Lok Sabha Question No. 4871 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-25
Subject: Financial Aid to States under UDAY
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Gowdar Mallikarjunappa Siddeshwara

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4871 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.03.2021

## FINANCIAL AID TO STATES UNDER UDAY

4871.  SHRI G.M. SIDDESHWAR:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of special financial aid or grant provided to States under Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY), State-wise;
- (b) whether  the  participating  States  under  UDAY  are  expected  to  undergo  certain improvement in areas like production, distribution, transmission of electricity etc.;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the details of improvements carried out by the States in above mentioned areas?

## 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) : There is no provision for special financial aid (grants) to States under Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) from the Government of India.
- (b) : Yes,  Sir. UDAY  is  a  scheme  for  financial  turnaround  of  Distribution Companies (DISCOMs) with an objective to improve the operational & financial efficiency of  the  State  DISCOMs. DISCOM  for the purpose of  this  scheme  may  include  combined Generation, Transmission and Distribution undertakings.
- (c) & (d) : As  a  result  of  participation  under  UDAY,  State  Power  Distribution Utilities have reported improvement which include i) Reduction of Aggregate Technical & Commercial Losses (AT&C) from 23.70% in FY16 to 23.50%, 22.38% and 22.03%  in FY17, FY18  and  FY19,  respectively  and  ii)  Reduction  of    Average  Cost  of  Supply  (ACS)  Average Revenue Realised (ARR) Gap from Re.0.48 per kWh in FY16 to Re.0.37 per kWh in  FY17  and  further  to  Re.0.30  per  kWh  in  FY18.  However,  the  ACS-ARR  Gap  has increased to 0.52 per kWh in FY19. The details of the performance of the States on AT&C loss and ACS-ARR gaps are enclosed as Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (c)  &  (d)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.   4871 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 25.03.2021 **************

## AT & C Losses (%)

|                   |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |
|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Andhra Pradesh    |     10.36 |     13.77 |     14.26 |     25.67 |
| Arunachal Pradesh |     54.58 |     53.64 |     58.36 |     55.5  |
| Assam             |     26.02 |     20.1  |     17.64 |     19.87 |
| Bihar             |     43.3  |     41.57 |     33.48 |     30.94 |
| Chhattisgarh      |     22.1  |     23.87 |     20.74 |     27.33 |
| Delhi             |     12.44 |     10.79 |      9.9  |      9.07 |
| Goa               |     19.77 |     24.33 |     13.52 |     15.69 |
| Gujarat           |     16.23 |     14.18 |     12.96 |     13.98 |
| Haryana           |     29.27 |     26.42 |     21.78 |     18.08 |
| Himachal Pradesh  |      9.68 |     11.48 |     11.08 |     11.39 |
| Jammu & Kashmir   |     58.75 |     59.96 |     53.67 |     49.94 |
| Jharkhand         |     33.34 |     35.95 |     32.48 |     28.6  |
| Karnataka         |     17.13 |     16.82 |     15.61 |     19.82 |
| Kerala            |     12.4  |     13.32 |     12.74 |      9.1  |
| Madhya Pradesh    |     27.37 |     25.72 |     29.62 |     36.01 |
| Maharashtra       |     21.74 |     22.73 |     19.26 |     14.73 |
| Manipur           |     31.72 |     33.01 |     27.5  |     29.79 |
| Meghalaya         |     45.98 |     38.81 |     39.79 |     35.22 |
| Mizoram           |     35.18 |     24.98 |     22.44 |     16.2  |
| Nagaland          |     33.44 |     38.5  |     41.36 |     40.06 |
| Odisha            |     38.6  |     36.33 |     31.81 |     29.17 |
| Puducherry        |     22.43 |     21.34 |     19.13 |     22.24 |
| Punjab            |     15.88 |     14.46 |     17.31 |     11.28 |
| Rajasthan         |     31.59 |     27.33 |     24.05 |     28.26 |
| Sikkim            |     43.89 |     35.62 |     32.48 |     31.83 |
| Tamil Nadu        |     16.83 |     18.23 |     19.47 |     17.47 |
| Telangana         |     14.01 |     15.19 |     19.91 |     19.99 |
| Tripura           |     32.68 |     29.2  |     30.31 |     35.48 |
| Uttar Pradesh     |     39.76 |     40.91 |     37.8  |     33.15 |
| Uttarakhand       |     18.01 |     16.68 |     15.79 |     16.2  |
| West Bengal       |     28.08 |     27.83 |     26.69 |     23    |
| Grand Total       |     23.7  |     23.5  |     22.38 |     22.03 |

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Gap on subsidy received basis

|                   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   |
|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Andhra Pradesh    | 0.80      | 0.52      | 0.09      | 2.67      |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 0.49      | 3.65      | 4.64      | 4.27      |
| Assam             | 0.23      | 0.06      | (0.32)    | (0.32)    |
| Bihar             | 0.46      | 0.51      | 0.68      | 0.39      |
| Chhattisgarh      | (0.01)    | 0.21      | 0.16      | 0.35      |
| Delhi             | (0.10)    | (0.16)    | (0.19)    | (0.23)    |
| Goa               | 0.71      | 0.70      | (0.06)    | 0.39      |
| Gujarat           | (0.02)    | (0.05)    | (0.06)    | (0.02)    |
| Haryana           | 0.16      | 0.04      | (0.08)    | (0.05)    |
| Himachal Pradesh  | (0.31)    | 0.18      | 0.03      | (0.07)    |
| Jammu & Kashmir   | 3.00      | 2.65      | 1.85      | 1.72      |
| Jharkhand         | 0.93      | 1.39      | 0.16      | 0.58      |
| Karnataka         | 0.01      | 0.29      | 0.30      | 0.24      |
| Kerala            | 0.30      | 0.62      | 0.32      | 0.11      |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 0.87      | 0.18      | 0.78      | 1.30      |
| Maharashtra       | 0.21      | 0.06      | (0.13)    | (0.19)    |
| Manipur           | 0.02      | 0.06      | (0.02)    | 0.10      |
| Meghalaya         | 0.82      | 1.66      | 1.16      | 0.85      |
| Mizoram           | 2.06      | 2.12      | (1.30)    | 1.18      |
| Nagaland          | 0.20      | 0.81      | 0.81      | 4.09      |
| Odisha            | 0.39      | 0.38      | 0.32      | 0.60      |
| Puducherry        | (0.02)    | 0.03      | (0.02)    | 0.13      |
| Punjab            | 0.53      | 0.65      | 0.48      | (0.07)    |
| Rajasthan         | 1.83      | 0.50      | (0.09)    | 0.06      |
| Sikkim            | 2.09      | 1.20      | 0.25      | 0.02      |
| Tamil Nadu        | 0.67      | 0.50      | 0.89      | 1.32      |
| Telangana         | 0.74      | 1.23      | 1.12      | 1.38      |
| Tripura           | 0.42      | (0.15)    | (0.09)    | (0.06)    |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 0.29      | 0.33      | 0.45      | 0.56      |
| Uttarakhand       | 0.10      | 0.24      | 0.18      | 0.38      |
| West Bengal       | (0.04)    | 0.04      | (0.02)    | 0.00      |
| Grand Total       | 0.48      | 0.37      | 0.30      | 0.52      |

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