Lok Sabha Question No. 290 (STARRED), answered on 2026-03-12
Subject: Implementation of RDSS
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Shri P P Chaudhary, Dr. Rajesh Mishra

THE MINISTER OF POWER

(SHRI MANOHAR LAL)

(a) to (d) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.290 ANSWERED ON 12.03.2026

## IMPLEMENTATION OF RDSS

†*290.  DR. RAJESH MISHRA: SHRI P P CHAUDHARY:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has launched the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) and if so, the objectives and key components of the said scheme; (b) the  current  status  of  implementation  of  the  said  scheme  and  the  total number of States and Union Territories covered thereunder including Rajasthan; (c) whether  advanced  technologies  such  as  smart  metering,  distribution automation, data analytics and grid monitoring solutions are being applied under the said scheme to reduce Aggregate Technical and Commercial (AT&C) losses and improve billing efficiency and if so, the details thereof; and the details of the impact of the implementation of the said scheme so far in terms of reduction in distribution losses, improvement in financial performance

(d) of DISCOMs and enhancement in the reliability of power supply?

A N S W E R

## STATEMENT

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) IN RESPECT OF LOK SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.290  FOR  REPLY  ON  12.03.2026  REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION OF RDSS  ASKED BY DR. RAJESH MISHRA AND SHRI P P CHAUDHARY .

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(a) to (d): 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. 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 under the scheme. State/ UT-wise physical and financial progress of works sanctioned under RDSS (upto February 2026) is at Annexure I to III.

The following works have been sanctioned under the scheme to strengthen the  distribution  network  and  ensure  proper  energy  accounting  to  improve  the Aggregate Technical and Commercial (AT&C) losses:

-  Creation of new substations and upgradation of substations.
-  Installation  of  new  Distribution  Transformers  (DTs)  and  augmentation  of existing DTs.
-  Replacement of old conductors.
-  New GIS substations, under-grounding of HT/LT lines.
-  IT/OT systems like Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), DT Health monitoring, Distribution Management systems etc to improve grid monitoring.

………2.

-  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. Till date, smart  meters  have  been  installed  for  4.38  crore  consumers,  1.63  lakh feeders and 14.84 lakh DTs under the scheme. Overall, more than 5.97 crore smart  meters  have  been  installed  across  the  country  under  various schemes.  Smart  metering  works  help  improve  the  billing  efficiency  of utilities  through  automatic  energy  accounting  which  helps  to  identify leakages  and  high  loss  areas.  It  also  helps  to  improve  the  collection efficiency of utilities through pre-paid system.

The financial assistance being provided to the States/UTs for loss reduction infrastructure works is contingent on the performance of the Distribution Utilities against  key  financial  and  operational  parameters  including  the  Aggregate Technical and Commercial (AT&C) losses. This has helped in timely release of subsidy and Government department dues to the utilities. It has also nudged the Utilities for regular issuance of tariff orders, timely publishing of accounts, noncreation of regulatory assets, improve billing by reducing leakages and improve collection against energy billed.

With concerted efforts of the Central and State Governments and as a result of reform measures undertaken, AT&C Losses across the country have reduced from 21.91% in FY21 to 15.04% in FY25 while the gap between the Average Cost of Supply and Average Revenue Realized (ACS-ARR) has reduced from Rs. 0.69/kWh to Rs. 0.06/kWh. The average daily hours of supply across the country have also improved to 22.6 hours in rural areas and 23.4 hours in urban areas in FY25.

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ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PARTS (a) TO (d) OF THE STATEMENT LAID IN REPLY  TO  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  290  ANSWERED  IN  THE  LOK  SABHA  ON 12.03.2026 REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION OF RDSS

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## Details of Funds Sanctioned under RDSS (upto Feb., 2026)

(In Rs crore)

| State/UTs                 | Smart Metering   | Loss Reduction   | Total    |
|---------------------------|------------------|------------------|----------|
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 54               | 462              | 516      |
| Andhra Pradesh            | 4,128            | 10,708           | 14,836   |
| Arunachal Pradesh         | 184              | 1,042            | 1,226    |
| Assam                     | 4,050            | 3,395            | 7,444    |
| Bihar                     | 2,021            | 10,559           | 12,581   |
| Chhattisgarh              | 4,105            | 4,021            | 8,126    |
| Delhi                     | 13               | 324              | 337      |
| Goa                       | 469              | 247              | 716      |
| Gujarat                   | 10,642           | 6,089            | 16,731   |
| Haryana                   | -                | 6,794            | 6,794    |
| Himachal Pradesh          | 1,788            | 2,327            | 4,116    |
| Jammu & Kashmir           | 1,064            | 5,034            | 6,098    |
| Jharkhand                 | 858              | 3,468            | 4,326    |
| Karnataka                 | -                | 45               | 45       |
| Kerala                    | 8,231            | 3,108            | 11,339   |
| Ladakh                    | -                | 876              | 876      |
| Madhya Pradesh            | 8,911            | 9,738            | 18,649   |
| Maharashtra               | 15,215           | 17,238           | 32,453   |
| Manipur                   | 121              | 627              | 748      |
| Meghalaya                 | 310              | 1,232            | 1,542    |
| Mizoram                   | 182              | 322              | 503      |
| Nagaland                  | 208              | 466              | 674      |
| Puducherry                | 251              | 84               | 335      |
| Punjab                    | 5,769            | 3,873            | 9,642    |
| Rajasthan                 | 9,715            | 18,693           | 28,408   |
| Sikkim                    | 97               | 420              | 518      |
| Tamil Nadu                | 19,235           | 9,568            | 28,803   |
| Telangana                 | -                | 120              | 120      |
| Tripura                   | 319              | 598              | 917      |
| Uttar Pradesh             | 18,956           | 21,782           | 40,739   |
| Uttarakhand               | 1,106            | 2,371            | 3,477    |
| West Bengal               | 12,670           | 7,223            | 19,893   |
| Total                     | 1,30,671         | 1,52,854         | 2,83,525 |

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ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PARTS (a) TO (d) OF THE STATEMENT LAID IN REPLY  TO  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  290  ANSWERED  IN  THE  LOK  SABHA  ON 12.03.2026 REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION OF RDSS ***********

Physical progress of loss reduction works under RDSS (upto Feb., 2026)

| State               | Physical Progress in (%)   | Financial Progress in (%)   |
|---------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| Andaman and Nicobar | 0%                         | 10%                         |
| Andhra Pradesh      | 37%                        | 36%                         |
| Arunachal Pradesh   | 22%                        | 21%                         |
| Assam               | 55%                        | 59%                         |
| Bihar               | 49%                        | 51%                         |
| Chhattisgarh        | 51%                        | 44%                         |
| Delhi               | 0%                         | 0%                          |
| Goa                 | 85%                        | 27%                         |
| Gujarat             | 53%                        | 48%                         |
| Haryana             | 16%                        | 16%                         |
| Himachal Pradesh    | 4%                         | 21%                         |
| Jammu and Kashmir   | 38%                        | 46%                         |
| Jharkhand           | 51%                        | 27%                         |
| Karnataka           | 43%                        | 20%                         |
| Kerala              | 30%                        | 25%                         |
| Ladakh              | 8%                         | 10%                         |
| Madhya Pradesh      | 52%                        | 55%                         |
| Maharashtra         | 38%                        | 33%                         |
| Manipur             | 18%                        | 25%                         |
| Meghalaya           | 22%                        | 27%                         |
| Mizoram             | 52%                        | 33%                         |
| Nagaland            | 21%                        | 27%                         |
| Puducherry          | 32%                        | 28%                         |
| Punjab              | 19%                        | 24%                         |
| Rajasthan           | 16%                        | 22%                         |
| Sikkim              | 19%                        | 26%                         |
| Tamil Nadu          | 13%                        | 18%                         |
| Telangana           | 72%                        | 49%                         |
| Tripura             | 55%                        | 51%                         |
| Uttar Pradesh       | 44%                        | 48%                         |
| Uttarakhand         | 22%                        | 28%                         |
| West Bengal         | 61%                        | 19%                         |
| Total               | 38%                        | 35%                         |

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## ANNEXURE-III

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PARTS (a) TO (d) OF THE STATEMENT LAID IN REPLY  TO  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  290  ANSWERED  IN  THE  LOK  SABHA  ON 12.03.2026 REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION OF RDSS

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Smart Metering works sanctioned and installed under RDSS (upto Feb., 2026)

| State/UTs         | Consumer Meters (Nos.)   | Consumer Meters (Nos.)   | DT Meters (Nos.)   | DT Meters (Nos.)   | Feeder Meters (Nos.)   | Feeder Meters (Nos.)   | Total Meters (Nos.)   | Total Meters (Nos.)   |
|-------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|                   | Sanctioned               | Installed                | Sanctioned         | Installed          | Sanctioned             | Installed              | Sanctioned            | Installed             |
| Andaman & Nicobar | 83,573                   | -                        | 1,148              | -                  | 114                    | -                      | 84,835                | -                     |
| Andhra Pradesh    | 56,08,846                | 24,90,314                | 2,93,140           | 1,01,788           | 17,358                 | 9,312                  | 59,19,344             | 26,01,414             |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 2,87,446                 | 62,577                   | 10,116             | 311                | 688                    | 263                    | 2,98,250              | 63,151                |
| Assam             | 63,64,798                | 49,75,780                | 77,547             | 57,731             | 2,782                  | 2,879                  | 64,45,127             | 50,36,390             |
| Bihar             | 23,50,000                | 20,18,637                | 2,50,726           | 1,87,495           | 6,427                  | 5,799                  | 26,07,153             | 22,11,931             |
| Chhattisgarh      | 59,62,115                | 35,49,336                | 2,10,644           | 76,021             | 6,720                  | 5,968                  | 61,79,479             | 36,31,325             |
| Delhi             |                          |                          | 766                |                    | 2,755                  | -                      | 3,521                 | -                     |
| Goa               | 7,41,160                 | 219                      | 8,369              | 1,729              | 827                    | 827                    | 7,50,356              | 2,775                 |
| Gujarat           | 1,64,87,100              | 39,62,299                | 3,00,487           | 1,44,571           |                        |                        | 1,67,87,587           | 41,06,870             |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 28,00,945                | 8,09,994                 | 39,012             | 24,688             | 1,951                  | 1,656                  | 28,41,908             | 8,36,338              |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 14,07,045                | 6,33,990                 | 88,037             | 18,812             | 2,608                  | 1,445                  | 14,97,690             | 6,54,247              |
| Jharkhand         | 13,41,306                | 6,51,745                 | 19,512             | 1,130              | 1,226                  | 881                    | 13,62,044             | 6,53,756              |
| Kerala            | 1,32,89,361              | 1,73,467                 | 87,615             | 286                | 6,025                  | 2,904                  | 1,33,83,001           | 1,76,657              |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 1,29,80,102              | 34,12,471                | 4,19,396           | 1,63,640           | 29,708                 | 26,734                 | 1,34,29,206           | 36,02,845             |
| Maharashtra       | 2,35,64,747              | 92,04,549                | 4,10,905           | 2,95,172           | 29,214                 | 31,524                 | 2,40,04,866           | 95,31,245             |
| Manipur           | 1,54,400                 | 39,272                   | 11,451             | 796                | 357                    | 236                    | 1,66,208              | 40,304                |
| Meghalaya         | 4,60,000                 | -                        | 11,419             | -                  | 1,324                  | -                      | 4,72,743              | -                     |
| Mizoram           | 2,89,383                 | 30,250                   | 2,300              | 440                | 398                    | 297                    | 2,92,081              | 30,987                |
| Nagaland          | 3,17,210                 | 36,218                   | 6,276              | 845                | 392                    | 168                    | 3,23,878              | 37,231                |
| Puducherry        | 4,03,767                 | 26,046                   | 3,105              | 89                 | 180                    | 123                    | 4,07,052              | 26,258                |
| Punjab            | 87,84,807                | -                        | 1,84,044           | -                  | 12,563                 | 2,788                  | 89,81,414             | 2,788                 |
| Rajasthan         | 1,42,74,956              | 28,85,872                | 4,34,608           | 38,709             | 27,128                 | 25,426                 | 1,47,36,692           | 29,50,007             |
| Sikkim            | 1,44,680                 | 86,956                   | 3,229              | 1,473              | 633                    | 471                    | 1,48,542              | 88,900                |
| Tamil Nadu        | 3,00,00,000              | -                        | 4,72,500           | -                  | 18,274                 | 9,746                  | 3,04,90,774           | 9,746                 |
| Tripura           | 5,47,489                 | 1,97,087                 | 14,908             | 7,820              | 473                    | 473                    | 5,62,870              | 2,05,380              |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 2,69,79,056              | 75,23,920                | 15,26,801          | 2,93,353           | 20,874                 | 25,668                 | 2,85,26,730           | 78,42,941             |
| Uttarakhand       | 15,87,870                | 4,75,192                 | 59,212             | 8,849              | 2,602                  | 2,500                  | 16,49,684             | 4,86,541              |
| West Bengal       | 2,07,17,969              | 5,64,262                 | 3,05,419           | 58,702             | 11,874                 | 11,291                 | 2,10,35,262           | 6,34,255              |
| RDSS-Total        | 19,79,30,131             | 4,38,10,453              | 52,52,692          | 14,84,450          | 2,05,475               | 1,69,379               | 20,33,88,297          | 4,54,64,282           |

Note: Upto Feb-26, 4.54 Cr smart meters have been installed under RDSS and 5.97 Cr smart meters under various schemes including RDSS

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