Lok Sabha Question No. 1896 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-31
Subject: Smart Meters Sanctioned under RDSS in UP
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Shri Pushpendra Saroj

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1896 ANSWERED ON 31.07.2025

## SMART METERS SANCTIONED UNDER RDSS IN UP

1896. SHRI PUSHPENDRA SAROJ:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the  total  number  of  smart  meters  sanctioned  and  installed  under  the Revamped  Distribution  Sector  Scheme  (RDSS)  till  date,  State  and  year-wise including district-wise for Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) the details of funds sanctioned, released and utilised for smart metering under RDSS, State and year-wise;
- (c) the number of households electrified under RDSS in Uttar Pradesh, if so, the details thereof, district-wise and social category-wise; and
- (d) whether the Government has undertaken any assessment to evaluate the impact of smart meter installation and if so, the key findings thereof?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

(a) :   State-wise details of smart meters sanctioned and installed till date under Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) are placed at Annexure-I. Districtwise details of smart meters sanctioned and installed till date in Uttar Pradesh under RDSS are placed at Annexure-II.

- (b) :   State-wise  details  of  funds  sanctioned  and  released  for  smart  metering works under RDSS are placed at Annexure-III.
- (c) :   The district-wise details of households sanctioned and electrified till date in Uttar Pradesh under RDSS are placed at Annexure-IV.

……..2.

- (d) :    The smart meter installation is currently in its initial implementation phase. The impact of smart meter installation can be assessed once significant numbers have been installed. In states like Bihar and Assam, where substantial numbers have been installed, the impact of smart meter installation may be seen as below:
- i. Aggregate Technical and Commercial (AT&C) Losses:

| State   | FY21   | FY24   |
|---------|--------|--------|
| Assam   | 18.73% | 14.03% |
| Bihar   | 35.33% | 20.32% |

## ii. Gap between Average Cost of Supply and Average Revenue Realised in Rs/kWh:

| State   |   FY21 | FY24   |
|---------|--------|--------|
| Assam   |   0.1  | (0.22) |
| Bihar   |   0.72 | (0.18) |

- iii. Annual PAT/ (Loss) in Rs. Crore:

| State   | FY21    | FY24   |
|---------|---------|--------|
| Assam   | (292)   | 384    |
| Bihar   | (1,942) | 1,411  |

As can be seen from above tables, both the States have shown substantial improvement both in terms of operational and financial parameters. It is expected that after large scale deployment of smart meters, similar impact will be seen in other States also.

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## Smart Meters details under RDSS

| Sl. No.              | State/ UT      | Sanctioned (Nos.) Installed (Nos.)   |
|----------------------|----------------|--------------------------------------|
| 1 Andaman and        | Nicobar 84,835 | 0                                    |
| 2 Andhra Pradesh     | 59,19,344      | 16,82,446                            |
| Arunachal Pradesh    | 2,98,250       | 3 17,086                             |
| 4 Assam              | 64,45,127      | 37,47,655                            |
| 5 Bihar              | 26,07,153      | 20,47,465                            |
| Chhattisgarh         | 61,79,479      | 6 22,82,766                          |
| 7 Delhi              | 3,521          | 0                                    |
| 8 Goa                | 7,50,356       | 0                                    |
| 9 Gujarat            | 1,67,87,587    | 20,94,432                            |
| 10 Himachal Pradesh  | 28,41,908      | 4,59,945                             |
| 11 Jammu and Kashmir | 14,97,690      | 2,00,224                             |
| 12 Jharkhand         | 13,62,044      | 2,90,516                             |
| 13 Kerala            | 1,33,83,001    | 0                                    |
| 14 Madhya Pradesh    | 1,34,29,206    | 22,43,063                            |
| 15 Maharashtra       | 2,40,04,866    | 49,30,410                            |
| Manipur              | 1,66,208       | 16 8,867                             |
| Meghalaya            | 4,72,743       | 17 0                                 |
| Mizoram              | 2,92,081       | 18 1,768                             |
| Nagaland             | 3,23,878       | 19 7,361                             |
| Puducherry           | 4,07,052       | 20 0                                 |
| 21 Punjab            | 89,81,414      | 0                                    |
| 22 Rajasthan         | 1,47,36,692    | 3,59,848                             |
| 23 Sikkim            | 1,48,542       | 42,985                               |
| Tamil Nadu           | 3,04,90,774    | 24 0                                 |
| 25 Tripura           | 5,62,870       | 92,108                               |
| 26 Uttar Pradesh     | 2,85,26,731    | 32,78,563                            |
| 27 Uttarakhand       | 16,49,684      | 2,10,679                             |
| 28 West Bengal       | 2,10,35,262    | 5,13,457                             |
| All                  | India Total    | 20,33,88,298 2,45,11,644             |

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1896 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 31.07.2025

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## District-wise details of smart meters in Uttar Pradesh under RDSS

| S No.   | DISCOM       | District           | Sanctioned (Nos.)   | Installed (Nos.)   |
|---------|--------------|--------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
| 1       | PuVVNL       | AZAMGARH           | 6,05,284            | 36,656             |
|         |              | BALLIA             | 3,14,303            | 59,449             |
|         |              | BASTI              | 3,52,686            | 32,353             |
|         |              | CHANDAULI          | 2,48,363            | 55,761             |
|         |              | DEORIA             | 3,75,784            | 32,555             |
|         |              | FATEHPUR           | 3,63,972            | 62,527             |
|         |              | GHAZIPUR           | 4,28,537            | 74,194             |
|         |              | GORAKHPUR          | 7,04,224            | 1,41,385           |
|         |              | JAUNPUR            | 5,98,440            | 47,925             |
|         |              | KAUSHAMBI          | 2,05,140            | 40,409             |
|         |              | KUSHI NAGAR        | 3,97,196            | 33,023             |
|         |              | MAHARAJGANJ        | 3,56,007            | 43,655             |
|         |              | MAU                | 3,29,096            | 47,540             |
|         |              | MIRZAPUR           | 3,20,250            | 56,626             |
|         |              | PRATAPGARH         | 4,62,404            | 82,476             |
|         |              | PRAYAGRAJ          | 4,74,649            | 47,048             |
|         |              | SANT KABEER NAGAR  | 2,32,630            | 24,015             |
|         |              | SANT RAVIDAS NAGAR | 1,91,035            | 50,112             |
|         |              | SIDDHARTH NAGAR    | 3,14,808            | 23,668             |
|         |              | SONBHADRA          | 2,69,044            | 38,349             |
|         |              | VARANASI           | 2,06,684            | 61,259             |
|         | PuVVNL Total | PuVVNL Total       | 77,50,536           | 10,90,985          |
| 2       | MVVNL        | AMBEDKAR NAGAR     | 3,41,290            | 15,942             |
| 2       | MVVNL        | AMETHI             | 3,41,291            | 12,650             |
| 2       | MVVNL        | AYODHYA            | 3,41,296            | 36,907             |
| 2       | MVVNL        | BADAUN             | 3,80,772            | 27,462             |
| 2       | MVVNL        | BAHRAICH           | 4,38,521            | 27,507             |
| 2       | MVVNL        | BALRAMPUR          | 2,14,742            | 19,628             |
| 2       | MVVNL        | BARABANKI          | 3,41,293            | 18,323             |
| 2       | MVVNL        | BAREILLY           | 6,04,657            | 62,448             |
| 2       | MVVNL        | GONDA              | 4,61,487            | 37,318             |
| 2       | MVVNL        | HARDOI             | 3,32,350            | 30,832             |
| 2       | MVVNL        | LAKHIMPUR KHERI    | 5,74,612            | 57,784             |
| 2       | MVVNL        | LUCKNOW            | 10,93,296           | 1,09,294           |
| 2       | MVVNL        | PILIBHIT           | 3,19,480            | 78,218             |
| 2       | MVVNL        | RAE BARELI         | 5,59,826            | 53,194             |
| 2       | MVVNL        | SHAHJAHANPUR       | 3,69,663            | 38,135             |
| 2       | MVVNL        | SHRAVASTI          | 1,98,944            | 4,723              |
| 2       | MVVNL        | SITAPUR            | 2,88,288            | 39,554             |
| 2       | MVVNL        | SULTANPUR          | 3,41,290            | 21,811             |
| 2       | MVVNL        | UNNAO              | 3,70,542            | 43,167             |

|    | MVVNL Total   | MVVNL Total         | 79,13,640   | 7,34,897   |
|----|---------------|---------------------|-------------|------------|
| 3  | DVVNL         | AGRA                | 4,46,572    | 81,835     |
|    |               | ALIGARH             | 4,28,888    | 1,19,116   |
|    |               | AURAIYA             | 2,16,861    | 9,302      |
|    |               | BANDA               | 3,04,858    | 19,105     |
|    |               | CHITRAKOOT          | 1,72,598    | 3,904      |
|    |               | ETAH                | 2,38,445    | 21,721     |
|    |               | ETAWAH              | 1,82,576    | 6,244      |
|    |               | FARRUKHABAD         | 2,18,538    | 26,033     |
|    |               | FIROZABAD           | 3,16,422    | 56,306     |
|    |               | HAMIRPUR            | 2,04,373    | 15,825     |
|    |               | HATHRAS             | 2,68,056    | 60,095     |
|    |               | JALAUN              | 2,70,335    | 26,743     |
|    |               | JHANSI              | 3,34,800    | 77,035     |
|    |               | KANNAUJ             | 2,37,939    | 34,812     |
|    |               | KANPUR DEHAT        | 2,71,912    | 8,234      |
|    |               | KANPUR NAGAR        | 2,62,502    | 15,864     |
|    |               | KASGANJ             | 2,12,302    | 27,660     |
|    |               | LALITPUR            | 1,62,424    | 17,827     |
|    |               | MAHOBA              | 1,54,548    | 15,450     |
|    |               | MAINPURI            | 2,84,021    | 58,434     |
|    |               | MATHURA             | 3,57,402    | 42,438     |
|    | DVVNL Total   | DVVNL Total         | 55,46,372   | 7,43,983   |
| 4  | PVVNL         | AMROHA              | 3,17,708    | 25,048     |
| 4  | PVVNL         | BAGHPAT             | 2,54,249    | 4,351      |
| 4  | PVVNL         | BIJNOR              | 6,64,248    | 49,174     |
| 4  | PVVNL         | BULANDSHAHR         | 5,97,338    | 50,646     |
| 4  | PVVNL         | GAUTAM BUDDHA NAGAR | 3,56,425    | 16,737     |
| 4  | PVVNL         | GHAZIABAD           | 9,89,348    | 59,931     |
| 4  | PVVNL         | HAPUR               | 2,76,747    | 14,063     |
| 4  | PVVNL         | MEERUT              | 6,14,850    | 1,17,131   |
| 4  | PVVNL         | MORADABAD           | 5,68,818    | 84,108     |
| 4  | PVVNL         | MUZAFFARNAGAR       | 5,30,974    | 53,584     |
| 4  | PVVNL         | RAMPUR              | 3,76,461    | 36,674     |
| 4  | PVVNL         | SAHARANPUR          | 5,95,716    | 58,475     |
| 4  | PVVNL         | SAMBHAL             | 2,89,211    | 24,677     |
| 4  | PVVNL         | SHAMLI              | 2,51,681    | 80,821     |
| 4  | PVVNL Total   | PVVNL Total         | 66,83,774   | 6,75,420   |
| 5  | KESCO         | KANPUR CITY         | 6,32,408    | 33,278     |
|    |               | UP- Total           | 2,85,26,731 | 32,78,563  |

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1896 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 31.07.2025

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## Funds details for Smart Metering Works under RDSS

(Amount in Rs. Cr.)

|                   |                    | Sanctioned   | Funds Released   | Funds Released   | Funds Released   |
|-------------------|--------------------|--------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| Sl. No.           | State/UTs          | GBS          | FY24             | FY25             | FY26             |
| 1 Andaman &       | Nicobar Islands 12 | -            | -                | -                |                  |
| Andhra Pradesh    | 815                | -            | -                | -                | 2                |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 54                 | -            | -                | -                | 3                |
| Assam             | 1,052              | 56           | 191              | 111              | 4                |
| Bihar             | 412                | 169          | 17               | -                | 5                |
| Chhattisgarh      | 804                | -            | -                | -                | 6                |
| Delhi             | 2                  | -            | -                | -                | 7                |
| Goa               | 95                 | -            | -                | -                | 8                |
| Gujarat           | 1,885              | -            | -                | -                | 9                |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 466                | -            | -                | -                | 10               |
| Jammu & Kashmir   | 272                | -            | -                | -                | 11               |
| Jharkhand         | 191                | -            | -                | -                | 12               |
| Kerala            | 1,413              | -            | -                | -                | 13               |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 1,504              | -            | -                | -                | 14               |
| Maharashtra       | 2,840              | -            | -                | -                | 15               |
| Manipur           | 38                 | -            | -                | -                | 16               |
| Meghalaya         | 86                 | -            | -                | -                | 17               |
| Mizoram           | 61                 | -            | -                | -                | 18               |
| Nagaland          | 60                 | -            | -                | -                | 19               |
| Puducherry        | 56                 | -            | -                | -                | 20               |
| 21 Punjab         | 960                | -            | -                | -                |                  |
| Rajasthan         | 1,686              | -            | -                | -                | 22               |
| 23 Sikkim         | 30                 | -            | -                | 4                |                  |
| Tamil Nadu        | 3,398              | -            | -                | -                | 24               |
| 25 Tripura        | 80                 | -            | -                | -                |                  |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 3,501              | -            | -                | -                | 26               |
| Uttarakhand       | 310                | -            | -                | -                | 27               |
| 28 West Bengal    | 2,089              | -            | -                | 31               |                  |
| Total             | 24,173             | 225          | 208              | 145              |                  |

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1896 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 31.07.2025

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## District-wise household electrification works in Uttar Pradesh under RDSS

|   Sl. No. | District       | Sanctioned Households   |   Households Electrified till date |
|-----------|----------------|-------------------------|------------------------------------|
|         1 | AGRA           | 1,173                   |                                  0 |
|         2 | ALIGARH        | 1,795                   |                                  0 |
|         3 | AURAIYA        | 3,428                   |                                  0 |
|         4 | BANDA          | 16,697                  |                                  0 |
|         5 | CHITRAKOOT     | 3,977                   |                                  0 |
|         6 | ETAH           | 4,618                   |                                  0 |
|         7 | ETAWAH         | 625                     |                                  0 |
|         8 | FARRUKHABAD    | 1,240                   |                                  0 |
|         9 | Firozabad      | 1,445                   |                                  0 |
|        10 | HAMIRPUR       | 1,452                   |                                  0 |
|        11 | HATHRAS        | 461                     |                                  0 |
|        12 | JALAUN         | 955                     |                                  0 |
|        13 | JHANSI         | 3,976                   |                                  0 |
|        14 | KANNAUJ        | 2,639                   |                                  0 |
|        15 | KANPUR DEHAT   | 3,749                   |                                  0 |
|        16 | KANPUR NAGAR   | 1,681                   |                                  0 |
|        17 | KASGANJ        | 2,162                   |                                  0 |
|        18 | LALITPUR       | 2,341                   |                                  0 |
|        19 | Mahoba         | 1,235                   |                                  0 |
|        20 | MAINPURI       | 490                     |                                  0 |
|        21 | MATHURA        | 1,350                   |                                  0 |
|        22 | Ambedkar Nagar | 2,853                   |                                  0 |
|        23 | Amethi         | 1,945                   |                                  0 |
|        24 | Ayodhya        | 3,705                   |                                  0 |
|        25 | BAHRAICH       | 5,382                   |                                  0 |
|        26 | Balrampur      | 9,384                   |                                  0 |
|        27 | BARABANKI      | 4,697                   |                                  0 |
|        28 | Bareilly       | 2,052                   |                                  0 |
|        29 | Budaun         | 2,325                   |                                  0 |
|        30 | Gonda          | 44,217                  |                                  0 |
|        31 | Hardoi         | 3,928                   |                                  0 |
|        32 | KHERI          | 228                     |                                  0 |
|        33 | Lakhimpur      | 1,174                   |                                  0 |
|        34 | Lucknow        | 943                     |                                  0 |
|        35 | PILIBHIT       | 1,200                   |                                  0 |
|        36 | Raebareli      | 842                     |                                  0 |
|        37 | Shahjahanpur   | 2,924                   |                                  0 |
|        38 | Shrawasti      | 4,735                   |                                  0 |
|        39 | SITAPUR        | 4,301                   |                                  0 |

| 40   | Sultanpur         | 2,961    |   0 |
|------|-------------------|----------|-----|
| 41   | Unnao             | 2,820    |   0 |
| 42   | Azamgarh          | 2,304    |  33 |
| 43   | BALLIA            | 1,942    |  04 |
| 44   | BASTI             | 145      |   0 |
| 45   | BHADOHI           | 514      |   0 |
| 46   | CHANDAULI         | 934      |   0 |
| 47   | DEORIA            | 3,829    |   0 |
| 48   | Fatehpur          | 3,920    |   0 |
| 49   | GHAZIPUR          | 143      |   0 |
| 50   | GORAKHPUR         | 1,995    |   0 |
| 51   | JAUNPUR           | 9,897    |   0 |
| 52   | Kaushambi         | 3,750    |   0 |
| 53   | KUSHI NAGAR       | 119      |   0 |
| 54   | Kushinagar        | 16,189   |   0 |
| 55   | MAHARAJGANJ       | 76       |   0 |
| 56   | Mahrajganj        | 3,291    |   0 |
| 57   | Mau               | 177      |   0 |
| 58   | MIRZAPUR          | 6,669    |   0 |
| 59   | PRATAPGARH        | 15,540   |   0 |
| 60   | PRAYAGRAJ         | 21,071   |  25 |
| 61   | SANT KABEER NAGAR | 13       |   0 |
| 62   | SantKabir Nagar   | 65       |   0 |
| 63   | SIDDHARTH NAGAR   | 327      |  03 |
| 64   | SONBHADRA         | 5,135    |   0 |
| 65   | Varanasi          | 158      |  03 |
| 66   | Bijnor            | 392      | 195 |
|      | Total             | 2,58,700 | 263 |

Of the total above:

- i. 316 belong to Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) households identified under PMJANMAN (Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan)
- ii. 6,897 are tribal households identified under DA-JGUA (Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan).
- iii. For the balance households the social category has not been captured.

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