Lok Sabha Question No. 1256 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-09
Subject: Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Pinaki Misra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1256 ANSWERED ON 09.02.2023

## REVAMPED DISTRIBUTION SECTOR SCHEME

1256.  SHRI PINAKI MISRA:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  various  schemes  included  under  the  Revamped  Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS);
- (b) the details of the number of smart meters distributed under the Scheme, State/UTwise; and
- (c) the details of the project proposals and the status of implementation thereof from the State of Odisha?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a)  :                Government  of  India  launched  the  Revamped  Distribution  Sector  Scheme (RDSS)  with an outlay of Rs. 3,03,758 crore  and estimated GBS  from  Central Government of Rs. 97,631 crore for the duration of 5 years i.e. from (FY 2021-22 to FY 2025-26). The Scheme aims to reduce the Aggregate Technical & Commercial (AT&C) losses to pan-India levels of 12-15% and Average Cost of Supply (ACS)-Average Revenue Realised (ARR) gap to zero by 2024-25.

The  Scheme  has  two  major  components:  Part  'A'  -  Financial  support  for Prepaid  Smart  Metering  &  System  Metering  and  upgradation  of  the  Distribution Infrastructure  and  Part  'B'  -  Training  &  Capacity  Building  and  other  Enabling  & Supporting Activities.  Financial  assistance  to  DISCOMs  is  provided  for  upgradation  of the  Distribution  Infrastructure  and  for  Prepaid  Smart  Consumer  Metering  &  System Metering  based  on  meeting  pre-qualifying  criteria  and  achieving  basic  minimum benchmark in reforms.

Schemes of Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS), Deen Dayal Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti  Yojana  (DDUGJY)  along  with  Prime  Minister's  Development Package (PMDP)-2015 for the erstwhile State of Jammu & Kashmir are being subsumed in this scheme to be implemented as per their extant guidelines and under their existing terms  &  conditions.  No  new  projects  will  be  sanctioned  under  these  schemes  but projects  already  sanctioned  will  be  eligible  to  receive  funds  up  to  31st  March  2022 under RDSS. However, projects sanctioned for Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh under IPDS and projects sanctioned under PMDP 2015 will get funds till 31st March 2023.

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(b) :       So far, Sixteen (16) meetings of the Monitoring Committee of RDSS have been convened, wherein, Action Plans and DPRs of 46 Discoms (28 States/UTs) have been approved  where  ~20.46  crores  pre-paid  smart  consumers  meters,  ~54  Lakh  smart  DT meters and ~1.98 Lakh smart feeder meters have been sanctioned. Details of State/UTwise Smart Meters sanctioned under RDSS are given at Annexure.

(c):                As  per  the  scheme  guidelines,  all  State-owned  Distribution  companies  and State/UT  Power  Departments  excluding  private  Sector  Companies  are  eligible  for financial  assistance  under  RDSS.  All  4  Discoms  of  Odisha  falls  under  the  category  of Private  Sector  (51%  Private  Share  and  49%  Government  of  Odisha  share).  No  other proposal has been received from Odisha under RDSS.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1256 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 09.02.2023

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## State/UT-wise Consumer Smart Meters sanctioned under RDSS

| State             | Consumer Meters (Nos.)   | DT Meters (Nos.)   | Feeder meters (Nos.)   |
|-------------------|--------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    | 56,08,846                | 2,93,140           | 17,358                 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 2,87,446                 | 10,116             | 688                    |
| Assam             | 57,44,698                | 77,547             | 2,782                  |
| Bihar             | 23,50,000                | 2,50,726           | 6,427                  |
| Chattisgarh       | 59,62,115                | 2,10,644           | 6,720                  |
| Goa               | 7,41,160                 | 8,369              | 827                    |
| Gujarat           | 1,64,81,871              | 3,00,487           | 5,229                  |
| Haryana           | 74,05,618                | 1,95,319           | 13,204                 |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 28,00,945                | 39,012             | 1,951                  |
| Jammu & Kashmir   | 14,07,045                | 88,037             | 2,608                  |
| Jharkhand         | 13,41,306                | 19,512             | 1,226                  |
| Kerala            | 1,32,89,361              | 87,615             | 6,025                  |
| Ladakh            | -                        | -                  | -                      |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 1,29,80,102              | 4,06,503           | 8,411                  |
| Maharashtra       | 2,35,64,747              | 4,10,905           | 29,214                 |
| Manipur           | 1,54,400                 | 11,451             | 357                    |
| Meghalaya         | 4,60,000                 | 11,419             | 1,324                  |
| Mizoram           | 2,89,383                 | 2,300              | 398                    |
| Nagaland          | 3,17,210                 | 6,276              | 392                    |
| Puducherry        | 4,03,767                 | 3,105              | 180                    |
| Punjab            | 87,84,807                | 1,84,044           | 12,563                 |
| Rajasthan         | 1,42,74,956              | 4,34,608           | 27,128                 |
| Sikkim            | 1,44,680                 | 3,229              | 633                    |
| Tamil Nadu        | 3,00,00,000              | 4,72,500           | 18,274                 |
| Tripura           | 5,47,489                 | 14,908             | 473                    |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 2,69,79,056              | 15,26,801          | 20,874                 |
| Uttarakhand       | 15,84,205                | 38,016             | 1,686                  |
| West Bengal       | 2,07,17,969              | 3,05,419           | 11,874                 |
| Grand Total       | 20,46,23,182             | 54,12,008          | 1,98,826               |

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