(a) wither the Central PSUs under the Ministry are to recover huge outstanding dues
from the State Electricity Boards;
(b) if so, the details of outstanding dues of each PSU as on date payable by each State
Electricity Board, State-wise;
(c) reasons put forward by State Electricity Boards for non-payment of outstanding dues; and
(d) the steps taken by the Government to recover the outstanding dues from the States?
THE MINISTER OF POWER ( SHRI P.M. SAYEED )
(a) & (b) : The total outstanding dues as on 31-10-2004 is Rs. 9862.53 crores. State-
wise and Public Sector Undertakings-wise details are given at Annexure-I.
(c) : The reasons for non-payment of dues put forward by the State Electricity Boards are:-
Except for the following five State Electricity Boards (SEBs), no SEB/ Electricity
Departments has put forward reasons for non-payment of dues. Four new SEBs
of Bihar (BSEB), Jharkhand (JSEB), Madhya Pradesh (MPSEB) and Chhattisgarh
(CSEB) after contesting the interim order on the division of assets and liabilities
between BSEB & JSEB and MPSEB & CSEB have not securitized part of their
old outstanding dues. The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi
(GNCTD) has not securitized the dues pertaining to Delhi Electric Supply
Undertaking (DESU) period on the ground that GNCTD were not managing DESU.
(d) : Out of the total outstanding dues of Rs. 9862.53 crore, Rs. 3588.12 crore
relates to Power Finance Corporation (PFC) and Rural Electrification Corporation (REC),
which are not covered by the scheme for one time settlement.
Out of this amount of Rs. 3588.12 crore, bulk of the amount (Rs.3141.91
crore) pertains to REC. REC has informed that it has entered into a separate settlement
with MPSEB and JSEB. Matter has been taken up by REC with all other State
Governments also for settlement.
The remaining dues of Rs. 6274.41 crore are payable to the five Central
Public Sector Undertakings (CPSUs) namely National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd.,
National Hydro-electric Power Corporation Ltd., Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.,
North-Eastern Electric Power Corporation Ltd. and Damodar Valley Corporation. An
amount of Rs. 2211.25 crore of dues to the above mentioned five CPSUs, pertains to dues
up to 30-09-2001 that is required to be securitized by the States of Bihar, Jharkhand,
Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh on the basis of division of assets and liabilities.
GNCTD has to securitize an amount of Rs. 1880.60 crore for DESU and DVB period.
The remaining dues of Rs. 2182.56 crore pertaining to period after 01-10-2001 is
recoverable under Clause 17 of the TPA from central devolution to the states as and when
proposals are received from the CPSUs concerned after discussions with the concerned
States and SEBs.
ANNEXURE
REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2183 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE
LOK SABHA ON 14.12.2004.
STATE-WISE DETAILS OF OUTSTANDING DUES OF EACH PSU PAYABLE BY STATE ELECTRICITY BOARDS AS ON 31.10.2004
STATES NHPC NTPC PGCIL DVC NEEPCO REC PFC Grand TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL
Andhra Pradesh 0 0 0 0.39 0 0 0 0.39 Arunachal Pradesh 0.91 0 8.94 0 15.61 0 0 25.46 Assam 3.31 0 0 0.21 129.23 374.48 0 507.23 Bihar 111.99 1260.19 159.61 643.5 0 0 7.01 2182.3 Chhattisgarh 0 0 0 0 0 0 20.77 20.77 Himachal Pradesh 46.52 0 0 0 0 0 0 46.52 Jammu & Kashmir 42.87 0 0 0 0 0 0 42.87 Jharkhand 0.31 256.46 105.39 982.89 0 240.35 1.07 1586.47 Karnataka 0 0 0 0 0 0 54.45 54.45 Madhya Pradesh 0 309.55 0 0 0 2479.98 54.58 2844.11 Manipur 48.32 0 17.32 0 81.78 26.89 0 174.31 Meghalaya 0.65 0 2.11 0 28.19 0 0 30.95 Mizoram 4.67 0 8.76 0 52.76 20.21 7.47 93.87 Nagaland 3.32 0 1.87 0 7.94 0 0 13.13 Orissa 2.48 0 3.96 1.18 0 0 300.86 308.48 Rajasthan 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 Sikkim 3.2 0 0.46 0 0 0 0 3.66 Tripura 6.23 0 11.08 0 64.98 0 0 82.29 Uttar Pradesh 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.01 West Bengal 0 0 0.27 0 0 0 0 0.27
Total : States 275.89 1826.20 319.77 1628.17 380.49 3141.91 446.21 8,018.64
Delhi 357.62 1310.83 175.44 0 0 0 0 1843.89
Grand Total 633.51 3137.03 495.21 1628.17 380.49 3141.91 446.21 9862.53