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National Level AT&C Losses in Power Network

down from 22.3% in 2020-21 to 16.4% in 2021-22
Posted On: 11 AUG 2023 3:02PM by PIB Delhi

The Union Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy has informed Lok Sabha that the
Government of India launched 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. Salient features of the
scheme are as under:

i. Thescheme has an outlay of Rs.3,03,758 crore and estimated Government

Budgetary Support from Central Government of Rs.97,631 crore.

ii. The
scheme aims to reduce the AT&C losses to pan-India levels of 12-15% and ACS-
ARR (Average Cost of Supply - Average Realizable Revenue) gap to zero by 2024-
25.

iii. The
scheme has a duration of 5 years (FY 2021-22 to FY 2025-26). Sunset date of
scheme will be 31.03.2026.

iv. The
Scheme has two major components: Part ‘A’ – Financial support for Prepaid
Smart Metering & System Metering and upgradation of the Distribution Infrastructure
and Part ‘B’ – Training & Capacity Building and other Enabling & Supporting Activities.

v. Therelease of funds under the scheme has been linked to Results and Reforms. The
pre-qualifying criteria need to be mandatorily met with by the DISCOMs before they
can be evaluated for release of funds under the scheme.

State/UT-wise details of works sanctioned under RDSS are as given below.

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Sl. State/Discoms Sanctioned Sanctioned Sanctioned Sanctioned
No. cost for Smart Cost of Loss GBS of GBS Loss
metering Reduction Metering Reduction
works works (Rs. Cr.) Works Works
(Rs. Cr.) (Rs. Cr.) (Rs. Cr.)

1 Andaman & 53.56 462.01 12.25 415.81

Nicobar Islands

2 Andhra Pradesh 4,127.85 9,276.66 815.40 5,566.00

3 Arunachal 183.56 799.99 54.40 719.99

Pradesh

4 Assam 4,049.54 2,609.10 1,051.65 2,348.19

5 Bihar 2,021.21 7,081.06 412.33 4,248.63

6 Chattisgarh 4,105.31 3,597.55 804.43 2,158.53

7 Delhi 13.38 323.63 2.03 194.18

8 Goa 469.17 247.08 94.51 148.25

9 Gujarat 10,641.96 6,021.48 1,884.60 3,612.89

10 Haryana 4,966.62 3,158.43 909.36 1,895.06

11 Himachal 1,788.49 1,774.90 466.23 1,597.41

Pradesh

12 Jammu & 1,063.62 4,635.57 272.02 4,172.01

Kashmir

13 Jharkhand 858.02 3,262.27 190.50 1,957.36

14 Kerala 8,231.21 2,346.81 1,413.34 1,408.09

15 Ladakh - 697.36 627.62

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 16 Madhya 8,768.98 9,403.43 1,482.10 5,642.06
Pradesh

17 Maharashtra 15,214.95 14,157.92 2,839.61 8,494.75

18 Manipur 121.16 400.98 38.14 360.88

19 Meghalaya 309.56 796.49 86.35 716.84

20 Mizoram 181.61 237.33 61.08 213.59

21 Nagaland 207.57 391.18 59.66 352.06

22 Puducherry 251.10 84.39 56.25 50.63

23 Punjab 5,768.50 3,873.37 959.80 2,324.02

24 Rajasthan 9,714.80 9,371.41 1,685.96 5,622.85

25 Sikkim 97.45 263.61 30.43 237.25

26 Tamil Nadu 19,235.36 9,066.27 3,398.45 5,439.76

27 Tripura 318.55 484.56 80.42 436.10

28 Uttar Pradesh 18,956.29 17,089.62 3,500.57 10,253.77

29 Uttarakhand 1,050.92 1,447.39 297.47 1,302.65

30 West Bengal 12,670.45 7,222.57 2,089.18 4,333.54

Grand Total 1,35,440.72 1,20,584.40 25,048.55 76,850.78

GBS: Government Budgetary Support

REC Limited and Power Finance Corporation Limited (PFC) have been appointed as the Nodal
Agencies for the scheme and have been made responsible for facilitating the implementation of
the scheme in the entire country.

The details of allocation for States/ UTs between the Nodal agencies are as given below.

States and UTs allocated to PFC

1. Maharashtra

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 2. Gujarat

3. Andhra Pradesh

4. Telangana

5. Kerala

6. Madhya Pradesh

7. Uttarakhand

8. Odisha

9. Jharkhand

10. Punjab

11. Haryana

12. Himachal Pradesh

13. Chandigarh

14. Delhi

15. Puducherry

16. Lakshadweep

States and UTs allocated to REC

1. Assam

2. Meghalaya

3. Arunachal Pradesh

4. Chhattisgarh

5. J&K

6. Ladakh

7. Goa

8. Tamil Nadu

9. Karnataka

10. Bihar

11. Rajasthan

12. Uttar Pradesh

13. West Bengal

14. Andaman Nicobar

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 15. Sikkim

16. Mizoram

17. Manipur

18. Nagaland

19. Tripura

As per the 'Report on Performance of Power Utilities' published annually by Power Finance
Corporation Ltd. (PFC), AT&C losses for distribution utilities, since the inception of Revamped
Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS), i.e. from FY 2020-21 to FY 2021-22 is as under:

2020-21 2021-22

AT&C Loss (%) 22.32 16.44

State/UT-wise and year-wise details of AT&C Losses are as given below.

AT&C Loss in %

State/DISCOMs FY 2020-21 FY 2021-22

Andaman & Nicobar 51.94 -

Andhra Pradesh 27.25 10.55

Arunachal Pradesh 44.87 48.89

Assam 18.73 16.95

Bihar 35.33 32.42

Chandigarh 11.89 13.31

Chhattisgarh 20.40 18.13

Dadra & Nagar Haveli 5.17 3.50

Daman & Diu 4.48 4.45

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Delhi 8.87 8.12

Goa 12.94 13.28

Gujarat 11.35 10.13

Haryana 17.05 13.72

Himachal Pradesh 14.02 12.90

Jammu & Kashmir 59.28 -

Jharkhand 41.36 33.79

Karnataka 16.26 11.45

Kerala 7.76 7.69

Lakshadweep 11.63 -

Madhya Pradesh 41.47 22.55

Maharashtra 25.54 15.25

Manipur 20.33 23.62

Meghalaya 30.88 36.15

Mizoram 36.53 38.99

Nagaland 60.39 41.28

Odisha 29.32 31.26

Puducherry 19.92 11.08

Punjab 18.03 11.67

Rajasthan 26.23 17.49

Sikkim 29.37 30.77

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 Tamil Nadu 13.81 13.46

Telangana 13.33 10.65

Tripura 37.36 33.25

Uttar Pradesh 27.12 30.52

Uttarakhand 15.39 14.15

West Bengal 19.54 16.67

Grand Total 22.32 16.44

Under RDSS, financial assistance would be provided for segregation of agriculture feeders from
mixed feeders where agriculture load is more than 30%. Thereafter, States/ DISCOMs would be
solarizing these segregated feeders under various other schemes like PM KUSUM.
States/DISCOMs are in the process of tendering and award of sanctioned works of segregation
of agricultural feeders under RDSS.

State-wise details of smart meters sanctioned under RDSS are as given below.

State Consumer Meters DT Meters Feeder meters

(Nos.) Total (Nos.) Total (Nos.)

Andaman & Nicobar Islands 83,573 1,148 114

Andhra Pradesh 56,08,846 2,93,140 17,358

Arunachal Pradesh 2,87,446 10,116 688

Assam 63,64,798 77,547 2,782

Bihar 23,50,000 2,50,726 6,427

Chhattisgarh 59,62,115 2,10,644 6,720

Delhi - 766 2,755

Goa 741,160 8,369 827

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Gujarat 1,64,81,871 3,00,487 5,229

Haryana 74,05,618 1,95,319 13,204

Himachal Pradesh 28,00,945 39,012 1,951

Jammu & Kashmir 14,07,045 88,037 2,608

Jharkhand 13,41,306 19,512 1,226

Kerala 1,32,89,361 87,615 6,025

Ladakh - - -

Madhya Pradesh 1,29,80,102 4,06,503 8,411

Maharashtra 2,35,64,747 4,10,905 29,214

Manipur 1,54,400 11,451 357

Meghalaya 4,60,000 11,419 1,324

Mizoram 2,89,383 2,300 398

Nagaland 3,17,210 6,276 392

Puducherry 4,03,767 3,105 180

Punjab 87,84,807 1,84,044 12,563

Rajasthan 1,42,74,956 4,34,608 27,128

Sikkim 1,44,680 3,229 633

Tamil Nadu 3,00,00,000 4,72,500 18,274

Tripura 5,47,489 14,908 473

Uttar Pradesh 2,69,79,056 15,26,801 20,874

Uttarakhand 15,84,205 38,016 1,686

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 West Bengal 2,07,17,969 3,05,419 11,874

Grand Total 20,53,26,855 54,13,922 2,01,695

RDSS envisages a Results Evaluation Framework (REF), incorporating performance against

result parameters and trajectories for improvement. The REF has two components (i) Pre-
qualifying criteria; and (ii) Result Evaluation Matrix, the details of which are given below.

Pre-qualifying Criteria to be mandatorily met by DISCOM for Further Evaluation under

Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme

i. DISCOMs would publish quarterly un-audited accounts within 60 days of the end of
each quarter during first two years of operation of the scheme (i.e. for FY 2021-22 and
FY 2022-23) and thereafter audited quarterly accounts within 45 days from 3rd year
onwards.

ii. Further,
DISCOMs would publish audited annual accounts by end of December of the
following year during first two years of operation of the scheme (i.e. for FY 2021-22
and FY 2022-23) and thereafter audited annual accounts by end of September of the
following year from 3rd year onwards.

iii. DISCOMs will have ensured that no new Regulatory Assets have been created in
latest tariff determination cycle.

iv. State
Government to ensure 100% payment of subsidy for the previous year and
advance payment of subsidy up to current period in line with section 65 of EA2003
and wipe out the remaining subsidy amount by the end of the project period.

v. All Government Departments/ Attached Offices/ Local Bodies/ Autonomous

Bodies/Boards/Corporations have made 100% payment of current electricity dues for
the year under evaluation.

vi. Progress commensurate to commitment in putting Govt. Offices on prepaid meters.

vii. No.of days Payables to Creditors including Gencos for the year under evaluation is
equal to or less than the projected trajectory as per results evaluation framework.

viii. Tariff
order for the current year in which evaluation is being done and true up of
penultimate year has been issued and implemented w.e.f. 1st April of current FY.

Summary of Results Evaluation matrix for evaluation of DISCOM performance under

Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme

Sr. Category Weightage for

No. Evaluation

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 1. Financial Sustainability 60

2. Outcome of infrastructure Works 20

3. Infrastructure Works 10

4. Policy & Structural Reforms, Capacity Building and IT/OT 10

Enablement

Total 100

Utilities clearing the pre-qualifying criteria would be eligible for evaluation against the result
evaluation matrix, which would determine their eligibility for release of funds for a particular year.
The result evaluation framework would be different for each DISCOM and would be fixed for each
year depending on the cumulative performance as well as the annual performance.

The funds for a particular year will be released only if the Utility clears the pre-qualifying criteria
and the total weighted score is more than 60 marks on the evaluation matrix.

This information has been given by the Union Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy
Shri R. K. Singh, in a written reply to a question, in Lok Sabha on August 10, 2023.
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