Lok Sabha Question No. 2987 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-08
Subject: Smart Consumer Meters
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Shri G Lakshminarayana, Shri Appalanaidu Kalisetti

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2987

## ANSWERED ON 08.08.2024

## SMART CONSUMER METERS

2987  SHRI G LAKSHMINARAYANA: SHRI APPALANAIDU KALISETTI:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the  total  number  of  smart  consumer  meters  sanctioned  and  awarded specifically for the Vizianagaram and Anantapur districts in the State of Andhra Pradesh under the National Smart Grid Mission (NSGM);
- (b) the number of smart consumer meters deployed in the said districts till date under the said mission;
- (c) the total funds allocated/disbursed for the deployment of smart meters in the  said  districts  under  the  said  Mission  along  with  the  utilization  status  of these funds;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  faced  challenges  or  bottlenecks  in  the deployment of smart meters in the said districts; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER (SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

- (a) to (c) :   Under National Smart Grid Mission (NSGM), no project was sanctioned for the Vizianagaram and Anantapur districts in the State of Andhra Pradesh.

(d) & (e) : The  Government  of  India  (GoI)  launched  Revamped  Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) 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  has  an  outlay  of  Rs. 3,03,758 crore with a Gross Budgetary Support of Rs. 97,631 crore over a period of five years from 2021-22 to FY 2025-26. Projects worth Rs. 2.62 lakh crore for distribution infrastructure works and smart metering works have been sanctioned under the scheme.

The  details  of  smart  meter  works  under  RDSS  for  Vizianagaram  and Anantapur districts in the State of Andhra Pradesh is as given below:

| DISCOM   | District (Erstwhile)   | Smart Consumer Meter Sanctioned Quantities   | Smart Consumer Meter Awarded Quantities   | Smart Meter deployed (as on 22.07.2024)   |
|----------|------------------------|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| APEPDCL  | Vizianagaram           | 2,99,739                                     | 2,71,126                                  | 5,751                                     |
| APSPDCL  | Anantapur              | 5,29,015                                     | 5,30,448                                  | 69,279                                    |

Status of funds sanctioned and disbursed against smart meter works for the said districts as on 22.07.2024, is given below:

| DISCOM   | District (Erstwhile)   |   Sanctioned project cost (Rs. Cr.) |   GoI Grant (Rs. Cr.) |   GoI Funds Disbursed (Rs. Cr.) |
|----------|------------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------------|
| APEPDCL  | Vizianagaram           |                                 180 |                    27 |                               0 |
| APSPDCL  | Anantapur              |                                 317 |                    48 |                               0 |

There  are  no  challenges  or  bottlenecks  faced  in  deployment  of  smart meters in said districts, as reported by the State/DISCOMs of Andhra Pradesh.

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