Lok Sabha Question No. 329 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-03
Subject: Grants under UDAY
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Vinayak Bhaurao Raut

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.329 ANSWERED ON 03.02.2022

## GRANTS UNDER UDAY

329.   SHRI VINAYAK RAUT:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  special  financial  assistance  or  grants  provided  to  the  State  of Maharashtra under the Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY);
- (b) whether States participating under UDAY are expected to make some improvements in areas like generation, distribution, transmission etc. of electricity; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Maharashtra?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) : There is no provision for special financial assistance or grants to any State under Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) from the Government of India.

(b) & (c) : UDAY  was  launched  with  an  overall  aim  of  operational  and  financial turnaround of State owned Distribution Utilities (DISCOMs) through efficiency improvements and financial restructuring in Generation, Transmission and Distribution Sectors.  As  a  result  of  the  scheme,  State  Power  Distribution  Utilities  have  reported improvement which include (i) Reduction in Aggregate Technical &Commercial (AT&C) losses from 23.70% in FY 16 to 20.93% in FY 20 and (ii) Reduction of Average Cost of Supply (ACS) - Average Revenue Realised (ARR) gap from Re.0.48 per kWh in FY 16 to Re.0.30  per  kWh  in  FY  20.  The  details  of  the  performance  of  the  States  including Maharashtra  on  AT&C  loss  and  ACS-ARR  gaps  are  furnished  at  Annexures-I  &  II respectively.

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## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (b)  &  (c)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 329 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 03.02.2022 **************

## State-wise and Year-wise details of AT&C Losses

|                              | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |
|------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| State Sector                 | 24.04     | 24.05     | 22.15     |     22.57 |     21.73 |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands    |           |           | 19.34     |     23.39 |     22.71 |
| Andhra Pradesh               | 10.36     | 13.77     | 14.26     |     25.67 |     10.77 |
| Arunachal Pradesh            | 54.58     | 53.64     | 58.36     |     55.5  |     45.71 |
| Assam                        | 26.02     | 20.11     | 17.64     |     20.14 |     23.37 |
| Bihar                        | 43.30     | 43.34     | 33.51     |     33.3  |     40.38 |
| Chandigarh (Non-Uday UT)     |           |           | 4.00      |      4.21 |      4.6  |
| Chhattisgarh                 | 22.10     | 23.87     | 22.50     |     29.81 |     23.68 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli         |           |           | 6.55      |      5.45 |      3.56 |
| Daman & Diu                  |           |           | 17.01     |      6.19 |      4.07 |
| Goa                          | 19.77     | 24.33     | 13.52     |     15.69 |     13.99 |
| Gujarat                      | 16.23     | 14.42     | 12.96     |     13.99 |     11.95 |
| Haryana                      | 29.27     | 26.42     | 21.78     |     18.08 |     18.19 |
| Himachal Pradesh             | 9.68      | 11.48     | 11.08     |     12.46 |     11.68 |
| Jammu & Kashmir              | 58.75     | 59.96     | 53.67     |     49.94 |     60.46 |
| Jharkhand                    | 33.34     | 35.95     | 32.48     |     28.6  |     36.96 |
| Karnataka                    | 17.13     | 16.84     | 15.61     |     19.83 |     17.59 |
| Kerala                       | 12.40     | 13.42     | 12.81     |      9.1  |     14.47 |
| Lakshadweep                  |           |           | 19.15     |     23.33 |     14.28 |
| Madhya Pradesh               | 27.37     | 26.80     | 30.51     |     36.64 |     30.38 |
| Maharashtra                  | 21.74     | 22.84     | 14.38     |     16.23 |     19.92 |
| Manipur                      | 31.72     | 33.01     | 27.50     |     38.17 |     20.27 |
| Meghalaya                    | 45.98     | 38.81     | 41.19     |     35.22 |     34.32 |
| Mizoram                      | 35.18     | 24.98     | 22.44     |     16.2  |     20.66 |
| Nagaland                     | 33.44     | 38.50     | 41.36     |     40.06 |     52.93 |
| Odisha (Non-Uday State)      | 38.60     | 37.19     | 33.59     |     31.55 |     28.94 |
| Puducherry                   | 22.43     | 21.34     | 19.19     |     19.77 |     18.45 |
| Punjab                       | 15.88     | 14.46     | 17.31     |     11.28 |     14.35 |
| Rajasthan                    | 31.59     | 27.33     | 24.07     |     28.25 |     29.85 |
| Sikkim                       | 43.89     | 35.62     | 32.48     |     41.83 |     28.88 |
| Tamil Nadu                   | 16.83     | 18.23     | 19.47     |     17.86 |     15    |
| Telangana                    | 14.01     | 15.19     | 19.08     |     17.8  |     21.54 |
| Tripura                      | 32.68     | 31.79     | 30.31     |     35.49 |     37.85 |
| Uttar Pradesh                | 39.76     | 40.91     | 37.80     |     33.19 |     30.05 |
| Uttarakhand                  | 18.01     | 16.68     | 16.34     |     16.96 |     20.35 |
| West Bengal (Non-Uday State) | 28.08     | 27.83     | 26.69     |     23    |     20.4  |
| Private Sector               | 12.44     | 10.80     | 9.36      |      8.28 |      8    |
| Delhi                        | 12.44     | 10.80     | 9.93      |      9.17 |      8.19 |
| Gujarat                      |           |           | 6.53      |      5.2  |      4.59 |
| Maharashtra                  |           |           |           |      8.2  |      9.52 |
| Uttar Pradesh                |           |           | 9.08      |      9.36 |      9.76 |
| West Bengal                  |           |           | 10.74     |      8.95 |      9.06 |
| Grand Total                  | 23.70     | 23.66     | 21.50     |     21.74 |     20.93 |

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## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (b)  &  (c)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 329 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 03.02.2022

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ACS-ARR Gap on Tariff Subsidy Received Basis (Rs/kWh)

|                              | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   |
|------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| State Sector                 | 0.50      | 0.39      | 0.32      | 0.54      | 0.35      |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands    |           |           | 19.86     | 19.47     | 19.58     |
| Andhra Pradesh               | 0.80      | 0.52      | 0.09      | 2.67      | (0.19)    |
| Arunachal Pradesh            | 0.49      | 3.65      | 4.64      | 4.27      | 4.92      |
| Assam                        | 0.23      | 0.06      | (0.32)    | (0.32)    | (0.36)    |
| Bihar                        | 0.46      | 0.51      | 0.68      | 0.61      | 0.92      |
| Chandigarh (Non-Uday UT)     |           |           | (1.64)    | (0.26)    | (0.82)    |
| Chhattisgarh                 | (0.01)    | 0.21      | 0.23      | 0.45      | 0.17      |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli         |           |           | 0.01      | (0.02)    | (0.03)    |
| Daman & Diu                  |           |           | (1.38)    | (0.61)    | (0.30)    |
| Goa                          | 0.71      | 0.70      | (0.06)    | 0.39      | 0.60      |
| Gujarat                      | (0.02)    | (0.05)    | (0.06)    | (0.02)    | (0.06)    |
| Haryana                      | 0.16      | 0.04      | (0.08)    | (0.05)    | (0.06)    |
| Himachal Pradesh             | (0.31)    | 0.18      | 0.03      | (0.09)    | (0.02)    |
| Jammu & Kashmir              | 3.00      | 2.65      | 1.85      | 1.72      | 2.03      |
| Jharkhand                    | 0.93      | 1.39      | 0.16      | 0.58      | 0.87      |
| Karnataka                    | 0.01      | 0.29      | 0.30      | 0.24      | 0.39      |
| Kerala                       | 0.30      | 0.62      | 0.32      | 0.05      | 0.10      |
| Lakshadweep                  |           |           | 19.11     | 20.30     | 18.22     |
| Madhya Pradesh               | 0.87      | 0.18      | 0.78      | 1.29      | 0.69      |
| Maharashtra                  | 0.21      | 0.06      | (0.13)    | (0.19)    | (0.19)    |
| Manipur                      | 0.02      | 0.06      | (0.02)    | 0.34      | 0.08      |
| Meghalaya                    | 0.82      | 1.66      | 1.16      | 0.85      | 1.80      |
| Mizoram                      | 2.06      | 2.12      | (1.30)    | 1.18      | (1.94)    |
| Nagaland                     | 0.20      | 0.81      | 0.81      | 4.09      | 5.62      |
| Odisha (Non-Uday State)      | 0.39      | 0.38      | 0.32      | 0.60      | 0.34      |
| Puducherry                   | (0.02)    | 0.03      | (0.02)    | 0.13      | 0.97      |
| Punjab                       | 0.53      | 0.65      | 0.48      | (0.07)    | 0.17      |
| Rajasthan                    | 1.83      | 0.50      | (0.09)    | 0.06      | 0.31      |
| Sikkim                       | 2.09      | 1.20      | 0.25      | 0.02      | 0.54      |
| Tamil Nadu                   | 0.67      | 0.50      | 0.89      | 1.32      | 1.27      |
| Telangana                    | 0.74      | 1.23      | 1.12      | 1.38      | 1.09      |
| Tripura                      | 0.42      | (0.15)    | (0.09)    | (0.06)    | 0.43      |
| Uttar Pradesh                | 0.29      | 0.33      | 0.45      | 0.54      | 0.34      |
| Uttarakhand                  | 0.10      | 0.24      | 0.18      | 0.38      | 0.38      |
| West Bengal (Non-Uday State) | (0.04)    | 0.04      | (0.02)    | (0.01)    | (0.12)    |
| Private Sector               | (0.10)    | (0.16)    | (0.44)    | (0.38)    | (0.48)    |
| Delhi                        | (0.10)    | (0.16)    | (0.19)    | (0.26)    | (0.37)    |
| Gujarat                      |           |           | (0.50)    | (0.26)    | (0.52)    |
| Maharashtra                  |           |           |           | (0.15)    | (0.22)    |
| Uttar Pradesh                |           |           | (1.34)    | (0.97)    | (0.69)    |
| West Bengal                  |           |           | (0.93)    | (0.99)    | (0.94)    |
| Grand Total                  | 0.48      | 0.37      | 0.28      | 0.49      | 0.30      |

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