Lok Sabha Question No. 4794 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-21
Subject: Funds allocated to Himachal Pradesh under RDSS
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Shri Suresh Kumar Kashyap

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4794

## ANSWERED ON 21.08.2025

## FUNDS ALLOCATED TO HIMACHAL PRADESH UNDER RDSS

†4794.  SHRI SURESH KUMAR KASHYAP:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Revamped  Distribution  Sector  Scheme  (RDSS)  has  been launched by the Government and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the  amount  of  budget  allocated  to  Himachal  Pradesh  under  the  said scheme;
- (c)
- the works for which the budget has been sanctioned; and
- (d) the  details  of  works  completed  so  far  in  Himachal  Pradesh  under  the scheme as well as those yet to be completed?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

(a) :   Government of India launched the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) in July 2021 with the objective of improving the quality and reliability of power supply to consumers through a financially sustainable and operationally efficient  Distribution  Sector  in  the  country.  The  scheme  has  an  outlay  of Rs.3,03,758  Crore  with  an  estimated  Central  grant  of  Rs.  97,631  Crore.  The scheme aims to reduce the Aggregate Technical and Commercial (AT&C) losses to  pan-India  levels  of  12-15%  and  the  Average  Cost  of  Supply  and  Average Revenue  Realized  (ACS-ARR)  Gap  to  zero.  Under  the  scheme,  financial assistance  is  being  provided  to  the  distribution  utilities  for  distribution infrastructure  &  smart  metering  works.  Under  RDSS,  infrastructure  projects, including  smart  metering  works,  amounting  to  2.83  lakh  Cr  have  been sanctioned till date.

(b) & (c) : For the State of Himachal Pradesh, distribution infrastructure works amounting  to  Rs.  4,116  Cr  have  been  sanctioned.  Work-wise  details  are  as under:

| Details                                                                                   | Sanctioned Cost (Rs Cr)   | Central grant (Rs Cr)   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|
| Smart Metering works                                                                      | 1,788                     | 466                     |
| Loss Reduction works                                                                      | 1,958                     | 1,763                   |
| Infrastructure works under Vibrant Village Program                                        | 6                         | 5                       |
| Infrastructure works for northern border area                                             | 362                       | 326                     |
| Household electrification works under Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DAJGUA) | 0.53                      | 0.48                    |
| Total                                                                                     | 4,116                     | 2,561                   |

(d) :   Till date ~16% of the sanctioned smart metering works and ~2% of the sanctioned infrastructure works have been completed in the State of Himachal Pradesh. It is expected that the remaining sanctioned works will be completed by the end of the scheme period i.e. 31.03.2028.

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