Lok Sabha Question No. 1175 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-09
Subject: Dues of DISCOMs
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Mohan Mandavi, Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar, Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre, Saikia Dilip, Sunil Kumar Singh, Vijay Baghel, Arun Sao, Devji Mansingram Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1175 ANSWERED ON 09.02.2023

## DUES OF DISCOMS

1175.  SHRI MOHAN MANDAVI:

SHRI DILIP SAIKIA:

SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE:

SHRI ARUN SAO:

SHRI RANJEETSINGH HINDURAO NAIK NIMBALKAR:

SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL:

SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the total dues of power distribution companies (DISCOMs) towards generation companies (GENCOS) at present, State/UT-wise including Jharkhand, Rajasthan and North-Eastern Region;
- (b) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  invoke  the  relevant  provisions  of  tripartite agreement among the Centre, RBI and States to recover the dues by deducting the outstanding amount from the concerned State's share of taxes;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the remedial steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) : As per the information available on PRAAPTI portal, the total dues of power distribution  companies  (DISCOMs)  towards  supplier  (i.e.  Independent  Power  Producer (IPP), Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE) & Renewable Energy (RE) Generators) as on 30.01.2023 are:-

|   Sl. No. | Particular                                                         | Amount in Rs. Crore   |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|         1 | Balance Legacy Dues (after payment of 6 EMIs)                      | 1,01,158.66           |
|         2 | Current Dues ( Excluding Disputed and before default trigger date) | 34,359.18             |
|         3 | Overdues excluding Disputed after default trigger date             | 25.20                 |

The State/UT-wise details of total dues furnished by DISCOMs and PRAAPTI Portal as on 30.01.2023 are given at Annexure.

(b) & (c) : In  cases  of  persistent  and  continuing  default  in  payment  of  dues,  Central Government  invokes  the  Tri-Partite  Agreement  (TPA)  among  Centre,  RBI  and  State Government to recover the dues. (d) : Recognizing the cash flow problems arising out of outstanding receivables of Generating Companies from DISCOMs and in order to enforce payment discipline in the power  sector  value  chain,  Government  of  India  promulgated  Electricity  (Late  Payment Surcharge  and  Related  Matters)  Rules,  2022  on  3 rd   June,  2022.  These  rules  entail obligations upon the DISOCMs to clear their legacy dues as existing on 03.06.2022 in a time  bound  phased  manner  in  equated  monthly  installments  with  benefits  of  non applicability  of  late  payment  surcharge  after  03.06.2022.  These  rules  also  provide framework for time bound clearance of current dues through establishment of a Payment Security Mechanism and disincentives of progressive withdrawal of open access as well as power regulations if the provisions of the Rules are not followed. DISCOMs can avail loans from PFC Ltd. and REC Ltd. to clear their legacy dues to Generating Companies. Under  the  Revamped  Distribution  Sector  Scheme  (RDSS)  launched  by Government  of  India,  compliance  to  LPS  Rules  by  Discoms  been  prescribed  under  the Result Evaluation Framework for evaluating the DISCOMs for availing financial assistance under the scheme. Further,  Ministry  of  Power,  has  introduced  additional  prudential  guidelines for  sanctioning of working capital loans to State DISCOMs/ TRANSCOs/ GENCOs. These essentially  entail  that  loans  to  DISCOMs  and  other  State  owned  utilities  would  be contingent  to  their  performance  against  prescribed  conditions.  The  prudential  norms, among other  conditions,  include  compliance  to  LPS  Rules  by  Discoms.  The  Ministry  of Power  has  also  requested  all  other  FIs/  Banks  to  adopted  and  implement  the  Revised Additional Prudential Norms for working capital loan to DISCOMS/ TRANSCOs/ GENCOs.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1175 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 09.02.2023

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## State/UT-wise details of total dues available from DISCOMs and PRAAPTI Portal as on 30.01.2023

|                      |                                                                                 |                                                           | Amount in Rs. Crores   | Amount in Rs. Crores                                              | Amount in Rs. Crores                           |
|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.              | State                                                                           | DISCOMs                                                   | Legacy Dues            | Current Dues (Excluding Disputed and before default trigger date) | Overdues Excluding Disputed After Trigger Date |
| 1                    | Andhra Pradesh                                                                  | Andhra Pradesh Central Power Distribution Company Limited | 8,568.37               | 28.48                                                             | -                                              |
| 1                    |                                                                                 | Andhra Pradesh Eastern Power Distribution Company Limited | 8,568.37               | 53.86                                                             | -                                              |
| 1                    |                                                                                 | Andhra Pradesh Power Purchase Coordination Committee      | 8,568.37               | 945.03                                                            | 0.13                                           |
| 1                    | Andhra Pradesh Distribution                                                     | Southern Power Company Limited                            | 8,568.37               | 251.45                                                            | 0.09                                           |
| 2 Arunachal Pradesh  | Arunachal Power Distribution Department                                         | -                                                         |                        | 52.37                                                             | -                                              |
| 3 Assam              | Assam Power Distribution Company Limited                                        | -                                                         |                        | 507.77                                                            | -                                              |
| 4                    | North Bihar Power Distribution Company Ltd.                                     | 214.76                                                    |                        | 885.14                                                            | -                                              |
| 4                    | South Bihar Power Distribution Company Ltd.                                     | 273.58                                                    |                        | 1,056.67                                                          | -                                              |
| 5 Chandigarh         | Chandigarh Electricity Department                                               | -                                                         |                        | 7.17                                                              | 0.02                                           |
| 6 Chhattisgarh       | Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company Limited                           | 3,537.70                                                  |                        | 844.74                                                            | 0.00                                           |
| Delhi                | BSES Rajdhani Power Limited                                                     | -                                                         |                        | 283.70                                                            | -                                              |
| Delhi                | BSES Yamuna Power Limited                                                       | -                                                         |                        | 62.62                                                             | -                                              |
| Delhi                | Delhi Tata Power Distribution Limited                                           | -                                                         |                        | 436.13                                                            | -                                              |
| Delhi                | The New Delhi Municipal Council                                                 | -                                                         |                        | 0.84                                                              | -                                              |
| 8 DNH & DD           | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Power Distribution Corporation Limited | -                                                         |                        | 265.53                                                            | -                                              |
| 9 Goa                | Goa Power Department                                                            | -                                                         |                        | 56.27                                                             | -                                              |
| 10 Gujarat           | Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited                                                | -                                                         |                        | 2,709.84                                                          | 0.00                                           |
| 11 Haryana           | Haryana Power Purchase Centre                                                   | -                                                         |                        | 1,099.14                                                          | 0.00                                           |
| 12 Himachal Pradesh  | Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Limited                                | -                                                         |                        | 199.65                                                            | -                                              |
| 13 Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu And Kashmir State Power Trading Company Limited                           | 10,081.44                                                 |                        | 376.76                                                            | 0.06                                           |
| 14 Jharkhand         | Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited                                            | 4,420.20                                                  |                        | 450.53                                                            | -                                              |

......2.

|                   | Bangalore                                                | Electricity Supply Company Ltd.                       | 6,274.50    | 1,162.09   | 0.22    |
|-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------|------------|---------|
|                   | Bangalore                                                | Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation Limited | 1,091.80    | 245.24     | -       |
| 15 Karnataka      | Bangalore                                                | Gulbarga Electricity Supply Company Ltd.              | 1,761.68    | 329.56     | -       |
|                   | Bangalore                                                | Hubli Electricity Supply Company Ltd.                 | 2,077.96    | 530.25     | 0.24    |
|                   | Bangalore                                                | Mangalore Electricity Supply Company Ltd.             | 109.62      | 23.18      | -       |
| 16                | Kerala                                                   | Kerala State Electricity Board Limited                | -           | 872.15     | 12.13*  |
| 17 Madhya Pradesh | Madhya Pradesh Power Management Co                       | Ltd                                                   | 7,224.67    | 2,330.93   | 0.01    |
| Maharashtra       | Best Undertaking                                         |                                                       | -           | 2.14       | -       |
| Maharashtra       | Best Undertaking                                         | Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd    | 14,963.44   | 3,738.74   | 0.00    |
| 19 Manipur        | Manipur State Power Distribution Company Limited         | 80.63                                                 |             | 64.11      | 0.03    |
| 20 Meghalaya      | Meghalaya Power Distribution Corporation Limited         | -                                                     |             | 75.81      | -       |
| 21 Mizoram        | Mizoram Power Department                                 | -                                                     |             | 54.60      | 12.49** |
| 22 Nagaland       | Nagaland Power Department                                |                                                       | -           | 56.50      | -       |
| 23 Odisha         | Grid Corporation of                                      | Odisha                                                | -           | 627.18     | -       |
| 24 Puducherry     | Puducherry Power Department                              |                                                       | -           | 189.78     | -       |
| 25 Punjab         | Punjab State Power Corporation                           | Limited                                               | -           | 1,699.22   | -       |
| Rajasthan         | Ajmer Vidyut Vitran Nigam                                | Ltd.                                                  | 2,343.60    | 699.38     | -       |
| Rajasthan         |                                                          | Jaipur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd.                       | 5,523.18    | 1,038.92   | -       |
| Rajasthan         | Jodhpur Vidyut                                           | Vitran Nigam Ltd.                                     | 5,177.77    | 890.19     | -       |
| 27 Sikkim         | Sikkim Power Department                                  |                                                       | -           | 7.49       | -       |
| 28 Tamil Nadu     | Tamil Nadu Generation & Distribution Corporation Limited |                                                       | 14,752.71   | 4,132.46   | -       |
| Telangana         | Telangana State Northern Power Distribution Company      |                                                       | 2,035.51    | 344.67     | -       |
| Telangana         | Telangana State Southern Distribution Company            | Power                                                 | 4,897.53    | 1,179.02   | -       |
| 30 Tripura        | Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited            |                                                       | -           | 135.11     | -       |
| 31 Uttar Pradesh  | Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd                      |                                                       | 5,748.00    | 3,962.55   | -       |
| 32 Uttarakhand    | Uttarakhand Power Corporation                            | Limited                                               | -           | 47.96      | -       |
|                   | Damodar Valley                                           | Corporation                                           | -           | 65.28      | -       |
| 33 West Bengal    | West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd.  | -                                                     |             | 559.79     | -       |
| Grand Total       | Grand Total                                              | Grand Total                                           | 1,01,158.66 | 34,359.18  | 25.20   |

*State of Kerala paid the overdue amount and is presently not under regulation as per the rules

**State of Mizoram is under regulation as per the rules

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