Lok Sabha Question No. 3227 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-12
Subject: Availability and Quality of Power Supply
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Shri Kamakhya Prasad Tasa

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3227 ANSWERED ON 12.03.2026

## AVAILABILITY AND QUALITY OF POWER SUPPLY

3227.  SHRI KAMAKHYA PRASAD TASA:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) the details of efforts made by the Government to improve availability and quality of power supply across the country till now;

(b) whether the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme has emphasis on improvement in efficiency of distribution utilities and if so, the details thereof;

(c) the objectives of the said scheme and the achievements made so far particularly in the State of Assam; and

(d) whether  advanced  technologies  for  reducing  the  distribution  losses  are  being implemented under the scheme and 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 (d): There  is  adequate  availability  of  power  in  the  country.  Present  installed generation capacity of the country is 520.51 GW (as on January, 2026).  Government of India has addressed the critical issue of power deficiency by adding 296.388 GW of fresh generation  capacity  since  April,  2014  transforming  the  country  from  power  deficit  to power sufficient.

The Power Supply Position for last three financial years and the current financial year i.e. 2025-26 (up to January, 2026) is given at Annexure. The 'Energy Supplied' has been  commensurate  to  the  'Energy  Requirement'  with  only  a  marginal  gap  which  is generally on account of constraints in the State transmission / distribution network.

Further,  Electricity  being  a  concurrent  subject,  the  supply  and  distribution  of electricity to the various categories of consumers / areas / districts / cities in a State / UT is  within  the  purview  of  the  respective  State  Government  /  Power  Utility.  Making arrangement  of  appropriate  quantum  of  power  from  various  sources  for  providing adequate power to all consumers / areas / districts / cities is the responsibility of the concerned distribution licensees.

………2.

Government  of  India  (GoI)  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.

A key objective of the RDSS is to reduce the Aggregate Technical and Commercial (AT&C) losses to pan-India levels of 12-15 % and the gap between Average Cost of Supply (ACS) and Average Revenue Realized (ARR) to Zero. To achieve this objective, works amounting to Rs 1.53 Lakh Crores for strengthening of Distribution Infrastructure and Rs 1.3 lakh Crores for smart metering have been sanctioned under the scheme based on the proposals submitted by States.

The following works to strengthen the distribution network have been sanctioned under the scheme:

- Works for creation of new substations/upgradation of substations
- Installation of new Distribution Transformers (DTs) and augmentation of existing DTs
- Replacement of old conductors
- ·
- Undergrounding of HT/LT lines
- Segregation of agricultural feeders

Further, smart metering works help improve the collection efficiency of Distribution utilities  while  providing  benefits  like  automatic  energy  accounting,  improved  load forecasting and facilitating an enabling ecosystem for energy transition. Pre-paid smart metering works covering 19.79 crore consumers and smart system metering works for 2.11 lakh feeders and 52.53 lakh DTs have been sanctioned under the scheme. Till date, 4.55 crore smart meters have been installed under RDSS, and overall, 5.97 crore smart meters have been installed across the country under various schemes

For  the  State  of  Assam  projects  worth  Rs.  3,395  crores  for  loss  reduction infrastructure works and Rs. 4,050 crores for smart metering works have been sanctioned under the scheme. For the State of Assam, 64.45 lakh smart meters have been sanctioned as part of Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), out of which 50.36 lakh smart meters have been installed as on 28 th  February, 2026 under the scheme.

The  release  of  funds  under  the  scheme  is  contingent  on  improvement  in operational and financial performance of the utilities which, in addition to the above 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 orders, timely publishing of accounts, non-creation of regulatory assets, etc.

With concerted efforts of Central and State Governments, the Aggregate Technical and Commercial (AT&C) losses at national level have reduced from 21.91% in FY21 to 15.04% in FY25 while the national Average Cost of Supply - Average Revenue Realized (ACS-ARR) gap has reduced from Rs. 0.69/kWh to Rs. 0.06/kWh. These collective efforts have also resulted in DISCOMs achieving a profit after tax (PAT) of Rs 2,701 crore for the first time.

Assam power Distribution Company limited (APDCL) has bought down the AT&C losses from 18.55 % in FY 2020-21 to 15.44 % in FY 2024-25 and reduced the ACS-ARR gap from 0.32 in FY 2020-21 to (0.26) in FY 2024-25.

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ANNEXURE ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3227 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 12.03.2026

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Details of all India Power Supply Position in the country in terms of Energy during the last three financial years and current financial year 2025-26 (up to January, 2026):

|                               | Energy [in Million Unit (MU)]   | Energy [in Million Unit (MU)]   | Energy [in Million Unit (MU)]   | Energy [in Million Unit (MU)]   |
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| Financial Year (FY)           | Energy Requirement              | Energy Supplied                 | Energy not Supplied             | Energy not Supplied             |
|                               | (MU)                            | (MU)                            | (MU)                            | ( % )                           |
| 2022-23                       | 15,13,497                       | 15,05,914                       | 7,583                           | 0.5                             |
| 2023-24                       | 16,26,132                       | 16,22,020                       | 4,112                           | 0.3                             |
| 2024-25                       | 16,93,959                       | 16,92,369                       | 1,590                           | 0.1                             |
| 2025-26 (up to January, 2026) | 14,27,436                       | 14,27,009                       | 427                             | 0.03                            |

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