Lok Sabha Question No. 65 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-01-29
Subject: Progress of Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Shri Jagdambika Pal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.65 ANSWERED ON 29.01.2026

## PROGRESS OF REVAMPED DISTRIBUTION SECTOR SCHEME

65. SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the progress of Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS); and
- (b) the details of the budget allocated to the State of Uttar Pradesh with respect to RDSS, district-wise?

## 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. The scheme has an outlay of Rs. 3,03,758 Cr. and estimated Gross Budgetary Support (GBS) from Central Government of Rs. 97,631 Cr.

Under the scheme, financial assistance is being provided to the Distribution Utilities (excluding Private Sector Utilities) for loss reduction infrastructure works and  smart  metering  works.  Projects  worth  Rs.  1.53  lakh  crore  for  loss  reduction infrastructure and Rs. 1.31 lakh crore for smart metering works have been sanctioned which would help improve the reliability and quality of power supply in the country.

Sanctioned Loss reduction works include replacement of old/frayed conductors, upgradation/augmentation of Distribution transformers (DT)/substations, feeder segregation works etc. Further, grid electrification works have been sanctioned for 13,65,139 households (including 4203 public places) wherever found feasible.  This  includes  grid  electrification  of  households  belonging  to  Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) identified under PM-JANMAN (Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan), households belonging to Scheduled Tribes identified under DA-JGUA (Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan), households belonging to Scheduled Caste identified under Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhyuday Yojna (PM-AJAY) and households in border areas under Viibrant Village Programme (VVP). Overall, the physical progress of Loss reduction works achieved till date is ~37%. Further, smart metering works have been sanctioned for 19.79 crore consumers, 2.05 lakh feeders and 52.53 lakh Distribution Transformers as part of Advanced Metering Infrastructure  (AMI).  Till  date,  smart  meters  have  been  installed  for  3.9  crore consumers, 1.62 lakh feeders  and 13.14 lakh Distribution Transformers under the scheme. Overall, more than 5.44 crore smart meters have been installed across the country under various schemes.

Till date, funds amounting to Rs. 38,342 cr. have been released under RDSS as per the scheme guidelines.

The  release  of  funds  under  the  scheme  is  contingent  on  improvement  in operational  and  financial  performance  of  the  Utilities  which,  in  addition  to  other initiatives taken by GoI, has helped in bringing discipline in payment of government subsidies and Govt. department dues to the Utilities, regular issuance of tariff order, timely publishing of accounts, non-creation of regulatory assets, etc. As a result of collective  efforts  of  the  Centre  and  States/  UTs,  the  Aggregate  Technical  and Commercial (AT&C) loss of distribution utilities at national level have reduced from 21.91% in FY21 to 15.04% in FY25 and ACS-ARR Gap has reduced from Rs. 0.69/kWh in FY21 to Rs. 0.06/kWh in FY25.

(b) :   The district-wise details of the project sanctioned/ budget allocated for the State of Uttar Pradesh under RDSS are at Annexure.

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ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 65 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 29.01.2026

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## District-wise details of the sanctioned Project cost and Central Gross Budgetary

Support (GBS) in the State of Uttar Pradesh under RDSS as on 15.01.2026

|   Sr. No. | District                  |   Sanctioned Cost of Distribution Infrastructure Work (LR) |   Sanctioned Central GBS for Distribution Infrastructure Work (LR) |   Sanctioned Cost of Smart Metering Works (SM) |   Sanctioned Central GBS for Smart Metering Works (SM) |
|-----------|---------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Agra                      |                                                     198.65 |                                                             119.19 |                                         294.75 |                                                  44.21 |
|         2 | Aligarh                   |                                                     410.1  |                                                             246.06 |                                         288.23 |                                                  43.23 |
|         3 | Auraiya                   |                                                     145.83 |                                                              87.5  |                                         138.7  |                                                  20.8  |
|         4 | Banda                     |                                                     196.66 |                                                             118    |                                         201.36 |                                                  30.2  |
|         5 | Chitrakoot                |                                                     129.48 |                                                              77.69 |                                         112.29 |                                                  16.84 |
|         6 | Etah                      |                                                     231.84 |                                                             139.1  |                                         154.83 |                                                  23.22 |
|         7 | Etawah                    |                                                     171.78 |                                                             103.07 |                                         127.31 |                                                  19.1  |
|         8 | Farrukhabad               |                                                     169.61 |                                                             101.77 |                                         142.43 |                                                  21.36 |
|         9 | Firozabad                 |                                                     295.55 |                                                             177.33 |                                         223.33 |                                                  33.5  |
|        10 | Hamirpur                  |                                                     107.93 |                                                              64.76 |                                         135.08 |                                                  20.26 |
|        11 | Hathras                   |                                                     163.16 |                                                              97.9  |                                         178.19 |                                                  26.73 |
|        12 | Jalaun                    |                                                     169.54 |                                                             101.72 |                                         175.8  |                                                  26.37 |
|        13 | Jhansi                    |                                                     200.58 |                                                             120.35 |                                         210.37 |                                                  31.55 |
|        14 | Kannauj                   |                                                     133.95 |                                                              80.37 |                                         155    |                                                  23.25 |
|        15 | Kanpur Dehat              |                                                     117.28 |                                                              70.37 |                                         177.87 |                                                  26.68 |
|        16 | Kanpur Nagar              |                                                     114.71 |                                                              68.83 |                                         175.38 |                                                  26.31 |
|        17 | Kashganj (Kashiram Nagar) |                                                     217.2  |                                                             130.32 |                                         136.95 |                                                  20.54 |
|        18 | Lalitpur                  |                                                     119.48 |                                                              71.69 |                                         103.26 |                                                  15.49 |
|        19 | Mahoba                    |                                                      96.8  |                                                              58.08 |                                          97.83 |                                                  14.68 |
|        20 | Mainpuri                  |                                                     173.02 |                                                             103.81 |                                         190.64 |                                                  28.6  |
|        21 | Mathura                   |                                                     326.08 |                                                             195.65 |                                         243.5  |                                                  36.53 |
|        22 | Kanpur                    |                                                    1330.1  |                                                             798.06 |                                         328.4  |                                                  49.26 |
|        23 | Amethi                    |                                                     130.39 |                                                              78.23 |                                         215.2  |                                                  32.28 |
|        24 | Ayodhya                   |                                                     174.52 |                                                             104.71 |                                         215.21 |                                                  32.28 |
|        25 | Budaun                    |                                                     266.37 |                                                             159.82 |                                         263.12 |                                                  39.47 |
|        26 | Bahraich                  |                                                     156.24 |                                                              93.74 |                                         276.18 |                                                  41.43 |
|        27 | Barabanki                 |                                                     197.86 |                                                             118.72 |                                         215.2  |                                                  32.28 |
|        28 | Bareilly                  |                                                     429.7  |                                                             257.82 |                                         392.09 |                                                  58.81 |
|        29 | Shrawasti                 |                                                      75.72 |                                                              45.43 |                                         123.77 |                                                  18.57 |
|        30 | Gonda                     |                                                     367.43 |                                                             220.46 |                                         294.29 |                                                  44.14 |
|        31 | Hardoi                    |                                                     221.98 |                                                             133.19 |                                         209.41 |                                                  31.41 |
|        32 | Lakhimpur Kheri           |                                                     196.77 |                                                             118.06 |                                         360.59 |                                                  54.09 |
|        33 | Lucknow                   |                                                     938    |                                                             562.8  |                                         669.63 |                                                 100.44 |
|        34 | Raebareli                 |                                                     228.42 |                                                             137.05 |                                         352.41 |                                                  52.86 |
|        35 | Pilibhit                  |                                                     199.03 |                                                             119.42 |                                         202.7  |                                                  30.41 |
|        36 | Unnao                     |                                                     167.64 |                                                             100.58 |                                         235.85 |                                                  35.38 |

…….2.

| 37    | Ambedkar Nagar     |   158.42 |    95.05 |   215.20 |   32.28 |
|-------|--------------------|----------|----------|----------|---------|
| 38    | Balrampur          |   130.42 |    78.25 |   137.07 |   20.56 |
| 39    | Shahjahanpur       |   230.89 |   138.53 |   233.15 |   34.97 |
| 40    | Sitapur            |   221.41 |   132.85 |   183.08 |   27.46 |
| 41    | Sultanpur          |   158.85 |    95.31 |   215.2  |   32.28 |
| 42    | Baghpat            |    98.96 |    59.38 |   197.78 |   29.67 |
| 43    | Bijnor             |   341    |   204.6  |   509.03 |   76.36 |
| 44    | Bulandshehar       |   362.56 |   217.54 |   465.98 |   69.9  |
| 45    | G.B. Nagar         |   190.25 |   114.15 |   249.51 |   37.43 |
| 46    | Ghaziabad          |   236.45 |   141.87 |   645.62 |   96.84 |
| 47    | Hapur              |   183.73 |   110.24 |   205.15 |   30.77 |
| 48    | JP Nagar (Amroha)  |   131.27 |    78.76 |   256.36 |   38.45 |
| 49    | Meerut             |   327.66 |   196.6  |   433.7  |   65.06 |
| 50    | Moradabad          |   278.19 |   166.91 |   401.79 |   60.27 |
| 51    | Muzzffarnagar      |   269.37 |   161.62 |   406.76 |   61.01 |
| 52    | Rampur             |   142.69 |    85.61 |   276.35 |   41.45 |
| 53    | Saharanpur         |   448.68 |   269.21 |   475.51 |   71.33 |
| 54    | Sambhal            |   487.74 |   292.64 |   216.9  |   32.54 |
| 55    | Shamli             |   106.05 |    63.63 |   206.45 |   30.97 |
| 56    | NOIDA              |  1313.5  |   788.1  |     0    |    0    |
| 57    | Prayagraj          |   806.94 |   484.16 |   309.89 |   46.48 |
| 58    | Pratapgarh         |   355.37 |   213.22 |   296.68 |   44.5  |
| 59    | Fatehpur           |   369.94 |   221.96 |   236.43 |   35.46 |
| 60    | Kaushambi          |   237.05 |   142.23 |   133.51 |   20.03 |
| 61    | MIRZAPUR           |   169.42 |   101.65 |   213.75 |   32.06 |
| 62    | Sonbhadra          |   204.08 |   122.45 |   172.79 |   25.92 |
| 63    | Varanasi           |  1927.93 |  1156.76 |   139.36 |   20.9  |
| 64    | Chandauli          |    90.77 |    54.46 |   158.62 |   23.79 |
| 65    | Ghazipur           |   209.74 |   125.84 |   277.28 |   41.59 |
| 66    | Jaunpur            |   327.42 |   196.45 |   381.55 |   57.23 |
| 67    | Azamgarh           |   171.61 |   102.96 |   380.99 |   57.15 |
| 68    | Ballia             |   294.8  |   176.88 |   199.15 |   29.87 |
| 69    | Mau                |   223.73 |   134.24 |   207.42 |   31.11 |
| 70    | Gorakhpur          |   194.14 |   116.48 |   324.1  |   48.62 |
| 71    | Deoria             |   160.31 |    96.19 |   245.29 |   36.79 |
| 72    | Kushinagar         |   134.52 |    80.71 |   264.16 |   39.62 |
| 73    | Maharajganj        |    74.96 |    44.98 |   261.19 |   39.18 |
| 74    | BASTI              |    96.7  |    58.02 |   250.39 |   37.56 |
| 75    | Sant Kabir Nagar   |    39.9  |    23.94 |   152.24 |   22.84 |
| 76    | Siddharth Nagar    |   195.43 |   117.26 |   206.76 |   31.01 |
| 77    | Sant Ravidas Nagar |   131.93 |    79.16 |   126.19 |   18.93 |
| Total | Total              | 21204.2  | 12722.5  | 18885.5  | 2832.82 |

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