Lok Sabha Question No. 3689 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-03
Subject: Status of IPDS
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3689 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.01.2019

## STATUS OF IPDS

3689. DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:

SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO:

SHRI SATAV RAJEEV: SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE: SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the  present  status  of  National  Integrated  Power  Development Scheme (IPDS) along with the aims and objectives;
- (b) whether the IPDS is progressing successfully and the Government has been able to achieve its objective, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether this scheme will strengthen the transmission and distribution  (T&D)  networks,  100  percent  metering  of  urban  areas  and smarten it with information technology, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether some State Governments have not joined the scheme, if so, the name of such States and the steps taken by the Government to make them  join  the  scheme  and  the  quantum  of  funds  released  and  utilized, State-wise; and
- (e) the  other  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  provide  quality  and reliable power supply in the urban areas?

## A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  R. K. SINGH )

(a) to (c) : The Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS) was approved  by  the  Government  of  India  on  20.11.2014    with  the  aim    to provide  quality  and  reliable  power  supply  in  the  urban  areas  with  the following components:

- i) Strengthening of Sub-transmission and Distribution network in urban areas;
2. ii) Metering  of  feeders/distribution  transformers/consumers  in  urban areas; and

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- iii) IT enablement of distribution sector and strengthening of distribution network, being undertaken under R-APDRP.

The Scheme has a total outlay of Rs. 32,612 crore including a budgetary  support  of  Rs.  25,354  crore.  Projects  worth  Rs.  31,945  crore have been sanctioned in 546 circles of 32 states/UTs and Rs. 7116 crore have  been  disbursed.  The  sanctioned  projects  include  Rs.  28,234  Cr  for System strengthening, Rs. 985 Cr.  For IT Phase-II projects, Rs.834 Cr.  for Smart Metering, Rs.747 Cr. for ERP, Rs.165 Cr.  for RT-DAS & Rs.978 Cr. for GIS s/s.  The Projects are under various stages of implementation and are progressing successfully, having achieved 49% progress as reported by the Utilities.

(d) : All  States  have  joined  the  scheme.  The  details  of  funds sanctioned and released are placed at Annexure.

(e)  : Distribution of electricity falls under the purview of States and Distribution Utilities and ensuring the quality and reliable power supply is the responsibility of States and concerned Utility. However, Government of India has  launched several  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. Under IPDS/DDUGJY schemes, central  funding  is  being  provided  for  strengthening  of  sub-transmission and  distribution  networks  in  the  urban  &  rural  areas  and  Metering  of distribution transformers/feeders/ consumers for reduction of T&D losses. Funds  have  also  been  sanctioned  under  IPDS  for  Under  Ground  (UG) cabling  and  Aerial  Bunched  (AB)  cables  for  quality  and  reliable  power supply.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  3689 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 03.01.2019

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State-wise details of projects sanctioned and disbursed under IPDS as on 15.12.2018

| Sl. No.   | State/ UTs   | ST&D   | ST&D   | ST&D                  | ST&D          | IT Enablement/ERP/ Smart meter   | IT Enablement/ERP/ Smart meter   | Total                 | Total         |
|-----------|--------------|--------|--------|-----------------------|---------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------|---------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/ UTs   | Circle | Town   | Approved Cost (crore) | Disb. (crore) | Approved Cost (crore)            | Disb. (crore)                    | Approved Cost (crore) | Disb. (crore) |
| 1         | A&N          | 1      | 1      | 18                    | 1             | 0                                | 0                                | 18                    | 1             |
| 2         | AP           | 13     | 90     | 690                   | 347           | 120                              | 2                                | 810                   | 349           |
| 3         | Arunachal P  | 3      | 9      | 151                   | 13            | 8                                | 0                                | 159                   | 13            |
| 4         | Assam        | 19     | 88     | 691                   | 151           | 26                               | 1                                | 717                   | 152           |
| 5         | Bihar        | 16     | 130    | 2,220                 | 363           | 226                              | 0                                | 2446                  | 363           |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh | 15     | 182    | 529                   | 67            | 117                              | 4                                | 647                   | 71            |
| 7         | Delhi        | 1      | 1      | 198                   | 33            | 0                                | 0                                | 198                   | 33            |
| 8         | Goa          | 2      | 14     | 32                    | 2             | 0                                | 0                                | 32                    | 2             |
| 9         | Gujarat      | 24     | 166    | 1,127                 | 453           | 207                              | 0                                | 1334                  | 453           |
| 10        | Haryana      | 18     | 47     | 391                   | 66            | 37                               | 0                                | 428                   | 66            |
| 11        | HP           | 12     | 54     | 111                   | 28            | 66                               | 4                                | 178                   | 32            |
| 12        | J&K          | 12     | 85     | 447                   | 38            | 21                               | 0                                | 468                   | 38            |
| 13        | Jharkhand    | 15     | 40     | 755                   | 292           | 34                               | 0                                | 790                   | 292           |
| 14        | Karnataka    | 28     | 223    | 1,198                 | 475           | 254                              | 0                                | 1452                  | 475           |
| 15        | Kerala       | 26     | 64     | 600                   | 108           | 131                              | 0                                | 731                   | 108           |
| 16        | Maharashtra  | 46     | 255    | 2,417                 | 427           | 217                              | 6                                | 2634                  | 433           |
| 17        | Manipur      | 3      | 18     | 134                   | 32            | 20                               | 0                                | 154                   | 32            |
| 18        | Meghalaya    | 6      | 9      | 62                    | 15            | 19                               | 0                                | 81                    | 15            |
| 19        | Mizoram      | 1      | 12     | 90                    | 15            | 19                               | 0                                | 109                   | 15            |
| 20        | MP           | 43     | 311    | 1,557                 | 272           | 179                              | 0                                | 1736                  | 272           |
| 21        | Nagaland     | 2      | 12     | 119                   | 17            | 18                               | 1                                | 137                   | 18            |
| 22        | Odisha       | 21     | 112    | 1,083                 | 183           | 142                              | 7                                | 1225                  | 190           |
| 23        | Puducherry   | 1      | 6      | 22                    | 4             | 0                                | 0                                | 22                    | 4             |
| 24        | Punjab       | 20     | 102    | 332                   | 58            | 125                              | 6                                | 457                   | 64            |
| 25        | Rajasthan    | 35     | 185    | 1,350                 | 229           | 190                              | 0                                | 1540                  | 229           |
| 26        | Sikkim       | 6      | 8      | 101                   | 1             | 0                                | 0                                | 101                   | 1             |
| 27        | Tamil Nadu   | 37     | 522    | 1,704                 | 279           | 56                               | 0                                | 1,761                 | 279           |
| 28        | Telangana    | 14     | 67     | 692                   | 186           | 69                               | 4                                | 761                   | 190           |
| 29        | Tripura      | 9      | 20     | 203                   | 17            | 18                               | 0                                | 221                   | 17            |
| 30        | UP           | 67     | 637    | 5,140                 | 2333          | 181                              | 0                                | 5321                  | 2333          |
| 31        | Uttarakhand  | 11     | 38     | 600                   | 50            | 34                               | 5                                | 634                   | 55            |
| Total     | Total        | 546    | 3,630  | 27,706                | 7075          | 2,566                            | 41                               | 30,273*               | 7,116         |

Source: PFC

*In  addition  to  above,  Monitoring  Committee  in  its  13th  Meeting  approved  Additional  System Strengthening  Projects  worth  Rs  525.97  crore,  RT-DAS  Projects  worth  Rs  164.82  crore  and  GIS Projects worth Rs 973.49 crore.   Hence, total sanctions are Rs.31,945 cr.

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