THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER(SHRI BHARATSINH SOLANKI)
(a) & (b): Yes, Madam. As per the Report of Thirteenth Finance Commission,
the losses incurred in the process of Transmission and Distribution of power in
the country by the State T&D Power Utilities are as under:
(Rs. In crores) 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09
Financial loss 6634 13398 9985 9206
Subsidy 11741 13277 16950 18111
Total 18375 26675 26935 27317
(c) : Yes, Madam. As per the Report of Thirteenth Finance Commission,
projected losses of State T&D Utilities at 2008 tariff is likely to increase from
Rs.68,643 crores in 2010-11 to Rs.1,16,089 crore by the year 2014-15.
(d) & (e): The primary responsibility to curtail Aggregate Technical &
Commercial losses lies with State Government/ Utilities. As such, no time frame
has been fixed by the Central Government. However, Government of India has
providing assistance to the State/Utilities to curtail the losses in distribution
through the implementation of R-APDRP. Government of India has launched
Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reform Programme(R-
APDRP) in July 2008 as a central sector scheme for XI Plan aimed at turnaround
of power distribution sector. The scheme comprises of two parts-Part-A &
Part-B. Part-A of the scheme being dedicated to establishment of IT enabled
system for achieving reliable & verifiable baseline data system in all towns with
population greater than 30,000 as per 2001 census (10,000 for Special
Category States) Installation of SCADA/DMS for towns with population greater
than 4 lakhs & annual input energy greater than 350MU is also envisaged under
Part-A. 100% loan is provided under R-APDRP for Part-A projects & shall be
converted to grant on completion and verification of same by Third Party
Independent Evaluating Agencies (TPIEA) appointed by MOP/PFC. MOP, GOI has
earmarked Rs.10,000 Crores for R-APDRP Part-A. Part-B deals with regular Sub
Transmission & Distribution system strengthening & upgradation projects. The
focus for Part-B shall be loss reduction on sustainable basis. 25% loan is
provided under Part-B projects and upto 50% of scheme cost is convertible to
grant depending on extent of maintaining AT&C loss level at 15% level for five
years. For special category states, 90% loan is provided by GOI for Part-B
projects and entire GOI loan shall be converted to grant in five tranches
depending on extent of maintaining AT&C loss level at 15% level for five years.
It is expected that on successful completion of the scheme, the AT&C losses
will be reduced to the extent of 15% in the project areas.
