Lok Sabha Question No. 3611 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-24
Subject: Outstanding Dues of DISCOMs
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Andimuthu Raja

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3611

## ANSWERED ON 24.03.2022

## OUTSTANDING DUES OF DISCOMS

3611. SHRI A. RAJA:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) the details of the total outstanding dues owed by power distribution utilities or DISCOMs to Generation Firms (Gencos), State-wise;

(b) the details of reforms that have been deliberated upon in consultation with the States and all stakeholders;

(c) the details of the gap between Average Cost of Supply (ACS) and Average Revenue Realised (ARR)  excluding  Regulatory  Assets  and  Ujwal  DISCOM  Assurance  Yojana  (UDAY)  during  the  last three years and the current year, State-wise;

(d) the details of the accumulated losses of all DISCOMs in the country, State-wise; and

(e) the details of relief/rehabilitation package being provided to DISCOMs to come out from the financial crisis?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) to (e) : As  per  data  provided  by  the  power  sector  Generating  companies,  on  the  PRAAPTI Portal, at the end of February, 2022, a total amount of Rs.1,00,931 Crore is due from the DISCOMs. The details of the same are placed at Annexure-I.

The Government of India have made several interventions to improve financial and operational efficiencies of DISCOMs linked to reform measures including Liquidity Infusion Scheme (LIS); Additional Borrowing of 0.5% of GSDP to States linked to power sector reforms; introducing additional  prudential  norms  for  lending  by  Power  Finance  Corporation  (PFC)  Limited  and  REC Limited based on performance of utilities; and Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS).

Further, the Government had also issued an order dated 28th June, 2019 enforcing opening and maintaining of adequate Letter of Credit (LC) as payment security mechanism under Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) by Distribution Licensees. The order mandates NLDC & RLDC to dispatch  power  only  after  it  is  intimated  by  GENCO  &  DISCOM  confirming  opening  of  LC.  These reform  measures  will  improve  the  financial  health  of  DISCOMs  which  will  improve  the  liquidity situation leading to reduction in outstanding dues to Power Generating companies (GENCOS).

Based  on  the  information  available  in  the  'Report  on  Performance  of  State  Power Utilities  2019-20'  published  by  Power  Finance  Corporation  (PFC),    State-wise  details  of  ACS-ARR Gap  on  Tariff  Subsidy  received  basis  (excluding  Regulatory  Income  and  UDAY  Grant)  and accumulated  losses  of  all  DISCOMs  (State-wise)  in  the  country  are  attached  as  Annexure-II  and Annexure-III respectively.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a)  TO  (e)  OF  UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 3611 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 24.03.2022

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## Overdue of States towards Gencos (As per PRAAPTI Portal as on 28.02.22)

(Overdue figures do not include disputed amount)

| States/UTs                             | Total Overdues (Rs. Cr.)   |
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------|
| Arunachal Pradesh                      | -                          |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands            | 8                          |
| Andhra Pradesh                         | 7538                       |
| Assam                                  | 5                          |
| West Bengal                            | 527                        |
| Bihar                                  | 684                        |
| Chandigarh                             | 78                         |
| Chhattisgarh                           | 121                        |
| Delhi                                  | 557                        |
| Dadra And Nagar Haveli & Daman And Diu | 405                        |
| Gujarat                                | 337                        |
| Goa                                    | 9                          |
| Himachal Pradesh                       | 14                         |
| Haryana                                | 754                        |
| Jammu & Kashmir                        | 6863                       |
| Jharkhand                              | 3567                       |
| Kerala                                 | 477                        |
| Karnataka                              | 5240                       |
| Meghalaya                              | 548                        |
| Maharashtra                            | 19278                      |
| Manipur                                | 45                         |
| Madhya Pradesh                         | 5243                       |
| Mizoram                                | 12                         |
| Nagaland                               | -                          |
| Odisha                                 | 251                        |
| Punjab                                 | 1326                       |
| Puducherry                             | 24                         |
| Rajasthan                              | 10855                      |
| Sikkim                                 | 48                         |
| Telangana                              | 6889                       |
| Tamil Nadu                             | 19442                      |
| Tripura                                | 146                        |
| Uttar Pradesh                          | 9634                       |
| Uttarakhand                            | 6                          |
| Total                                  | 1,00,931                   |

[ Source: PRAPPTI Portal ]

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## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3611 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 24.03.2022

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## ACS-ARR Gap on Tariff Subsidy received basis (excluding Regulatory Income and UDAY Grant)

|                           | 2017-18 Gap on Tariff Subsidy received basis (excluding   | 2018-19 Gap on Tariff Subsidy received basis (excluding Regulatory Income and   | 2019-20 Gap on Tariff Subsidy received basis (excluding Regulatory Income and   |
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| State Sector              | Regulatory Income and UDAY Grant) 0.55                    | UDAY Grant) 0.76                                                                | UDAY Grant) 0.65                                                                |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 19.86                                                     | 19.47                                                                           | 19.58                                                                           |
| Andaman & Nicobar PD      | 19.86                                                     | 19.47                                                                           | 19.58                                                                           |
| Andhra Pradesh            | 0.09                                                      | 2.69                                                                            | 0.12                                                                            |
| APEPDCL                   | 0.13                                                      | 2.44                                                                            | (0.05)                                                                          |
| APSPDCL                   | 0.07                                                      | 2.81                                                                            | 0.20                                                                            |
| Arunachal Pradesh         | 4.64                                                      | 4.27                                                                            | 4.92                                                                            |
| Arunachal PD              | 4.64                                                      | 4.27                                                                            | 4.92                                                                            |
| Assam                     | 0.28                                                      | 0.02                                                                            | (0.14)                                                                          |
| APDCL                     | 0.28                                                      | 0.02                                                                            | (0.14)                                                                          |
| Bihar                     | 0.68                                                      | 0.61                                                                            | 0.92                                                                            |
| NBPDCL                    | 0.31                                                      | 0.47                                                                            | 0.57                                                                            |
| SBPDCL                    | 0.97                                                      | 0.73                                                                            | 1.21                                                                            |
| Chandigarh                | (1.64)                                                    | (0.26)                                                                          | (0.82)                                                                          |
| Chandigarh PD             | (1.64)                                                    | (0.26)                                                                          | (0.82)                                                                          |
| Chhattisgarh              |                                                           |                                                                                 | 0.18                                                                            |
| CSPDCL                    | 0.23 0.23                                                 | 0.45 0.45                                                                       | 0.18                                                                            |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli      | 0.01                                                      | (0.02)                                                                          | (0.03)                                                                          |
| DNHPDCL                   | 0.01                                                      | (0.02)                                                                          | (0.03)                                                                          |
| Daman & Diu               | (1.38)                                                    | (0.61)                                                                          | (0.30)                                                                          |
| Daman & Diu PD            | (1.38)                                                    | (0.61)                                                                          | (0.30)                                                                          |
| Goa                       | (0.06)                                                    | 0.39                                                                            | 0.60                                                                            |
|                           |                                                           |                                                                                 | 0.60                                                                            |
| Goa PD Gujarat            | (0.06) (0.06)                                             | 0.39 (0.02)                                                                     | (0.05)                                                                          |
| DGVCL                     | (0.06)                                                    | (0.02)                                                                          | (0.07)                                                                          |
| MGVCL                     | (0.09)                                                    | (0.05)                                                                          | 0.00                                                                            |
| PGVCL                     | (0.05)                                                    | (0.02)                                                                          | (0.05)                                                                          |
| UGVCL                     | (0.05)                                                    | (0.02)                                                                          | (0.05)                                                                          |
| Haryana                   | (0.08)                                                    | (0.05)                                                                          | (0.06)                                                                          |
| DHBVNL                    | (0.04)                                                    | (0.03)                                                                          | (0.04)                                                                          |
| UHBVNL                    | (0.12)                                                    | (0.08)                                                                          | (0.09)                                                                          |
| Himachal Pradesh          | 0.03                                                      | (0.09)                                                                          | (0.02)                                                                          |
| HPSEBL                    | 0.03                                                      | (0.09) 1.72                                                                     | (0.02)                                                                          |
| Jammu & Kashmir           | 1.85                                                      |                                                                                 | 2.03                                                                            |
| JKPDD                     | 1.85                                                      | 1.72                                                                            | 2.03                                                                            |
| Jharkhand                 | 0.16                                                      | 0.58                                                                            | 1.35                                                                            |
| JBVNL                     | 0.16                                                      | 0.58                                                                            | 1.35                                                                            |
| Karnataka                 | 0.36                                                      | 0.68                                                                            | 0.37                                                                            |
| BESCOM                    | (0.08)                                                    | 0.70                                                                            | 0.57                                                                            |
| CHESCOM                   | 0.65                                                      | 0.25                                                                            | 0.26                                                                            |
| GESCOM                    | 0.51                                                      | 0.47                                                                            | 0.75                                                                            |
| HESCOM                    | 1.20                                                      | 1.33                                                                            | (0.17)                                                                          |
| MESCOM                    | 0.40                                                      | (0.11)                                                                          | 0.13                                                                            |
| Kerala KSEBL              | 0.32 0.32                                                 | 0.05 0.05                                                                       | 0.10 0.10                                                                       |
| Lakshadweep               | 19.11                                                     | 20.30                                                                           | 18.22                                                                           |
| Lakshadweep ED            |                                                           |                                                                                 |                                                                                 |
| Madhya Pradesh            | 19.11 0.88                                                | 20.30 1.39                                                                      | 18.22 0.79                                                                      |

| MPMaKVVCL                       | 1.30          | 1.93          | 0.96          |
|---------------------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| MPPaKVVCL                       | 0.21          | 0.58          | 0.11          |
| MPPoKVVCL                       | 1.19          | 1.73          | 1.41          |
| Maharashtra                     | 0.31          | (0.16)        | 0.53          |
| MSEDCL                          | 0.31          | (0.16)        | 0.53          |
| Manipur                         | (0.02)        | 1.29          | 1.64          |
| MSPDCL                          | (0.02)        | 1.29          | 1.64          |
| Meghalaya                       | 1.16          | 0.85          | 1.81          |
| MePDCL                          | 1.16          | 0.85          | 1.81          |
| Mizoram                         | (1.30)        | 1.18          | (1.94)        |
| Mizoram PD                      | (1.30)        | 1.18          | (1.94)        |
| Nagaland                        | 0.81          | 4.09          | 5.62          |
| Nagaland PD                     | 0.81          | 4.09          | 5.62          |
| Odisha                          | 0.32          | 0.60          | 0.34          |
| CESU                            | 0.59          | 0.49          | 0.41          |
| NESCO Utility                   | 0.15          | 0.00          | 0.26          |
| SOUTHCO Utility                 | 0.54          | 0.58          | 0.97          |
| WESCO Utility                   | 0.03          | 1.18          | 0.04          |
| Puducherry                      | (0.02)        | 0.13          | 0.97          |
| Puducherry PD                   | (0.02)        | 0.13          | 0.97          |
| Punjab                          | 0.50          | (0.05)        | 0.17          |
| PSPCL                           | 0.50          | (0.05)        | 0.17          |
| Rajasthan                       | 1.49          | 1.50          | 1.49          |
| AVVNL                           | 1.51          | 1.53          | 0.74          |
| JdVVNL                          | 1.77          | 1.78          | 2.31          |
| JVVNL                           | 1.25          | 1.24          | 1.29          |
| Sikkim Sikkim                   | 0.25          | 0.02 0.02     | 0.54          |
| PD                              | 0.25          |               | 0.54          |
| Tamil Nadu TANGEDCO             | 1.43          | 1.88          | 2.09          |
|                                 | 1.43          | 1.88          | 2.09          |
| TSNPDCL                         | 1.29          | 1.85          | 0.80          |
| TSSPDCL                         | 1.12          | 1.27          |               |
| Tripura                         | (0.09)        | (0.06)        | 1.22 0.43     |
| TSECL                           | (0.09)        | (0.06)        | 0.43          |
| Uttar Pradesh                   | 0.47          | 0.59          | 0.45          |
| DVVNL                           | 0.95          | 1.09          | 0.46          |
| KESCO MVVNL                     | (0.17) 0.21   | 1.29 0.38     | 0.65 0.29     |
| PaVVNL                          | 0.44          | 0.39          |               |
|                                 |               |               | 0.31          |
| PuVVNL                          | 0.36          | 0.45          | 0.74          |
| UPCL                            | 0.18          | 0.55          | 0.21          |
| West Bengal                     | 0.22          |               |               |
|                                 |               | 0.28          | 0.42          |
| WBSEDCL Private Sector          | 0.22 (0.35)   | 0.28 (0.26)   | 0.42 (0.17)   |
| Delhi                           | (0.07)        | (0.21)        | 0.20          |
| BRPL                            | (0.01)        | (0.25)        | 0.36          |
| BYPL                            | 0.43          | (0.16)        | 0.41          |
| TPDDL                           | (0.50)        | (0.21)        | (0.17)        |
| Gujarat Torrent Power Ahmedabad | (0.50) (0.49) | (0.26) (0.28) | (0.52) (0.58) |
| Surat                           |               |               |               |
| Torrent Power                   | (0.54)        | (0.22)        | (0.38)        |
| Maharashtra                     |               | (0.01)        | (0.42)        |
| AEML Uttar Pradesh              | (1.77)        | (0.01) (0.90) | (0.42) (0.83) |
| NPCL                            | (1.77) (0.74) | (0.90) (0.52) | (0.83) (0.49) |
| West Bengal CESC                | (0.77)        | (0.55)        | (0.52)        |
| IPCL                            |               |               |               |
| Grand Total                     | (0.26) 0.50   | (0.10) 0.70   | (0.06) 0.60   |

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## ANNEXURE-III

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a)  TO  (e)  OF  UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 3611 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 24.03.2022

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## Accumulated losses of all DISCOMs (State-wise) in the country

|                               | As on March 31, 2018   | As on March 31, 2019   | As on March 31, 2020   |
|-------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| State Sector                  | (4,44,106)             | (4,92,360)             | (5,22,869)             |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands     | -                      | -                      | -                      |
| Andaman & Nicobar PD          | -                      | -                      | -                      |
| Andhra Pradesh                | (16,822)               | (29,147)               | (29,143)               |
| APEPDCL                       | (3,330)                | (7,974)                | (7,971)                |
| APSPDCL                       | (13,492)               | (21,173)               | (21,172)               |
| Arunachal Pradesh             | -                      | -                      | -                      |
| Arunachal PD                  | -                      | -                      | -                      |
| Assam                         | (2,975)                | (2,956)                | (2,753)                |
| APDCL                         | (2,975)                | (2,956)                | (2,753)                |
| Bihar                         | (9,244)                | (12,258)               | (15,206)               |
| NBPDCL                        | (2,768)                | (3,888)                | (5,171)                |
| SBPDCL                        | (6,477)                | (8,370)                | (10,035)               |
| Chandigarh                    | -                      | -                      | -                      |
| Chandigarh PD                 | -                      | -                      | -                      |
| Chattisgarh                   | (6,275)                | (6,318)                | (7,290)                |
| CSPDCL                        | (6,275)                | (6,318)                | (7,290)                |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli          | 115                    | 129                    | 140                    |
| DNHPDCL                       | 115                    | 129                    | 140                    |
| Daman & Diu                   | -                      | -                      | -                      |
| Daman & Diu PD Goa            | - -                    | - -                    | - -                    |
| Goa PD                        | -                      | -                      | -                      |
| Gujarat                       | 923                    | 988                    | 1,336                  |
| DGVCL                         | 521                    | 534                    | 621                    |
| MGVCL                         | 344                    | 356                    | 392                    |
| PGVCL                         | (201)                  | (172)                  | (20)                   |
| UGVCL                         | 259                    | 270                    | 343                    |
| Haryana                       | (29,590)               | (29,309)               | (28,978)               |
| DHBVNL                        | (13,790)               | (13,695)               | (13,581)               |
| UHBVNL                        | (15,800)               | (15,614)               | (15,396)               |
| Himachal Pradesh              | (1,535)                | (1,532)                | (1,505)                |
| HPSEBL                        | (1,535)                | (1,532)                | (1,505)                |
| Jammu & Kashmir               | -                      | -                      | -                      |
| JKPDD                         | -                      | -                      | -                      |
| Jharkhand                     | (4,521)                | (5,272)                | (6,258)                |
| JBVNL                         | (4,521)                | (5,272)                | (6,258)                |
| Karnataka                     | (4,725)                | (3,794)                | (5,645)                |
| BESCOM                        | (194)                  | (148)                  | (1)                    |
| CHESCOM                       | (666)                  | (876)                  | (1,242)                |
| GESCOM                        | (1,350)                | (1,002)                | (1,995)                |
| HESCOM                        | (2,646)                | (1,956)                | (2,638)                |
| MESCOM                        | 131                    | 188                    | 231                    |
| Kerala                        | (9,777)                | (11,239)               | (12,104)               |
| KSEBL                         | (9,777)                | (11,239)               | (12,104)               |
| Lakshadweep                   | -                      | -                      | -                      |
|                               | -                      | -                      | -                      |
| Lakshadweep ED Madhya Pradesh | (43,733)               | (51,061)               | (52,978)               |
| MPMaKVVCL                     | (18,115)               | (21,962)               | (23,237)               |
| MPPaKVVCL                     | (10,846)               | (11,421)               | (10,492)               |
| MPPoKVVCL Maharashtra         | (14,772) (26,887)      | (17,678) (25,791)      | (19,249) (25,484)      |
|                               |                        | (25,791)               | (25,484)               |
| MSEDCL                        | (26,887)               |                        |                        |

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| Manipur                 | (85)     | (129)     | (137)    |
|-------------------------|----------|-----------|----------|
| MSPDCL                  | (85)     | (129)     | (137)    |
| Meghalaya               | (1,779)  | (1,982)   | (2,397)  |
| MePDCL                  | (1,779)  | (1,982)   | (2,397)  |
| Mizoram                 | -        | -         | -        |
| Mizoram PD              | -        | -         | -        |
| Nagaland                | -        | -         | -        |
| Nagaland PD             | -        | -         | -        |
| Odisha                  | (4,929)  | (6,308)   | (7,152)  |
| CESU                    | (3,647)  | (3,914)   | (4,249)  |
| NESCO Utility           | (305)    | (308)     | (451)    |
| SOUTHCO Utility         | (553)    | (765)     | (1,101)  |
| WESCO Utility           | (424)    | (1,321)   | (1,351)  |
| Puducherry              | (435)    | (471)     | (772)    |
| Puducherry PD           | (435)    | (471)     | (772)    |
| Punjab                  | (6,963)  | (7,001)   | (8,159)  |
| PSPCL                   | (6,963)  | (7,001)   | (8,159)  |
| Rajasthan               | (92,460) | (89,854)  | (86,868) |
| AVVNL                   | (29,485) | (29,019)  | (28,230) |
| JdVVNL                  | (31,009) | (29,775)  | (29,765) |
| JVVNL                   | (31,967) | (31,060)  | (28,872) |
| Sikkim                  | -        | -         | -        |
| Tamil Nadu              | (75,272) | (87,895)  | (99,860) |
| TANGEDCO                | (75,272) | (87,895)  | (99,860) |
| Telangana               | (28,209) | (36,231)  | (42,293) |
| TSNPDCL                 | (8,814)  | (11,869)  | (12,984) |
| TSSPDCL                 | (19,395) | (24,362)  | (29,309) |
| Tripura                 | (441)    | (423)     | (513)    |
| TSECL                   | (441)    | (423)     | (513)    |
| Uttar Pradesh           | (75,829) | (81,342)  | (85,153) |
| DVVNL                   | (25,379) | (27,310)  | (27,939) |
| KESCO                   | (3,122)  | (3,569)   | (3,800)  |
| MVVNL                   | (14,007) | (14,858)  | (15,518) |
| PaVVNL                  | (14,936) | (16,227)  | (17,295) |
| PuVVNL                  | (18,386) | (19,379)  | (20,602) |
| Uttarakhand             | (2,569)  | (3,122)   | (3,699)  |
| UPCL                    | (2,569)  | (3,122)   | (3,699)  |
| West Bengal             | (87)     | (43)      | 3        |
| WBSEDCL                 | (87)     | (43)      | 3        |
| Private Sector          | 13,047   | 14,206    | 15,453   |
| Delhi                   | 2,959    | 3,152     | 3,972    |
| BRPL                    | 437      | 729       | 1,040    |
| BYPL                    | 212      | 384       | 603      |
| TPDDL                   | 2,310    | 2,039     | 2,330    |
| Gujarat                 | 93       | 660       | 947      |
| Torrent Power Ahmedabad | 177      | 705       | 836      |
| Torrent Power Surat     | (84)     |           | 110      |
| Maharashtra             |          | (45) (21) | (31)     |
| AEML                    |          | (21)      | (31)     |
| Uttar Pradesh           | 775      | 878       | 945      |
| NPCL                    | 775      | 878       | 945      |
| West Bengal             | 9,219    | 9,536     | 9,620    |
| CESC                    | 9,063    | 9,365     | 9,620    |
| IPCL                    | 157      | 171       | -        |

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