Lok Sabha Question No. 3077 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-11
Subject: Transmission and Distribution Losses
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava, S. Gnanathiraviam

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3077 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.07.2019

## TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION LOSSES

†3077. SHRI MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA: SHRI GNANATHIRAVIAM S.:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) the  targets  fixed  for  bringing  down  transmission  and  distribution losses in the country during each of the last three years and the current year along with the achievements made in this regard, State/UT-wise;

(b) whether the  Government proposes to give performance-based incentives to the States for reducing transmission and distribution losses;

- (c) if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether the Government also proposes to provide several crores to revamp  and  revitalize  the  entire  power  transmission  and  distribution system; and

- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR POWER, NEW & RENEWABLE  ENERGY  AND THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT & ENTREPRENEURSHIP

( SHRI  R.K. SINGH)

(a) : Government  of  India  launched  the  Ujwal  Discom  Assurance Yojana  (UDAY)  in  November  2015    for  the  financial  and  operational turnaround of State-owned Power Distribution Companies (DISCOMS) and under  the  scheme,  it  is  targeted    to  reduce  Aggregate  Technical  & Commercial (AT&C) losses to 15% by FY 2018-19.

- ………2.

As  per  latest  provisional  data  provided  by  States  on  UDAY Portal,  State  Power  Distribution  Utilities  have  reported  improvement  in Aggregate  Technical  &  Commercial  (AT&C)  losses,  which  have  come down from 20.80% in 2015-16 to 18.76% in 2017-18.

The  state  /UT  wise  targets  &  achievements  of  AT&C  losses are at Annexure.

(b) to (e) :   The responsibility for reduction of AT&C  losses in the Distribution  network  rests  with  the  State  Power  Departments/Utilities. Government of India have launched various schemes such as Integrated Power  Development  Scheme  (IPDS),  Deendayal  Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) and Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) to enable States to improve their Distribution infrastructure systems and management of Discoms so that AT&C losses are reduced. Projects under IPDS/DDUGJY schemes envisage creation /augmentation of subtransmission & distribution infrastructure, metering of distribution transformers/feeders/  consumers,  underground  (UG)  and  aerial  bunched (AB)  cables  including  IT  enablement  of  distribution  infrastructures  for reduction of AT&C losses etc.

Under  IPDS  and  DDUGJY  ,  funding  of  up  to  60%  of  scheme cost  is  provided  as  grant  [85%  for  special  category  States]  as  per  the guidelines.  Additional  15%  of  sanction  cost  (5%  for  special  category States)  is  provided  as  grant  on  achievement  of  various  milestones including reduction of AT&C losses to a level as per the trajectory agreed upon between States and Ministry of Power, Government of India. Further, based  on  performance  of  state  under  UDAY,  including  AT&C  losses reduction, funds have been sanctioned for Smart Metering under IPDS.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3077 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 11.07.2019. ***************

| Statement of AT&C Loss (Achievements) for FY 16, FY17, FY18 and FY19 against MoU Targets   | Statement of AT&C Loss (Achievements) for FY 16, FY17, FY18 and FY19 against MoU Targets   | Statement of AT&C Loss (Achievements) for FY 16, FY17, FY18 and FY19 against MoU Targets   | Statement of AT&C Loss (Achievements) for FY 16, FY17, FY18 and FY19 against MoU Targets   | Statement of AT&C Loss (Achievements) for FY 16, FY17, FY18 and FY19 against MoU Targets   | Statement of AT&C Loss (Achievements) for FY 16, FY17, FY18 and FY19 against MoU Targets   | Statement of AT&C Loss (Achievements) for FY 16, FY17, FY18 and FY19 against MoU Targets   | Statement of AT&C Loss (Achievements) for FY 16, FY17, FY18 and FY19 against MoU Targets   |
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| Sl. No.                                                                                    | Parameter                                                                                  | Unit                                                                                       | Achievement 2015-16 (Baseline data)                                                        | MoU Target 2016-17                                                                         | Achievement 2016-17                                                                        | MoU Target 2017-18                                                                         | Achievement 2017-18                                                                        |
| 1                                                                                          | Andhra Pradesh                                                                             | (In %)                                                                                     | 9.41                                                                                       | 9.26                                                                                       | 10.96                                                                                      | 9.00                                                                                       | 8.69                                                                                       |
| 2                                                                                          | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                          | (In %)                                                                                     | 64.27                                                                                      | 52.41                                                                                      | 35.88                                                                                      | 43.00                                                                                      | 65.45                                                                                      |
| 3                                                                                          | Assam                                                                                      | (In %)                                                                                     | 25.51                                                                                      | 19.00                                                                                      | 23.81                                                                                      | 17.75                                                                                      | 15.71                                                                                      |
| 4                                                                                          | Bihar                                                                                      | (In %)                                                                                     | 43.74                                                                                      | 36.43                                                                                      | 38.97                                                                                      | 29.03                                                                                      | 33.19                                                                                      |
| 5                                                                                          | Chhattisgarh                                                                               | (In %)                                                                                     | 21.79                                                                                      | 18.93                                                                                      | 19.34                                                                                      | 18.00                                                                                      | 18.8                                                                                       |
| 6                                                                                          | Dadra and Nagar Haveli                                                                     | (In %)                                                                                     | Data Not Given                                                                             | 7.95                                                                                       | 9.23                                                                                       | 7.50                                                                                       | 6.09                                                                                       |
| 7                                                                                          | Daman and Diu                                                                              | (In %)                                                                                     | 13.25                                                                                      | 10.33                                                                                      | 10.65                                                                                      | 9.32                                                                                       | 10.34                                                                                      |
| 8                                                                                          | Goa                                                                                        | (In %)                                                                                     | 17.12                                                                                      | 18.75                                                                                      | 16.79                                                                                      | 16.59                                                                                      | 16.12                                                                                      |
| 9                                                                                          | Gujarat                                                                                    | (In %)                                                                                     | 15.04                                                                                      | 14.00                                                                                      | 12.28                                                                                      | 13.50                                                                                      | 11.71                                                                                      |
| 10                                                                                         | Haryana                                                                                    | (In %)                                                                                     | 29.83                                                                                      | 24.02                                                                                      | 25.43                                                                                      | 20.04                                                                                      | 20.29                                                                                      |
| 11 Himachal Pradesh                                                                        | 11 Himachal Pradesh                                                                        | (In %)                                                                                     | 12.92                                                                                      | 13.25                                                                                      | 8.48                                                                                       | 13.00                                                                                      | 12.14                                                                                      |
| 12                                                                                         | Jammu & Kashmir                                                                            | (In %)                                                                                     | 61.6                                                                                       | 46.00                                                                                      | 61.34                                                                                      | 35.00                                                                                      | 53.78                                                                                      |
| 13                                                                                         | Jharkhand                                                                                  | (In %)                                                                                     | 34.71                                                                                      | 28.00                                                                                      | 31.8                                                                                       | 22.00                                                                                      | 31.78                                                                                      |
| 14                                                                                         | Karnataka                                                                                  | (In %)                                                                                     | 14.94                                                                                      | 15.50                                                                                      | 15.36                                                                                      | 15.00                                                                                      | 14.48                                                                                      |
| 15                                                                                         | Kerala                                                                                     | (In %)                                                                                     | 16.03                                                                                      | 11.45                                                                                      | 17.28                                                                                      | 11.23                                                                                      | 12.05                                                                                      |
| 16                                                                                         | Madhya Pradesh                                                                             | (In %)                                                                                     | 23.97                                                                                      | 21.15                                                                                      | 26.53                                                                                      | 19.15                                                                                      | 29.74                                                                                      |
| 17                                                                                         | Maharashtra                                                                                | (In %)                                                                                     | 19.07                                                                                      | 16.74                                                                                      | 18.88                                                                                      | 17.51                                                                                      | 17.41                                                                                      |
| 18                                                                                         | Manipur                                                                                    | (In %)                                                                                     | 44.21                                                                                      | 28.89                                                                                      | 36.89                                                                                      | 20.33                                                                                      | 24.61                                                                                      |
| 19                                                                                         | Meghalaya                                                                                  | (In %)                                                                                     | 36.48                                                                                      | 32.51                                                                                      | 34.87                                                                                      | 27.50                                                                                      | 34.64                                                                                      |
| 20                                                                                         | Puducherry                                                                                 | (In %)                                                                                     | 19.88                                                                                      | 19.00                                                                                      | 18.98                                                                                      | 15.00                                                                                      | 19.56                                                                                      |
| 21                                                                                         | Punjab                                                                                     | (In %)                                                                                     | 15.9                                                                                       | 15.30                                                                                      | 14.46                                                                                      | 14.50                                                                                      | 17.26                                                                                      |
| 22                                                                                         | Rajasthan                                                                                  | (In %)                                                                                     | 30.41                                                                                      | 20.11                                                                                      | 26.02                                                                                      | 17.57                                                                                      | 20.02                                                                                      |
| 23                                                                                         | Sikkim                                                                                     | (In %)                                                                                     | 38.06                                                                                      | 29.50                                                                                      | 40.59                                                                                      | 25.94                                                                                      | 32.57                                                                                      |
| 24                                                                                         | Tamil Nadu                                                                                 | (In %)                                                                                     | 14.58                                                                                      | 14.05                                                                                      | 14.53                                                                                      | 13.79                                                                                      | 14.23                                                                                      |
| 25                                                                                         | Telangana                                                                                  | (In %)                                                                                     | 13.95                                                                                      | 12.45                                                                                      | 15.88                                                                                      | 11.19                                                                                      | 13.5                                                                                       |
| 26                                                                                         | Tripura                                                                                    | (In %)                                                                                     | 20.94                                                                                      | 30.00                                                                                      | 16.61                                                                                      | 25.00                                                                                      | 15.52                                                                                      |
| 27                                                                                         | Uttar Pradesh                                                                              | (In %)                                                                                     | 26.47                                                                                      | 28.27                                                                                      | 30.21                                                                                      | 23.63                                                                                      | 27.67                                                                                      |
| 28                                                                                         | Uttarakhand                                                                                | (In %)                                                                                     | 17.19                                                                                      | 16.00                                                                                      | 14.02                                                                                      | 15.00                                                                                      | 15.73                                                                                      |
|                                                                                            | UDAY States Average                                                                        | (In %)                                                                                     | 20.8                                                                                       | 18.74                                                                                      | 20.25                                                                                      | 16.83                                                                                      | 18.76                                                                                      |

(Above data for AT&C is based on provisional / unaudited data as submitted by States /DISCOMs on UDAY portal )

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