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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF POWER
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.6283
ANSWERED ON 02.04.2026
OUTSTANDING DUES OF DISCOMS
6283. SHRI NAVEEN JINDAL:
Will the Minister of POWER
be pleased to state:
(a) the details of outstanding dues of DISCOMs at present, State/UT-wise;
(b) whether certain States have floated bonds to retire the accumulated debt of
DISCOMs under the Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) during the last three years, if
so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise and year-wise;
(c) the reasons for delay in payments by DISCOMs; and
(d) the remedial steps taken by the Government in this regard?
A N S W E R
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER
(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)
(a): The Government of India notified the Electricity (Late Payment Surcharge and
Related Matters) Rules, 2022 (LPS Rules) on 3rd June, 2022. As per the Rules, all dues owed
to Generating Companies (IPPs, CPSEs, and Renewable Energy Developers), Traders, and
TRANSCOs, including late payment surcharges, accrued up to 3rd June, 2022, were
classified as legacy arrears. These arrears were required to be rescheduled, with
distribution licensees paying them in Equated Monthly Installments (EMIs). The Rules also
provide a framework for the time-bound clearance of current dues.
As a result, the outstanding legacy dues have reduced from Rs 1,39,947 crore as on
03.06.2022 to Rs 3,330 crore as on 27.03.2026. DISCOMs (distribution utilities) are also
paying their current dues in time to avoid regulation under the Rules.
For implementation of the Rules, PRAAPTI (Payment Ratification and Analysis in
Power Procurement) portal was used. State-wise details of outstanding dues of DISCOMs
as per PRAAPTI portal are placed at Annexure-I.
(b) : Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY) was launched by the Government of India
in November 2015 with the overall aim of operational and financial turnaround of
distribution utilities through financial restructuring. 27 States (except Odisha and West
Bengal) and 5 UTs (except Delhi and Chandigarh) signed MoU under UDAY.
The Status of bonds issued under UDAY upto FY 2016-17 is attached as Annexure-
II. No bonds were issued under UDAY in last three years.
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(c) & (d): Major reasons for delay in payments by distribution utilities is due to following:
Regulatory disallowance of expenses incurred by distribution utilities.
Continued gap between Average Cost of Supply and Average Revenue Realised (ACS-
ARR Gap)
Delayed receipt of subsidy and Government department dues from the State
Governments.
Government of India has taken several measures to improve financial discipline in
distribution utilities:
i. Rules for implementation of Fuel and Power Purchase Cost Adjustment (FPPCA) and
cost reflective tariff so as to ensure that all prudent cost for supply of electricity is
passed through.
ii. Rules and Standard Operating Procedure issued for proper subsidy accounting and
their timely payment.
iii. Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) launched in 2021 wherein works
amounting to Rs 2.83 lakh crore have been sanctioned across the country for loss
reduction and smart metering works. The release of funds for loss reduction works
under the scheme is contingent on improvement in operational and financial
performance of utilities. This conditionality has helped in bringing financial
discipline in DISCOMs. Further, execution of above works would help reduce
technical and commercial losses of the utilities.
iv. Timely Payment of dues through LPS Rules.
v. The Additional Borrowing consent of 0.5% of GSDP to State Governments, which is
conditional on them undertaking specific reforms in the power sector.
vi. Additional Prudential Norms for sanctioning of loans to State owned power utilities
such as DISCOMs/ GENCOs/ TRANSCOs contingent on the performance of power
distribution utilities against prescribed conditions.
***************ANNEXURE-I
ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6283
ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 02.04.2026
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Details of State-wise outstanding dues as on 03.06.2022 and balance outstanding dues as
on 27.03.2026 to be paid to suppliers*
(In Rs. Cr.)
As on
As on 27.03.2026
03.06.2022
Sl.
State/ UT DISCOM Balance
No. Total
Legacy l e g a c y C u r r e n t
dues
dues as per dues after dues as per
(Current +
DISCOMs payment of PRAAPTI#
Legacy)
44 EMIs
Andhra Pradesh Power
Andhra
1 Purchase Coordination - 1,375 1,375
Pradesh
Committee
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Southern Power
2 - 384 384
Pradesh Distribution Company
Limited
18,309
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Eastern Power
3 - 73 73
Pradesh Distribution Company
Limited
Andhra Pradesh Central
Andhra
4 Power Distribution - 54 54
Pradesh
Company Limited
Arunachal Power
Arunachal
5 Distribution - - 0 0
Pradesh
Department
Assam Power
6 Assam Distribution Company - - 61 61
Limited
North Bihar Power
7 Bihar Distribution Company 430 - 4 4
Ltd.
South Bihar Power
8 Bihar Distribution Company 662 - 0 0
Ltd.
Chandigarh Power
9 Chandigarh - - 0 0
Distribution Limited
Chhattisgarh State
Chhattisgar
10 Power Distribution 4,162 - 77 77
h
Company Limited
The New Delhi
11 Delhi - - 31 31
Municipal Council
BSES Rajdhani Power
12 Delhi - - 2 2
Limited
Delhi Tata Power
13 Delhi - - 0 0
Distribution LimitedBSES Yamuna Power
14 Delhi - - 0 0
Limited
Dadra And Nagar Haveli
And Daman And Diu
15 DNH & DD - - 48 48
Power Distribution
Corporation Ltd
16 Goa Goa Power Department - - 1 1
Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam
17 Gujarat - - 11 11
Limited
Haryana Power Purchase
18 Haryana - - 179 179
Centre
Himachal Himachal Pradesh State
19 - - 15 15
Pradesh Electricity Board Limited
Jammu And Kashmir
Jammu and
20 State Power Trading 14,164 - 886 886
Kashmir
Company Limited
Jharkhand Bijli Vitran
21 Jharkhand 6,000 - 90 90
Nigam Limited
Bangalore Electricity
22 Karnataka 7,529 612 1,142 1,754
Supply Company Ltd.
Hubli Electricity Supply
23 Karnataka 1,247 - 493 493
Company Ltd.
Gulbarga Electricity
24 Karnataka 2,129 41 288 329
Supply Company Ltd.
Chamundeshwari
25 Karnataka Electricity Supply 2,528 92 266 358
Corporation Limited
Mangalore Electricity
26 Karnataka 125 10 1 11
Supply Company Ltd.
Kerala State Electricity
27 Kerala - - 14 14
Board Limited
Madhya Madhya Pradesh Power
28 8,500 - 95 95
Pradesh Management Co Ltd
Maharashtra State
29 Maharashtra Electricity Distribution 17,320 1,150 1,625 2,775
Co. Ltd
Adani Electricity Mumbai
30 Maharashtra - - 15 15
Limited
Tata Power Co Ltd-
31 Maharashtra - - 0 0
Mumbai Distribution
Manipur State Power
32 Manipur Distribution Company 161 - 44 44
Limited
Meghalaya Power
33 Meghalaya Distribution Corporation - - 0 0
Limited
Mizoram Power
34 Mizoram - - 0 0
Department
Nagaland Power
35 Nagaland - - 26 26
DepartmentGrid Corporation of
36 Odisha - - 420 420
Odisha
Puducherry Power
37 Puducherry - - 0 0
Department
Punjab State Power
38 Punjab - - 279 279
Corporation Limited
Jodhpur Vidyut Vitran
39 Rajasthan 4,096 - 488 488
Nigam Ltd.
Jaipur Vidyut Vitran
40 Rajasthan 8,874 - 122 122
Nigam Ltd.
Ajmer Vidyut Vitran
41 Rajasthan 9,264 - 130 130
Nigam Ltd.
Rajasthan Discoms
42 Rajasthan Power Procurement - - 0 0
Centre
Sikkim Power
43 Sikkim - - 3 3
Department
Tamil Nadu Generation &
44 Tamil Nadu Distribution Corporation 17,734 1,395 152 1,547
Limited
Southern Power
45 Telangana Distribution Company Of 2,977 - 52 52
Telangana
Telangana State
46 Telangana Northern Power 6,973 - 134 134
Distribution Company
Tripura State Electricity
47 Tripura - - 72 72
Corporation Limited
Uttar Pradesh Power
48 Uttar Pradesh 6,762 - 4,277 4,277
Corporation Ltd
Noida Power Company
49 Uttar Pradesh - - 0 0
Limited
Uttarakhand Power
50 Uttarakhand - - 42 42
Corporation Limited
West Bengal State
51 West Bengal Electricity Distribution - - 20 20
Company Ltd.
Damodar Valley
52 West Bengal - - 67 67
Corporation
India Power Corporation
53 West Bengal - - 37 37
Limited
Total 1,39,947 3,300 13,594 16,894
*: Suppliers include generating, transmission and trading companies.
#: Current dues are within the trigger date as per the Rules
******************ANNEXURE-II
ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6283
ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 02.04.2026
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Total
DISCOM Total
bonds to Bonds
Total DISCOM liabilities to Bonds bonds
Sl. be issued issued
State liabilities as be issued by issued
No. by States by
on 30-09-2015 restructured DISCOMs under
as per States
as per MoU UDAY
MoU
1. Andhra
14,721 11,008 8,893 8,256 0 8,256
Pradesh
2.
Assam 1,510 1,510 1,132 - 0 -
3.
Bihar 3,109 3,109 2,332 2,332 777 3,109
4.
Chhattisgarh 1,740 1,305 870 870 0 870
5.
Haryana 34,602 34,602 25,950 25,950 0 25,950
6. Himachal
3,854 3,854 2,891 2,891 0 2,891
Pradesh
7.
J&K 3,538 3,538 3,538 3,538 0 3,538
8. Jharkhand 7,215 7,215 6,924 6,136 0 6,136
9. Madhya
34,739 7,360 7,360 7,360 0 7,360
Pradesh
10.
Maharashtra 22,097 6,613 4,960 4,960 0 4,960
11.
Meghalaya 167 167 125 125 0 125
12.
Punjab 20,838 20,838 15,629 15,629 0 15,629
13.
Rajasthan 83,229 83,229 62,422 62,422 12,368 74,790
14.
Tamil Nadu 30,420 30,420 22,815 22,815 0 22,815
15.
Telangana 11,897 11,897 8,923 8,923 0 8,923
16.
Uttar Pradesh 53,211 53,211 39,908 39,133 10,377 49,510
TOTAL 3,26,887 2,79,876 2,14,672 2,11,340 23,522 2,34,862
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