(a) whether the Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana is being implemented for State discoms;
(b) if so, the details thereof and the salient features thereof;
(c) whether the scheme has set the year wise targets for reduction in AT&C losses as well as reduction in ACS-ARR gap;
(d) if so, the details thereof; and
(e) the State-wise details of reduction in AT&C losses and ACS-ARR gap since the launch of this scheme?
THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR POWER,
COAL, NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND MINES
( SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL )
(a) & (b) : The Government has launched the scheme Ujjwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY) on 20-11-2015 to improve financial and operational efficiencies of state owned Power Distribution Companies (DISCOMs). The scheme is optional for the States to join. UDAY aims to reduce the burden of interest, cost of power and Aggregate Technical & Commercial (AT&C) losses. The scheme also seeks to reduce the gap between Average Cost of Supply (ACS) and Average Revenue Realized (ARR) to zero as per defined trajectories.
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So far, Twenty Six (26) States and one (01) UT namely Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Puducherry have signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Power (MoP) under UDAY.
(c) & (d) : All the States/UT, who have signed MoUs under UDAY, have undertaken to reduce the ACS-ARR gap and AT&C losses as per agreed trajectories. Details are given at Annexure-I & II respectively.
(e) : The performance of the operational parameters i.e. Aggregate Technical & Commercial (AT&C) losses and Average Cost of Supply- Average Revenue Realized (ACS-ARR) Gap achieved under UDAY as updated by participating states are given at Annexure-III & IV respectively.
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