-installation of sufficient capacitors/reactive power equipment; low metering/billing/collection efficiency; theft and pilferage of electricity & tampering of meters.
- (d) & (e) : The responsibility of reduction of AT&C losses in the Distribution network rests with the State power department/utilities. However, to facilitate the  reduction  of  AT&C  losses  and  to  improve  power  distribution  system,  the Government  of India has launched  schemes  such  as Integrated  Power Development  Scheme  (IPDS),  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti  Yojana (DDUGJY), National Electricity Fund (NEF) and Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY).

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## ANNEX

ANNEX REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  &  (b)  OF  UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO.5386 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 06.04.2017. ***********

| Region                   |    | STATES/UTs        | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2015-16*   |
|--------------------------|----|-------------------|-----------|-----------|------------|
| NR                       | 1  | HARYANA           | 35.83     | 34.05     | 31.61      |
|                          | 2  | HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 21.03     | 20.81     | 18.75      |
|                          | 3  | JAMMU & KASHMIR   | 54.68     | 53.06     | 50.06      |
|                          | 4  | PUNJAB            | 20.67     | 18.45     | 18.55      |
|                          | 5  | RAJASTHAN         | 26.92     | 27.51     | 29.13      |
|                          | 6  | UTTAR PRADESH     | 29.07     | 27.19     | 24.51      |
|                          | 7  | UTTARAKHAND       | 21.82     | 24.53     | 25.6       |
|                          | 8  | CHANDIGARH        | 19.12     | 19.1      | 18.74      |
|                          | 9  | DELHI             | 19.86     | 21.49     | 19.58      |
| WR                       | 1  | GUJARAT           | 18.11     | 19.28     | 19.1       |
|                          | 2  | MADHYA PRADESH    | 31.47     | 32.26     | 28.61      |
|                          | 3  | CHHATTISGARH      | 28.38     | 29.21     | 30.78      |
|                          | 4  | MAHARASHTRA       | 21.8      | 20.39     | 19.89      |
|                          | 5  | D & N HAVELI      | 8.55      | 10.33     | 10.06      |
|                          | 6  | GOA               | 12.67     | 14.97     | 18.04      |
|                          | 7  | DAMAN & DIU       | 13.77     | 29.63     | 31.85      |
| SR                       | 1  | ANDHRA PRADESH    | 20.06     | 17.94     | 15.24      |
|                          | 2  | Telangana         |           | 15.72     | 16.1       |
|                          | 3  | KARNATAKA         | 10.18     | 11.5      | 10.21      |
|                          | 4  | KERALA            | 14.99     | 15.4      | 10.78      |
|                          | 5  | TAMILNADU         | 10.84     | 11.07     | 10.13      |
|                          | 6  | LAKSHADWEEP       | 11.2      | 3.63      | 9.81       |
|                          | 7  | PUDUCHERRY        | 14.83     | 14.9      | 14.01      |
| ER                       | 1  | BIHAR             | 47.26     | 46.27     | 49.29      |
|                          | 2  | JHARKHAND         | 13.06     | 17.2      | 16.99      |
|                          | 3  | ODISHA            | 38.86     | 41.96     | 39.1       |
|                          | 4  | SIKKIM            | 23.11     | 24.97     | 26.52      |
|                          | 5  | WEST BENGAL       | 24.05     | 24.66     | 22.16      |
|                          | 6  | A & N ISLS.       | 19.79     | 20.5      | 14.47      |
| NER                      | 1  | ASSAM             | 31.08     | 27.57     | 25.2       |
|                          | 2  | MANIPUR           | 38.51     | 40.95     | 44.45      |
|                          | 3  | MEGHALAYA         | 21.38     | 33.34     | 32.32      |
|                          | 4  | NAGALAND          | 35.79     | 26.51     | 29.89      |
|                          | 5  | TRIPURA           | 35.35     | 35.93     | 30.56      |
|                          | 6  | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 46.3      | 46.24     | 50.6       |
|                          | 7  | MIZORAM           | 41.54     | 42.05     | 36.11      |
| All India                |    |                   | 22.84     | 22.77     | 21.81      |
| *Provisional Source: CEA |    |                   |           |           |            |

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