Lok Sabha Question No. 6283 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-04-02
Subject: Outstanding dues of DISCOMs
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Shri Naveen Jindal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.6283 ANSWERED ON 02.04.2026

## OUTSTANDING DUES OF DISCOMS

6283. SHRI NAVEEN JINDAL:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of outstanding dues of DISCOMs at present, State/UT-wise;

(b) whether  certain  States  have  floated  bonds  to  retire  the  accumulated  debt  of DISCOMs under the Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) during the last three years, if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise and year-wise;

- (c) the reasons for delay in payments by DISCOMs; and
- (d) the remedial steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

(a): The  Government  of  India  notified  the  Electricity  (Late  Payment  Surcharge  and Related Matters) Rules, 2022 (LPS Rules) on 3 rd  June, 2022. As per the Rules, all dues owed to Generating Companies (IPPs, CPSEs, and Renewable Energy Developers), Traders, and TRANSCOs,  including  late  payment  surcharges,  accrued  up  to  3 rd   June,  2022,  were classified  as  legacy  arrears.  These  arrears  were  required  to  be  rescheduled,  with distribution licensees paying them in Equated Monthly Installments (EMIs). The Rules also provide a framework for the time-bound clearance of current dues.

As a result, the outstanding legacy dues have reduced from Rs 1,39,947 crore as on 03.06.2022 to Rs 3,330 crore as on 27.03.2026.  DISCOMs (distribution utilities) are also paying their current dues in time to avoid regulation under the Rules.

For implementation of the Rules, PRAAPTI (Payment Ratification and Analysis in Power Procurement) portal was used. State-wise details of outstanding dues of DISCOMs as per PRAAPTI portal are placed at Annexure-I.

(b) : Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY) was launched by the Government of India in  November  2015  with  the  overall  aim  of  operational  and  financial  turnaround  of distribution utilities through financial restructuring.  27 States (except Odisha and West Bengal) and 5 UTs (except Delhi and Chandigarh) signed MoU under UDAY.

The Status of bonds issued under UDAY upto FY 2016-17 is attached as AnnexureII.  No bonds were issued under UDAY in last three years.

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(c) & (d): Major reasons for delay in payments by distribution utilities is due to following:

-  Regulatory disallowance of expenses incurred by distribution utilities.
-  Continued gap between Average Cost of Supply and Average Revenue Realised (ACSARR Gap)
-  Delayed  receipt  of  subsidy  and  Government  department  dues  from  the  State Governments.

Government of India has taken several measures to improve financial discipline in distribution utilities:

- i. Rules for implementation of Fuel and Power Purchase Cost Adjustment (FPPCA) and cost reflective tariff so as to ensure that all prudent cost for supply of electricity is passed through.
- ii. Rules and Standard Operating Procedure issued for proper subsidy accounting and their timely payment.
- iii. Revamped  Distribution  Sector  Scheme  (RDSS)  launched  in  2021  wherein  works amounting to Rs 2.83 lakh crore have been sanctioned across the country for loss reduction and smart metering works. The release of funds for loss reduction works under  the  scheme  is  contingent  on  improvement  in  operational  and  financial performance  of  utilities.  This  conditionality  has  helped  in  bringing  financial discipline  in  DISCOMs.  Further,  execution  of  above  works  would  help  reduce technical and commercial losses of the utilities.
- iv. Timely Payment of dues through LPS Rules.
- v. The Additional Borrowing consent of 0.5% of GSDP to State Governments, which is conditional on them undertaking specific reforms in the power sector.
- vi. Additional Prudential Norms for sanctioning of loans to State owned power utilities such as DISCOMs/ GENCOs/ TRANSCOs contingent on the performance of power distribution utilities against prescribed conditions.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6283 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 02.04.2026

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Details of State-wise outstanding dues as on 03.06.2022 and balance outstanding dues as on 27.03.2026 to be paid to suppliers*

(In Rs. Cr.)

|         |                   |                                                            | As on 03.06.2022           | As on 27.03.2026                             | As on 27.03.2026             | As on 27.03.2026              |
|---------|-------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| Sl. No. | State/ UT         | DISCOM                                                     | Legacy dues as per DISCOMs | Balance legacy dues after payment of 44 EMIs | Current dues as per PRAAPTI# | Total dues (Current + Legacy) |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | Andhra Pradesh Power Purchase Coordination Committee       | 18,309                     | -                                            | 1,375                        | 1,375                         |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh    | Andhra Pradesh Southern Power Distribution Company Limited | 18,309                     | -                                            | 384                          | 384                           |
| 3       | Andhra Pradesh    | Andhra Pradesh Eastern Power Distribution Company Limited  | 18,309                     | -                                            | 73                           | 73                            |
| 4       | Andhra Pradesh    | Andhra Pradesh Central Power Distribution Company Limited  | 18,309                     | -                                            | 54                           | 54                            |
| 5       | Arunachal Pradesh | Arunachal Power Distribution Department                    | -                          | -                                            | 0                            | 0                             |
| 6       | Assam             | Assam Power Distribution Company Limited                   | -                          | -                                            | 61                           | 61                            |
| 7       | Bihar             | North Bihar Power Distribution Company                     | 430                        | -                                            | 4                            | 4                             |
| 8       | Bihar             | South Bihar Power Distribution Company Ltd.                | 662                        | -                                            | 0                            | 0                             |
| 9       | Chandigarh        | Chandigarh Power Distribution Limited                      | -                          | -                                            | 0                            | 0                             |
| 10      | Chhattisgar h     | Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company Limited      | 4,162                      | -                                            | 77                           | 77                            |
| 11      | Delhi             | The New Delhi Municipal Council                            | -                          | -                                            | 31                           | 31                            |
| 12      | Delhi             | BSES Rajdhani Power Limited                                | -                          | -                                            | 2                            | 2                             |
| 13      | Delhi             | Delhi Tata Power Distribution Limited                      | -                          | -                                            | 0                            | 0                             |

| 14                   | Delhi                                                                       | BSES Yamuna Power Limited   | -      | -     | 0     | 0     |
|----------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|--------|-------|-------|-------|
| 15 DNH & DD          | Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu Power Distribution Corporation Ltd | -                           | -      | 48    | 48    |       |
| 16 Goa               | Goa Power Department                                                        | -                           |        | -     | 1     | 1     |
| 17 Gujarat           | Gujarat Urja Vikas Limited                                                  | Nigam                       | -      | -     | 11    | 11    |
| 18 Haryana           | Haryana Power Centre                                                        | Purchase                    | -      | -     | 179   | 179   |
| 19 Himachal Pradesh  | Himachal Pradesh Electricity Board                                          | State Limited               | -      | -     | 15    | 15    |
| 20 Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu And State Power Company                                               | Kashmir Trading Limited     | 14,164 | -     | 886   | 886   |
| 21 Jharkhand         | Jharkhand Bijli Nigam Limited                                               | Vitran                      | 6,000  | -     | 90    | 90    |
| 22 Karnataka         | Bangalore Supply Company Ltd.                                               | Electricity                 | 7,529  | 612   | 1,142 | 1,754 |
| 23 Karnataka         | Hubli Company Ltd.                                                          | Electricity Supply          | 1,247  | -     | 493   | 493   |
| 24 Karnataka         | Gulbarga Supply                                                             | Electricity Company Ltd.    | 2,129  | 41    | 288   | 329   |
| 25                   | Karnataka Chamundeshwari Electricity Corporation Limited                    | Supply                      | 2,528  | 92    | 266   | 358   |
| 26 Karnataka         | Mangalore Supply Company Ltd.                                               | Electricity                 | 125    | 10    | 1     | 11    |
| 27 Kerala            | Kerala State Board Limited                                                  | Electricity                 | -      | -     | 14    | 14    |
| 28 Madhya Pradesh    | Madhya Pradesh Management Co Ltd                                            | Power                       | 8,500  | -     | 95    | 95    |
| 29 Maharashtra       | Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd                          | 17,320                      |        | 1,150 | 1,625 | 2,775 |
| 30 Maharashtra       | Adani Electricity Limited                                                   | Mumbai -                    |        | -     | 15    | 15    |
| 31 Maharashtra       | Tata Power Co Mumbai Distribution                                           | Ltd- -                      |        | -     | 0     | 0     |
| 32 Manipur           | Manipur State Power Distribution Limited                                    | Company                     | 161    | -     | 44    | 44    |
| 33 Meghalaya         | Meghalaya Distribution Limited                                              | Power Corporation           | -      | -     | 0     | 0     |
| 34 Mizoram           | Mizoram Department                                                          | Power                       | -      | -     | 0     | 0     |
| 35 Nagaland          | Nagaland Department                                                         | Power                       | -      | -     | 26    | 26    |

| 36               | Odisha                                                   | Grid Corporation of Odisha   | -     | -      | 420   | 420    |
|------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|-------|--------|-------|--------|
| 37 Puducherry    | Puducherry Power Department                              | -                            | -     | 0      | 0     |        |
| 38 Punjab        | Punjab State Power Corporation Limited                   | -                            | -     |        | 279   | 279    |
| 39 Rajasthan     | Jodhpur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd.                         |                              | 4,096 | -      | 488   | 488    |
| 40 Rajasthan     | Jaipur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd.                          | 8,874                        |       | -      | 122   | 122    |
| 41 Rajasthan     | Ajmer Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd.                           | 9,264                        | -     | 130    |       | 130    |
| 42 Rajasthan     | Rajasthan Discoms Power Procurement Centre               | -                            | -     | 0      | 0     |        |
| Sikkim           | Sikkim Power Department                                  | -                            | -     | 3      | 3     | 43     |
| 44 Tamil Nadu    | Tamil Nadu Generation & Distribution Corporation Limited | 17,734                       | 1,395 | 152    |       | 1,547  |
| Telangana        | Southern Power Distribution Company Of Telangana         | 2,977                        | -     | 52     | 52    | 45     |
| Telangana        | Telangana State Northern Power Distribution Company      | 6,973                        | -     | 134    | 134   | 46     |
| Tripura          | Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited            | -                            | -     | 72     | 72    | 47     |
| 48 Uttar Pradesh | Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd                      | 6,762                        | -     | 4,277  |       | 4,277  |
| Uttar Pradesh    | Noida Power Company Limited                              | -                            | -     | 0      | 0     | 49     |
| 50 Uttarakhand   | Uttarakhand Power Corporation Limited                    | -                            | -     | 42     | 42    |        |
| 51 West Bengal   | West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd.  | -                            | -     | 20     | 20    |        |
| 52 West Bengal   | Damodar Valley Corporation                               | -                            | -     | 67     | 67    |        |
| 53 West Bengal   | India Power Corporation Limited                          | -                            | -     | 37     | 37    |        |
| Total            |                                                          | 1,39,947                     | 3,300 | 13,594 |       | 16,894 |

*: Suppliers include generating, transmission and trading companies.

#: Current dues are within the trigger date as per the Rules

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ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6283 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 02.04.2026

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| Sl. No.   | State            | Total DISCOM liabilities as on 30-09-2015   | DISCOM liabilities to be restructured as per MoU   | Total bonds to be issued by States as per MoU   | Bonds issued by States   | Bonds issued by DISCOMs   | Total bonds issued under UDAY   |
|-----------|------------------|---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh   | 14,721                                      | 11,008                                             | 8,893                                           | 8,256                    | 0                         | 8,256                           |
| 2.        | Assam            | 1,510                                       | 1,510                                              | 1,132                                           | -                        | 0                         | -                               |
| 3.        | Bihar            | 3,109                                       | 3,109                                              | 2,332                                           | 2,332                    | 777                       | 3,109                           |
| 4.        | Chhattisgarh     | 1,740                                       | 1,305                                              | 870                                             | 870                      | 0                         | 870                             |
| 5.        | Haryana          | 34,602                                      | 34,602                                             | 25,950                                          | 25,950                   | 0                         | 25,950                          |
| 6.        | Himachal Pradesh | 3,854                                       | 3,854                                              | 2,891                                           | 2,891                    | 0                         | 2,891                           |
| 7.        | J&K              | 3,538                                       | 3,538                                              | 3,538                                           | 3,538                    | 0                         | 3,538                           |
| 8.        | Jharkhand        | 7,215                                       | 7,215                                              | 6,924                                           | 6,136                    | 0                         | 6,136                           |
| 9.        | Madhya Pradesh   | 34,739                                      | 7,360                                              | 7,360                                           | 7,360                    | 0                         | 7,360                           |
| 10.       | Maharashtra      | 22,097                                      | 6,613                                              | 4,960                                           | 4,960                    | 0                         | 4,960                           |
| 11.       | Meghalaya        | 167                                         | 167                                                | 125                                             | 125                      | 0                         | 125                             |
| 12.       | Punjab           | 20,838                                      | 20,838                                             | 15,629                                          | 15,629                   | 0                         | 15,629                          |
| 13.       | Rajasthan        | 83,229                                      | 83,229                                             | 62,422                                          | 62,422                   | 12,368                    | 74,790                          |
| 14.       | Tamil Nadu       | 30,420                                      | 30,420                                             | 22,815                                          | 22,815                   | 0                         | 22,815                          |
| 15.       | Telangana        | 11,897                                      | 11,897                                             | 8,923                                           | 8,923                    | 0                         | 8,923                           |
| 16.       | Uttar Pradesh    | 53,211                                      | 53,211                                             | 39,908                                          | 39,133                   | 10,377                    | 49,510                          |
|           | TOTAL            | 3,26,887                                    | 2,79,876                                           | 2,14,672                                        | 2,11,340                 | 23,522                    | 2,34,862                        |

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