Lok Sabha Question No. 1884 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-11
Subject: Progress under RDSS
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Shri Abhishek Banerjee

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1884

## ANSWERED ON 11.12.2025

## PROGRESS UNDER RDSS

## 1884.  SHRI ABHISHEK BANERJEE:

Will the Minister of POWER

be pleased to state:

- (a) the  progress  under  the  Revamped  Distribution  Sector  Scheme  (RDSS)  till September  2025, State-wise;
- (b) the reduction in AT&C losses achieved during the period;
- (c) the progress of smart meter installation vis-a-vis target; and
- (d) the  details  of  the  financial  health  indicators  of  State  DISCOMs  under  the scheme?

## A N S W E R

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

- (a)  to  (d):  Government  of  India  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. Under the Scheme, projects worth Rs. 2.83 lakh Cr. have been sanctioned for  loss  reduction  and  smart  metering  works.  Till  date,  physical  progress  of ~34.01% and ~17.29% has been achieved till date under loss reduction and smart metering works, respectively.

Smart  Metering  works  sanctioned  under  the  scheme  cover  19.79  Cr. Consumers,  2.11  lakh  Feeders  and  52.53  lakh  Distribution  Transformers  (DT), totaling 20.33 crore. Till date, around 3.58 Cr. smart meters have been installed under RDSS. Smart meters have also been installed by distribution utilities under their own schemes in addition to RDSS. Overall, 4.93 Cr. smart meters have been installed across the country. Works under RDSS are to be completed by March 31, 2028.

With collective effort of Centre & States/ UTs and the reform measures taken under various  schemes,  the  Aggregate  Technical  &  Commercial  (AT&C)  Loss  of distribution utilities has reduced from 21.91% in FY21 to 16.16% in FY25 and the gap between Average Cost of Supply (ACS) and Average Revenue Realised (ARR)

has reduced from Rs. 0.69/kWh in FY2021 to Rs. 0.11/kWh in FY2025.

The State-wise details of funds sanctioned and works sanctioned, progress of works financial health indicators i.e. AT&C loss & ACS-ARR Gap, are enclosed at

Annexure (I to VI).

## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1884 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 11.12.2025 *************

## Details of funds sanctioned under RDSS

| State/UT                    | Sanctioned cost (Rs. In Cr.)   | Sanctioned cost (Rs. In Cr.)   |          |
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------|
|                             | Smart metering                 | Loss Reduction                 | Total    |
| Andaman and 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                     | 0                              | 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                   | 0                              | 45                             | 45       |
| Kerala                      | 8,231                          | 3,108                          | 11,339   |
| Ladakh                      | 0                              | 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                   | 0                              | 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   |
| Grand Total                 | 1,30,671                       | 1,52,854                       | 2,83,525 |

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## ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1884 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 11.12.2025 *************

## Smart metering works sanctioned under RDSS

| State/ UT                        | Consumer Meters   | DT Meters (Nos.)   | Feeder meters   | Total       |
|----------------------------------|-------------------|--------------------|-----------------|-------------|
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands (A&NI) | 83,573            | 1,148              | 114             | 84,835      |
| Andhra Pradesh                   | 56,08,846         | 2,93,140           | 17,358          | 59,19,344   |
| Arunachal Pradesh                | 2,87,446          | 10,116             | 688             | 2,98,250    |
| Assam                            | 63,64,798         | 77,547             | 2,782           | 64,45,127   |
| Bihar                            | 23,50,000         | 2,50,726           | 6,427           | 26,07153    |
| Chhattisgarh                     | 59,62,115         | 2,10,644           | 6,720           | 61,79,479   |
| Delhi                            | -                 | 766                | 2,755           | 3,521       |
| Goa                              | 7,41,160          | 8,369              | 827             | 7,50,356    |
| Gujarat                          | 1,64,87,100       | 3,00,487           | -               | 1,67,87,587 |
| Himachal Pradesh                 | 28,00,945         | 39,012             | 1,951           | 28,41,908   |
| Jammu & Kashmir                  | 14,07,045         | 88,037             | 2,608           | 14,97,690   |
| Jharkhand                        | 13,41,306         | 19,512             | 1,226           | 13,62,044   |
| Kerala                           | 1,32,89,361       | 87,615             | 6,025           | 1,33,83,001 |
| Madhya Pradesh                   | 1,29,80,102       | 4,19,396           | 29,708          | 1,34,29,206 |
| Maharashtra                      | 2,35,64,747       | 4,10,905           | 29,214          | 2,40,04,866 |
| Manipur                          | 1,54,400          | 11,451             | 357             | 1,66,208    |
| Meghalaya                        | 4,60,000          | 11,419             | 1,324           | 4,72,743    |
| Mizoram                          | 2,89,383          | 2,300              | 398             | 2,92,081    |
| Nagaland                         | 3,17,210          | 6,276              | 392             | 3,23,878    |
| Puducherry                       | 4,03,767          | 3,105              | 180             | 4,07,052    |
| Punjab                           | 87,84,807         | 1,84,044           | 12,563          | 89,81,414   |
| Rajasthan                        | 1,42,74,956       | 4,34,608           | 27,128          | 1,47,36,692 |
| Sikkim                           | 1,44,680          | 3,229              | 633             | 1,48,542    |
| Tamil Nadu                       | 3,00,00,000       | 4,72,500           | 18,274          | 3,04,90,774 |
| Tripura                          | 5,47,489          | 14,908             | 473             | 5,62,870    |
| Uttar Pradesh                    | 2,69,79,056       | 15,26,801          | 20,874          | 2,85,26,730 |
| Uttarakhand                      | 15,87,870         | 59,212             | 2,602           | 16,49,684   |
| West Bengal                      | 2,07,17,969       | 3,05,419           | 11,874          | 2,10,35,262 |
| Grand Total                      | 19,79,30,131      | 52,52,692          | 2,05,475        | 20,33,88,29 |

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ANNEXURE-III ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  UNSTARRED

## QUESTION NO. 1884 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 11.12.2025 *************

## Physical progress of loss reduction works under RDSS

| State                       | Physical Progress   |
|-----------------------------|---------------------|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 0%                  |
| Andhra Pradesh              | 25%                 |
| Arunachal Pradesh           | 20%                 |
| Assam                       | 51%                 |
| Bihar                       | 49%                 |
| Chhattisgarh                | 50%                 |
| Delhi                       | 0%                  |
| Goa                         | 77%                 |
| Gujarat                     | 49%                 |
| Haryana                     | 14%                 |
| Himachal Pradesh            | 3%                  |
| Jammu and Kashmir           | 34%                 |
| Jharkhand                   | 40%                 |
| Karnataka                   | 35%                 |
| Kerala                      | 25%                 |
| Ladakh                      | 8%                  |
| Madhya Pradesh              | 48%                 |
| Maharashtra                 | 35%                 |
| Manipur                     | 14%                 |
| Meghalaya                   | 18%                 |
| Mizoram                     | 47%                 |
| Nagaland                    | 12%                 |
| Puducherry                  | 25%                 |
| Punjab                      | 17%                 |
| Rajasthan                   | 15%                 |
| Sikkim                      | 15%                 |
| Tamil Nadu                  | 11%                 |
| Telangana                   | 49%                 |
| Tripura                     | 49%                 |
| Uttar Pradesh               | 43%                 |
| Uttarakhand                 | 19%                 |
| West Bengal                 | 53%                 |
| Total                       | 34%                 |

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## ANNEXURE-IV

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1884 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 11.12.2025

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## State/ UT-wise details of smart meters installed under various schemes

| State/ UT         |     | Consumer    | DT        | Feeder   | Total       |
|-------------------|-----|-------------|-----------|----------|-------------|
| Andaman Nicobar   | &   | 75,200      | -         | -        | 75,200      |
| Andhra Pradesh    |     | 20,06,648   | 55,707    | 7,944    | 20,70,299   |
| Arunachal Pradesh |     | 43,919      | 286       | 263      | 44,468      |
| Assam             |     | 50,36,639   | 70,265    | 2,879    | 51,09,783   |
| Bihar             |     | 81,07,884   | 1,77,402  | 5,710    | 82,90,996   |
| Chandigarh        |     | 24,214      | -         | -        | 24,214      |
| Chhattisgarh      |     | 30,65,464   | 59,473    | 5,911    | 31,30,848   |
| Delhi             |     | 2,60,000    | -         | -        | 2,60,000    |
| Gujarat           |     | 31,55,589   | 1,17,780  | -        | 32,73,369   |
| Haryana           |     | 8,47,467    | -         | -        | 8,47,467    |
| Himachal Pradesh  |     | 7,79,155    | 24,417    | 1,285    | 8,04,857    |
| Jammu Kashmir     | and | 10,20,502   | 26,275    | 1,424    | 10,48,201   |
| Jharkhand         |     | 9,85,482    | 14,885    | 1,912    | 10,02,279   |
| Kerala            |     | 1,43,156    | -         | 2,904    | 1,46,060    |
| Ladakh            |     | 55,580      | 1,850     | 79       | 57,509      |
| Madhya Pradesh    |     | 31,35,946   | 1,10,475  | 22,734   | 32,69,155   |
| Maharashtra       |     | 75,08,749   | 2,27,725  | 30,549   | 77,67,023   |
| Manipur           |     | 21,835      | 432       | 205      | 22,472      |
| Mizoram           |     | 19,940      | 331       | 286      | 20,557      |
| Nagaland          |     | 28,239      | 845       | 101      | 29,185      |
| Odisha            |     | 4,500       | -         | -        | 4,500       |
| Puducherry        |     | 1,380       | -         | -        | 1,380       |
| Punjab            |     | 18,31,098   | -         | -        | 18,31,098   |
| Rajasthan         |     | 19,91,928   | 13,293    | 25,335   | 20,30,556   |
| Sikkim            |     | 78,177      | 1,469     | 471      | 80,117      |
| Tamil Nadu        |     | 1,29,641    | 1,220     | 4,340    | 1,35,201    |
| Telangana         |     | 8,882       | -         | -        | 8,882       |
| Tripura           |     | 1,19,985    | 4,470     | 473      | 1,24,928    |
| Uttar Pradesh     |     | 65,65,018   | 2,19,948  | 25,014   | 68,09,980   |
| Uttarakhand       |     | 3,78,023    | 6,503     | 2,474    | 3,87,000    |
| West Bengal       |     | 5,37,346    | 35,235    | 6,295    | 5,78,876    |
| Grand Total       |     | 4,79,67,586 | 11,70,286 | 1,48,588 | 4,92,86,460 |

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ANNEXURE-V ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1884 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 11.12.2025

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AT&C Loss

| State/ UT         | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | 2022-23   | 2023-24   | 2024-25   |
|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| A&N Islands       | 25.30     | 19.80     | 19.77     | 20.76     | -         |
| Andhra Pradesh    | 20.42     | 10.56     | 7.74      | 12.05     | 13.57     |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 51.82     | 47.83     | 51.70     | 44.56     | 46.20     |
| Assam             | 18.73     | 16.95     | 16.22     | 14.03     | 15.44     |
| Bihar             | 34.40     | 33.94     | 23.45     | 20.32     | 15.51     |
| Chandigarh        | 13.81     | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| Chhattisgarh      | 18.05     | 18.13     | 16.14     | 15.88     | 19.69     |
| DNH&DD            | 4.97      | 3.77      | 3.17      | -         | -         |
| Delhi             | 9.43      | 7.88      | 6.99      | 6.86      | 6.67      |
| Goa               | 12.89     | 12.79     | 17.09     | 8.30      | -         |
| Gujarat           | 11.08     | 9.17      | 10.01     | 9.12      | 8.04      |
| Haryana           | 17.46     | 14.06     | 12.01     | 11.30     | 10.49     |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 14.02     | 12.90     | 10.57     | 10.98     | 19.56     |
| Jammu & Kashmir   | 59.28     | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| Jharkhand         | 43.09     | 30.85     | 27.46     | 31.17     | 28.19     |
| Karnataka         | 15.97     | 11.51     | 14.19     | 12.01     | 14.53     |
| Kerala            | 7.83      | 8.08      | 6.87      | 8.82      | 6.61      |
| Ladakh            | -         | 48.29     | 38.61     | 42.46     | -         |
| Lakshadweep       | 11.63     | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 41.72     | 21.36     | 20.45     | 23.28     | 22.77     |
| Maharashtra       | 26.60     | 14.73     | 16.35     | 22.80     | 19.93     |
| Manipur           | 24.56     | 24.28     | 13.82     | 13.41     | 12.90     |
| Meghalaya         | 23.37     | 29.75     | 17.75     | 17.51     | 16.60     |
| Mizoram           | 29.05     | 36.45     | 26.53     | 34.85     | -         |
| Nagaland          | 47.08     | 43.26     | 47.28     | 47.11     | -         |
| Odisha            | 27.41     | 31.45     | 21.67     | 19.53     | 18.13     |
| Puducherry        | 20.12     | 14.20     | 21.83     | 17.75     | -         |
| Punjab            | 18.54     | 11.67     | 11.26     | 10.96     | 19.33     |
| Rajasthan         | 26.18     | 17.49     | 15.44     | 22.08     | 15.18     |
| Sikkim            | 25.92     | 30.77     | 36.10     | 27.84     | 45.20     |
| Tamil Nadu        | 11.78     | 10.53     | 10.92     | 11.39     | 10.11     |
| Telangana         | 13.33     | 10.65     | 18.65     | 19.17     | 23.38     |
| Tripura           | 37.36     | 24.97     | 24.91     | 24.22     | -         |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 26.78     | 30.62     | 21.86     | 16.18     | 19.25     |
| Uttarakhand       | 15.39     | 14.15     | 15.34     | 14.65     | 14.73     |
| West Bengal       | 19.54     | 14.69     | 15.37     | 16.86     | 17.32     |
| Total             | 21.91     | 16.12     | 15.11     | 16.12     | 16.16     |

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ANNEXURE-VI ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1884 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 11.12.2025

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ACS-ARR Gap (Rs per kWh)

|                   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | 2022-23   | 2023-24   | 2024-25   |
|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| A&N Islands       | 5.09      | 2.61      | 1.31      | 2.70      | -         |
| Andhra Pradesh    | 1.01      | 0.34      | 0.29      | 0.34      | 0.36      |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      |
| Assam             | 0.10      | (0.30)    | 0.62      | (0.22)    | (0.26)    |
| Bihar             | 0.87      | 0.62      | 0.04      | (0.18)    | (0.41)    |
| Chandigarh        | (0.42)    | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| Chhattisgarh      | 0.20      | 0.21      | 0.26      | (0.20)    | (0.19)    |
| DNH&DD            | (0.35)    | (0.16)    | (0.14)    | -         | -         |
| Delhi             | (0.64)    | (0.21)    | (0.01)    | (0.59)    | (1.16)    |
| Goa               | (0.18)    | 0.54      | 0.46      | 1.04      | -         |
| Gujarat           | (0.12)    | (0.09)    | (0.07)    | (0.56)    | (0.40)    |
| Haryana           | (0.12)    | (0.15)    | (0.15)    | (0.04)    | 0.07      |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 0.11      | 0.10      | 0.78      | 0.36      | 0.23      |
| Jammu & Kashmir   | 1.81      | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| Jharkhand         | 1.92      | 1.20      | 2.52      | 1.65      | 0.95      |
| Karnataka         | 0.83      | (0.64)    | 0.32      | 1.08      | 0.90      |
| Kerala            | 0.19      | (0.03)    | 0.32      | (0.07)    | (0.17)    |
| Ladakh            | -         | 0.42      | 2.05      | 0.89      | -         |
| Lakshadweep       | 19.44     | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 1.23      | 0.28      | (0.22)    | 0.17      | (0.04)    |
| Maharashtra       | 0.53      | 0.05      | 1.17      | 0.21      | 0.60      |
| Manipur           | 0.07      | 0.16      | 1.16      | (0.45)    | (0.20)    |
| Meghalaya         | 0.40      | 0.56      | 0.73      | 1.14      | 0.01      |
| Mizoram           | 1.58      | 0.76      | 1.70      | 1.14      | -         |
| Nagaland          | 0.19      | (0.26)    | (0.31)    | (0.40)    | -         |
| Odisha            | 0.35      | (0.37)    | (0.24)    | 0.10      | 0.18      |
| Puducherry        | 0.08      | (0.25)    | 0.51      | (0.18)    | -         |
| Punjab            | (0.01)    | (0.27)    | 0.19      | (0.20)    | (0.31)    |
| Rajasthan         | 0.69      | (0.31)    | 0.20      | 0.31      | (0.04)    |
| Sikkim            | 0.27      | (0.00)    | (0.72)    | 0.18      | 0.38      |
| Tamil Nadu        | 1.48      | 0.93      | 0.89      | 0.11      | (0.19)    |
| Telangana         | 1.06      | 0.08      | 1.40      | 0.75      | 0.28      |
| Tripura           | (0.01)    | 0.40      | 0.80      | 1.03      | -         |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 0.89      | 0.52      | 1.28      | 0.50      | 0.71      |
| Uttarakhand       | 0.10      | (0.00)    | 0.72      | 0.10      | (0.10)    |
| West Bengal       | 0.86      | (0.21)    | 0.22      | 0.17      | (0.03)    |
| Grand Total       | 0.69      | 0.10      | 0.50      | 0.19      | 0.11      |

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