Lok Sabha Question No. 2581 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-16
Subject: Allocation of Funds to Odisha
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Basanta Kumar Panda

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2581 ANSWERED ON 16.03.2023

## ALLOCATION OF FUNDS TO ODISHA

†2581. SHRI BASANTA KUMAR PANDA:

Will the Minister of POWER

be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the schemes launched by the Government since 2014;

(b) the  details  of  the  number  of  beneficiaries  in  Odisha  under  the  said  schemes during the last eight years, district-wise; and

(c) the details  of  the  funds  allocated,  released  and  utilised  to/by  Odisha  under  the said schemes?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) : The details of Schemes, launched by Ministry of Power, since 2014 are as under:

- (i) Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme :  Government of India has launched the Revamped  Distribution  Sector  Scheme  with  an  outlay  of  Rs.  3,03,758  crore  and estimated GBS from Central Government of Rs. 97,631 crore for a duration of 5 years i.e. from (FY 2021-22 to FY 2025-26). This scheme has been formulated with the objective of improving the quality and reliability of power supply to consumers through a financially sustainable and operationally efficient distribution Sector. The Scheme aims to reduce the AT&C losses to pan-India levels of 12-15% and ACS-ARR gap to zero by 2024-25.
- (ii) Liquidity Infusion Scheme (LIS): To alleviate the liquidity problems in the power sector, under the Aatma Nirbhar Bharat announcements, the Government announced a liquidity infusion package for the power sector under which the DISCOMs would be able to  discharge  their  dues  to  the  CPSU  Gencos  &Transcos;  IPPs,  and  RE  Gencos  by availing concessional loans from PFC and REC against State guarantees.
- (iii) Ujwal  DISCOM  Assurance  Yojana  (UDAY)  :  UDAY  (Ujwal  DISCOM  Assurance Yojana), a scheme for financial turnaround of Power Distribution Companies (DISCOMs) was  approved  by  the  Government  on  20-11-2015  with  an  objective  to  improve  the operational  and  financial  efficiency  of  the  State  DISCOMs.   The  scheme  envisaged reform measures in all sectors - generation, transmission, distribution, coal, and energy efficiency.   27  States  (except  Odisha  and  West  Bengal)  and  5  UTs  (except  Delhi  and Chandigarh) signed MoU under UDAY.

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- (iv)  Power  System  Development  Fund  (PSDF)  :  The  Government  had  approved  the scheme  for  operationisation  of  Power  System  Development  Fund  (PSDF)  in  January, 2014.  The funds from PSDF are utilized, inter alia, for Creating necessary transmission systems of strategic importance, improvement of voltage profile in the grid,  Renovation and  Modernization  (R&M)  of  transmission  and  distribution  systems,  grid  protection measures etc.
- (v) Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS) [R-APDRP subsumed]: Government of  India  launched  IPDS on December, 2014 to extend the financial assistance against capital  expenditure  to  address  the  gaps  in  sub  transmission  and  distribution  network and metering in urban areas to supplement the resources of Discoms/Power Departments. 'Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme' (RAPDRP)  scheme  was  subsumed  under  IPDS.  The  DPRs  were  prepared  by  Discoms based on their assessment/requirements. IPDS(R-APDRP subsumed) stands closed as on 31.03.2022.
- (vi) Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti  Yojana  (DDUGJY):  Government  of  India launched  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti  Yojana  (DDUGJY)  in  December,  2014  to connect every inhabited village with electricity, and to strengthen distribution system. All inhabited villages as per census 2011 stood electrified as on 28th April, 2018 across the country. A total of 18,374 census villages were electrified under the Scheme. The scheme stands closed as on 31.03.2022.
- (vii) Pradhan  Mantri  Sahaj  Bijli  Har  Ghar  Yojana  (SAUBHAGYA):  The  Government  of India launched Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana - Saubhagya in October, 2017 with the objective of  achieving universal household  electrification, by providing electricity  connections  to  all  unelectrified  households  in  rural  areas  and  all  poor households  in  urban  areas  in  the  country.  Under  the  aegis  of  Saubhagya,  as  on 31.03.2019,  all  households  were  reported  electrified  by  the  States,  except  18,734 households in Left Wing Extremists (LWE) affected areas of Chhattisgarh. Subsequently, seven States namely Assam, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Manipur, Rajasthan and  Uttar  Pradesh  had  reported  that  around  19.09  lakh  un-electrified  households, identified before 31.03.2019, which were unwilling earlier but later expressed willingness  to  get  electricity  connection.  This  was  also  sanctioned.  All  these  seven States had reported 100% households' electrification as on 31.03.2021. A total of 2.817 crore  households  were  electrified  since  the  launch  of  Saubhagya,  up  to  31.03.2021. Thereafter,  some  States  reported  11.84  lakh  households  remained  to  be  electrified, against which States reported that 4.43 lakh households have been electrified. A total of  2.86  crore  households  were  electrified  under  the  aegis  of  Saubhagya  including additional households in two tranches that were unwilling for electrification earlier but became willing later. The scheme stands closed as on 31.03.2022.
- (viii)   National  Smart  Grid  Mission  (NSGM):  National  Smart  Grid  Mission  (NSGM)  was established  in  2015  to  plan  and  monitor  implementation  of  policies  and  programmes related to Smart Grid in India. National Smart Grid Mission envisages transformation of last mile connectivity ecosystems i.e. distribution through AMI, micro grids, distributed generation,  outage  management,  power  quality  improvement,  peak  load  management and  EV  charging infrastructure etc. The  mission encourages  DISCOMs  for  selfsustenance of Smart Grid interventions by adopting innovative financing models.

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(b) & (c) :  (i)  As per the RDSS 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 Discom (51% Private Share and 49% Govt of Odisha share). No other proposal has been received from Odisha under RDSS.

- (ii) Under LIS, no loan was sanctioned to Odisha State.
- (iii) Odisha did not join the UDAY scheme.
- (iv) The Details  of  projects  approved  from  PSDF  to  the  beneficiaries  of  Odisha  and funds allocated, released/ utilised are as per attached Annexure-I.

(v) IPDS/  R-APDRP  Schemes  had a  universal  coverage  and  were mainly  focused  on strengthening  of  sub-transmission  and  distribution  network  of  urban  areas  for  the benefit  of  urban consumers.  Monitoring/  Steering  Committee  had sanctioned  projects for  implementation  of  IPDS/  R-APDRP  across  States  covering  urban  population  of the approved  project  area  i.e.  Electricity  Distribution  Circles in  IPDS  and  Towns  in  RAPDRP, since identification of individual beneficiary may not be possible under IPDS/ RADPRP.  The details of number of beneficiaries in Odisha under DDUGJY-New, DDUGJYRE and Saubhagya, as per closure, are enclosed as Annexure-II.

(vi) There is no upfront allocation of funds for any State/District under IPDS (R-APDRP subsumed),  Saubhagya  and  DDUGJY  Additional  scheme.  Funds  are  released  for sanctioned  projects  in  instalments  based  on  the  reported  utilization  of  the  amount released in the previous instalments and fulfilment of stipulated conditions.

The  details  of  grant  disbursed  and  utilized  for  Odisha  State  since  2014  under IPDS(R-APDRP subsumed), DDUGJY and SAUBHAGYA are as per Annexure-III.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (b) & (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2581 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 16.03.2023

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## The Details of projects approved from PSDF to the beneficiaries of Odisha

| Amount in Rs crore   | Amount in Rs crore                                                                                                                                                                                             | Amount in Rs crore   | Amount in Rs crore   | Amount in Rs crore   | Amount in Rs crore   | Amount in Rs crore   | Amount in Rs crore   |
|----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
| Sl. No.              | Name of proposal                                                                                                                                                                                               | Status               | Grant Sanctioned     | Date of Sanction     | Agreement            | Grant Released       | Remarks              |
| 1                    | Renovation and Upgradation of Grid Substation of OPTCL (08)                                                                                                                                                    | Approved             | 162.5                | 11-May-15            | 5-Aug-15             | 46.04                | Near Completion      |
| 2                    | Renovation and Upgradation of protection and control system of OHPC (109)                                                                                                                                      | Approved             | 22.35                | 22-May-17            | 19-Sep-17            | 14.94                | Near Completion      |
| 3                    | Provision of Optical Fiber based communication through OPGW for providing reliable communication to all Grid s/s in OPTCL                                                                                      | Approved             | 25.61                | 15-Nov-17            | 3-Jan-18             | 23.04                | Near Completion      |
| 4                    | with PSDF suport. (128) Installation of 125 MVAR Bus Reactor along with construction of associated bay each at 400kV Grid S/S of Mebdhasal, Meramundali & New Duburi for VAR control & stabilisation of system | Approved             | 27.23                | 27-Jul-18            | 21-Sep-18            | 24.26                | Near Completion      |
| 5                    | voltage. (179) Implementation of Automatic Demand Management System (ADMS) in SLDC, Odisha. (196)                                                                                                              | Approved             | 2.93                 | 24-May-19            | 18-Dec-19            | 2.013                | Near Completion      |
| 6                    | Protection Upgradation and installation os Substation Automatic System (SAS) for seven nos of 220/132/33kV Substations (Balasore, Bidanasi, Budhipadar, Katapali, Narendrapur, New-Bolangir &                  | Approved             | 36.63                | 24-May-19            | 18-Dec-19            | 8.87                 | Under Progress       |
| 7                    | Implementation of SAMAST (Scheduling, Accounting, Metering & Settlement of Transactions in Electricity) SLDC-Odisha (292)                                                                                      | Approved             | 15.43                | 24-Mar-22            | 20-Jun-22            |                      | Under Progress       |
|                      | Total Approved Proposals                                                                                                                                                                                       |                      | 292.68               |                      |                      | 119.16               |                      |

Note: The district-wise bifurcation is not available.

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## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (b)  &  (c)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2581 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 16.03.2023

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Details of No. Of beneficiaries in Odisha (District-wise)

| Sl. No.          |   District |   Saubhagya DDUGJY-New |   DDUGJY RE(XII plan)* |
|------------------|------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 1Anugul          |      29252 |                   1551 |                  43571 |
| 2Balangir        |      89642 |                   1148 |                  76776 |
| 3Baleshwar       |      49072 |                  31352 |                  10876 |
| 4Bargarh         |      19391 |                    270 |                  62220 |
| 5Baudh           |      12318 |                    630 |                  42355 |
| 6Bhadrak         |      17705 |                   3208 |                  52226 |
| 7Cuttack         |      25422 |                   3454 |                  59745 |
| 8Debagarh        |       2967 |                     99 |                  17360 |
| 9Dhenkanal       |      37991 |                   3042 |                  21375 |
| 10Gajapati       |      16831 |                      0 |                  19751 |
| 11Ganjam         |      47831 |                   9475 |                 116897 |
| 12Jagatsinghapur |      19064 |                   3154 |                  31166 |
| 13Jajapur        |      38368 |                   1181 |                  22593 |
| 14Jharsuguda     |      16968 |                      0 |                   4422 |
| 15Kalahandi      |      45558 |                    478 |                 135258 |
| 16Kandhamal      |      34401 |                    199 |                  21811 |
| 17Kendrapara     |      23195 |                   1448 |                  33294 |
| 18Kendujhar      |      24689 |                    132 |                 121634 |
| 19Khordha        |      50064 |                      0 |                  18926 |
| 20Koraput        |      63182 |                   2029 |                  69023 |
| 21Malkangiri     |      14964 |                   1805 |                  17690 |
| 22Mayurbhanj     |      33724 |                    150 |                 113810 |
| 23Nabarangapur   |      76207 |                   2931 |                  53932 |
| 24Nayagarh       |      30148 |                   1328 |                  14001 |
| 25Nuapada        |       9514 |                     53 |                  47111 |
| 26Puri           |      21644 |                   6808 |                  50829 |
| 27Rayagada       |      36274 |                   3532 |                  50442 |
| 28Sambalpur      |      31034 |                   1394 |                  13472 |
| 29Subarnapur     |       4351 |                   3556 |                  59498 |
| 30Sundargarh     |      35738 |                    628 |                  81288 |
| All District     |     957509 |                  85035 |                1483352 |

*Project sanctioned during 2014-15

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## ANNEXURE-III

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (b)  &  (c)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2581 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 16.03.2023 **************

## IPDS/R-APDRP implementation in Odisha

(Rs. in Crore)

| Scheme   | Project Cost Sanction/Completion Cost   |   GOI portion^ | Disbursement based on admissibility (GOI)   |
|----------|-----------------------------------------|----------------|---------------------------------------------|
| IPDS     | 1,056                                   |            636 | 630*                                        |
| R-APDRP  | 356                                     |            204 | 204                                         |
| TOTAL    | 1,412                                   |            840 | 834                                         |

^ IPDS - grant, R-APDRP - loan

* Balance claim is under process

## DDUGJY and SAUBHAGYA implementation in Odisha

(Rs. in Crore)

|   Sl. No | Plan                           |   Grant disbursed | Grant utilized   |
|----------|--------------------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|        1 | DDUGJY New (incl. addl. infra) |              1077 | 100%             |
|        2 | DDUGJY RE (XII Plan)           |              3191 | 100%             |
|        2 | SAUBHAGYA                      |               323 | 100%             |

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