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Date: 2025-07-31 Category: Not Applicable State: Union Government Country: India

Parliament Question: Smart Meters Sanctioned under RDSS in UP

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Executive Summary: This document presents the Indian government's response to questions regarding the implementation of smart meters under the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) in Uttar Pradesh. It details the number of smart meters sanctioned and installed, funds allocated, household electrification progress, and preliminary impact assessments as of July 31, 2025. The document includes state and district-wise annexures providing specific data. Key Points / Main Content: Smart Meter Implementation: * Statewise and districtwise details of sanctioned and installed smart meters under RDSS are provided (Annexure I & II). * Uttar Pradesh has 28,526,731 smart meters sanctioned and 3,278,563 installed. Financial Aspects: * Statewise details of funds sanctioned and released for smart metering works under RDSS are provided (Annexure III). * Uttar Pradesh has been sanctioned ₹3,501 Cr for smart metering under RDSS. Household Electrification: * Districtwise details of households sanctioned and electrified in Uttar Pradesh under RDSS are provided (Annexure IV). * A total of 258,700 households have been sanctioned for electrification, with 263 electrified till date in Uttar Pradesh. Impact Assessment: * The impact assessment is in its initial phase, with significant impact evaluation to be conducted after substantial smart meter installation. * Preliminary data from Bihar and Assam show improvements in Aggregate Technical and Commercial (ATC) losses and the gap between the average cost of supply and average revenue realised. Impact Analysis: State Governments: * Impact: Responsible for the implementation of smart meter projects and household electrification under RDSS. Expected to see improvements in operational and financial parameters after large-scale deployment. * Action Required: Continue to install smart meters, monitor progress, and report data for impact assessment. Distribution Companies (DISCOMs): * Impact: Responsible for executing the smart meter installations and electrification projects at the district level. * Action Required: Expedite the installation of sanctioned smart meters and ensure accurate data collection. Households: * Impact: Beneficiaries of household electrification and smart meter installations, potentially leading to better service and transparency. * Action Required: Cooperate with DISCOMs during installation and learn to utilize smart meter data for energy management. Ministry of Power: * Impact: Oversees the RDSS scheme, monitors progress, and evaluates the impact of smart meter installations. * Action Required: Continue to allocate funds, track progress, and refine the scheme based on impact assessment findings.

Key Entities Referenced

Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme RDSS: A Government of India scheme for the power distribution sector, aimed at improving the operational and financial efficiency of distribution companies. The scheme includes smart metering and infrastructure upgrades. Uttar Pradesh: A state in India where smart meter installation and household electrification are being carried out under the RDSS scheme. Bihar: A state in India where smart meter installation has been implemented and its impact is being assessed, showing improvement in operational and financial parameters. Assam: A state in India where smart meter installation has been implemented and its impact is being assessed, showing improvement in operational and financial parameters. LOK SABHA: The lower house of the Parliament of India, where the unstarred question related to smart meters was answered. SHRI PUSHPENDRA SAROJ: Member of Parliament who raised the unstarred question regarding smart meters in the Lok Sabha. SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK: The Minister of State in the Ministry of Power who provided the answer to the unstarred question in the Lok Sabha. Aggregate Technical and Commercial ATC Losses: An indicator of the performance of electricity distribution companies, reflecting the total losses due to technical and commercial factors. Reduction in ATC losses is one of the key objectives of smart meter implementation.
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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1896 ANSWERED ON 31.07.2025 SMART METERS SANCTIONED UNDER RDSS IN UP 1896. SHRI PUSHPENDRA SAROJ: Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state: (a) the total number of smart meters sanctioned and installed under the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) till date, State and year-wise including district-wise for Uttar Pradesh; (b) the details of funds sanctioned, released and utilised for smart metering under RDSS, State and year-wise; (c) the number of households electrified under RDSS in Uttar Pradesh, if so, the details thereof, district-wise and social category-wise; and (d) whether the Government has undertaken any assessment to evaluate the impact of smart meter installation and if so, the key findings thereof? A N S W E R THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER (SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK) (a) : State-wise details of smart meters sanctioned and installed till date under Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) are placed at Annexure-I. District- wise details of smart meters sanctioned and installed till date in Uttar Pradesh under RDSS are placed at Annexure-II. (b) : State-wise details of funds sanctioned and released for smart metering works under RDSS are placed at Annexure-III. (c) : The district-wise details of households sanctioned and electrified till date in Uttar Pradesh under RDSS are placed at Annexure-IV. ……..2.- 2 - (d) : The smart meter installation is currently in its initial implementation phase. The impact of smart meter installation can be assessed once significant numbers have been installed. In states like Bihar and Assam, where substantial numbers have been installed, the impact of smart meter installation may be seen as below: i. Aggregate Technical and Commercial (AT&C) Losses: State FY21 FY24 Assam 18.73% 14.03% Bihar 35.33% 20.32% ii. Gap between Average Cost of Supply and Average Revenue Realised in Rs/kWh: State FY21 FY24 Assam 0.1 (0.22) Bihar 0.72 (0.18) iii. Annual PAT/ (Loss) in Rs. Crore: State FY21 FY24 Assam (292) 384 Bihar (1,942) 1,411 As can be seen from above tables, both the States have shown substantial improvement both in terms of operational and financial parameters. It is expected that after large scale deployment of smart meters, similar impact will be seen in other States also. **************ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1896 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 31.07.2025 ************* Smart Meters details under RDSS Sl. No. State/ UT Sanctioned (Nos.) Installed (Nos.) 1 Andaman and Nicobar 84,835 0 2 Andhra Pradesh 59,19,344 16,82,446 3 Arunachal Pradesh 2,98,250 17,086 4 Assam 64,45,127 37,47,655 5 Bihar 26,07,153 20,47,465 6 Chhattisgarh 61,79,479 22,82,766 7 Delhi 3,521 0 8 Goa 7,50,356 0 9 Gujarat 1,67,87,587 20,94,432 10 Himachal Pradesh 28,41,908 4,59,945 11 Jammu and Kashmir 14,97,690 2,00,224 12 Jharkhand 13,62,044 2,90,516 13 Kerala 1,33,83,001 0 14 Madhya Pradesh 1,34,29,206 22,43,063 15 Maharashtra 2,40,04,866 49,30,410 16 Manipur 1,66,208 8,867 17 Meghalaya 4,72,743 0 18 Mizoram 2,92,081 1,768 19 Nagaland 3,23,878 7,361 20 Puducherry 4,07,052 0 21 Punjab 89,81,414 0 22 Rajasthan 1,47,36,692 3,59,848 23 Sikkim 1,48,542 42,985 24 Tamil Nadu 3,04,90,774 0 25 Tripura 5,62,870 92,108 26 Uttar Pradesh 2,85,26,731 32,78,563 27 Uttarakhand 16,49,684 2,10,679 28 West Bengal 2,10,35,262 5,13,457 All India Total 20,33,88,298 2,45,11,644 ***************ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1896 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 31.07.2025 ************* District-wise details of smart meters in Uttar Pradesh under RDSS Sanctioned Installed S No. DISCOM District (Nos.) (Nos.) AZAMGARH 6,05,284 36,656 BALLIA 3,14,303 59,449 BASTI 3,52,686 32,353 CHANDAULI 2,48,363 55,761 DEORIA 3,75,784 32,555 FATEHPUR 3,63,972 62,527 GHAZIPUR 4,28,537 74,194 GORAKHPUR 7,04,224 1,41,385 JAUNPUR 5,98,440 47,925 KAUSHAMBI 2,05,140 40,409 PuVVNL KUSHI NAGAR 3,97,196 33,023 1 MAHARAJGANJ 3,56,007 43,655 MAU 3,29,096 47,540 MIRZAPUR 3,20,250 56,626 PRATAPGARH 4,62,404 82,476 PRAYAGRAJ 4,74,649 47,048 SANT KABEER NAGAR 2,32,630 24,015 SANT RAVIDAS NAGAR 1,91,035 50,112 SIDDHARTH NAGAR 3,14,808 23,668 SONBHADRA 2,69,044 38,349 VARANASI 2,06,684 61,259 PuVVNL Total 77,50,536 10,90,985 AMBEDKAR NAGAR 3,41,290 15,942 AMETHI 3,41,291 12,650 AYODHYA 3,41,296 36,907 BADAUN 3,80,772 27,462 BAHRAICH 4,38,521 27,507 BALRAMPUR 2,14,742 19,628 BARABANKI 3,41,293 18,323 BAREILLY 6,04,657 62,448 GONDA 4,61,487 37,318 2 MVVNL HARDOI 3,32,350 30,832 LAKHIMPUR KHERI 5,74,612 57,784 LUCKNOW 10,93,296 1,09,294 PILIBHIT 3,19,480 78,218 RAE BARELI 5,59,826 53,194 SHAHJAHANPUR 3,69,663 38,135 SHRAVASTI 1,98,944 4,723 SITAPUR 2,88,288 39,554 SULTANPUR 3,41,290 21,811 UNNAO 3,70,542 43,167MVVNL Total 79,13,640 7,34,897 AGRA 4,46,572 81,835 ALIGARH 4,28,888 1,19,116 AURAIYA 2,16,861 9,302 BANDA 3,04,858 19,105 CHITRAKOOT 1,72,598 3,904 ETAH 2,38,445 21,721 ETAWAH 1,82,576 6,244 FARRUKHABAD 2,18,538 26,033 FIROZABAD 3,16,422 56,306 HAMIRPUR 2,04,373 15,825 DVVNL HATHRAS 2,68,056 60,095 3 JALAUN 2,70,335 26,743 JHANSI 3,34,800 77,035 KANNAUJ 2,37,939 34,812 KANPUR DEHAT 2,71,912 8,234 KANPUR NAGAR 2,62,502 15,864 KASGANJ 2,12,302 27,660 LALITPUR 1,62,424 17,827 MAHOBA 1,54,548 15,450 MAINPURI 2,84,021 58,434 MATHURA 3,57,402 42,438 DVVNL Total 55,46,372 7,43,983 AMROHA 3,17,708 25,048 BAGHPAT 2,54,249 4,351 BIJNOR 6,64,248 49,174 BULANDSHAHR 5,97,338 50,646 GAUTAM BUDDHA NAGAR 3,56,425 16,737 GHAZIABAD 9,89,348 59,931 HAPUR 2,76,747 14,063 PVVNL 4 MEERUT 6,14,850 1,17,131 MORADABAD 5,68,818 84,108 MUZAFFARNAGAR 5,30,974 53,584 RAMPUR 3,76,461 36,674 SAHARANPUR 5,95,716 58,475 SAMBHAL 2,89,211 24,677 SHAMLI 2,51,681 80,821 PVVNL Total 66,83,774 6,75,420 5 KESCO KANPUR CITY 6,32,408 33,278 UP- Total 2,85,26,731 32,78,563 **************ANNEXURE-III ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1896 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 31.07.2025 ************* Funds details for Smart Metering Works under RDSS (Amount in Rs. Cr.) Funds Released Sl. Sanctioned State/UTs No. GBS FY24 FY25 FY26 - - - 1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 12 2 Andhra Pradesh 815 - - - 3 Arunachal Pradesh 54 - - - 4 Assam 1,052 56 191 111 5 Bihar 412 169 17 - 6 Chhattisgarh 804 - - - 7 Delhi 2 - - - 8 Goa 95 - - - 9 Gujarat 1,885 - - - 10 Himachal Pradesh 466 - - - 11 Jammu & Kashmir 272 - - - 12 Jharkhand 191 - - - 13 Kerala 1,413 - - - 14 Madhya Pradesh 1,504 - - - 15 Maharashtra 2,840 - - - 16 Manipur 38 - - - 17 Meghalaya 86 - - - 18 Mizoram 61 - - - 19 Nagaland 60 - - - 20 Puducherry 56 - - - 21 Punjab 960 - - - 22 Rajasthan 1,686 - - - 23 Sikkim 30 - - 4 24 Tamil Nadu 3,398 - - - 25 Tripura 80 - - - 26 Uttar Pradesh 3,501 - - - 27 Uttarakhand 310 - - - 28 West Bengal 2,089 - - 31 Total 24,173 225 208 145 ****************ANNEXURE-IV ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1896 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 31.07.2025 ************* District-wise household electrification works in Uttar Pradesh under RDSS Households Electrified till Sl. No. District Sanctioned Households date 1 AGRA 1,173 0 2 ALIGARH 1,795 0 3 AURAIYA 3,428 0 4 BANDA 16,697 0 5 CHITRAKOOT 3,977 0 6 ETAH 4,618 0 7 ETAWAH 625 0 8 FARRUKHABAD 1,240 0 9 Firozabad 1,445 0 10 HAMIRPUR 1,452 0 11 HATHRAS 461 0 12 JALAUN 955 0 13 JHANSI 3,976 0 14 KANNAUJ 2,639 0 15 KANPUR DEHAT 3,749 0 16 KANPUR NAGAR 1,681 0 17 KASGANJ 2,162 0 18 LALITPUR 2,341 0 19 Mahoba 1,235 0 20 MAINPURI 490 0 21 MATHURA 1,350 0 22 Ambedkar Nagar 2,853 0 23 Amethi 1,945 0 24 Ayodhya 3,705 0 25 BAHRAICH 5,382 0 26 Balrampur 9,384 0 27 BARABANKI 4,697 0 28 Bareilly 2,052 0 29 Budaun 2,325 0 30 Gonda 44,217 0 31 Hardoi 3,928 0 32 KHERI 228 0 33 Lakhimpur 1,174 0 34 Lucknow 943 0 35 PILIBHIT 1,200 0 36 Raebareli 842 0 37 Shahjahanpur 2,924 0 38 Shrawasti 4,735 0 39 SITAPUR 4,301 040 Sultanpur 2,961 0 41 Unnao 2,820 0 42 Azamgarh 2,304 33 43 BALLIA 1,942 04 44 BASTI 145 0 45 BHADOHI 514 0 46 CHANDAULI 934 0 47 DEORIA 3,829 0 48 Fatehpur 3,920 0 49 GHAZIPUR 143 0 50 GORAKHPUR 1,995 0 51 JAUNPUR 9,897 0 52 Kaushambi 3,750 0 53 KUSHI NAGAR 119 0 54 Kushinagar 16,189 0 55 MAHARAJGANJ 76 0 56 Mahrajganj 3,291 0 57 Mau 177 0 58 MIRZAPUR 6,669 0 59 PRATAPGARH 15,540 0 60 PRAYAGRAJ 21,071 25 61 SANT KABEER NAGAR 13 0 62 SantKabir Nagar 65 0 63 SIDDHARTH NAGAR 327 03 64 SONBHADRA 5,135 0 65 Varanasi 158 03 66 Bijnor 392 195 Total 2,58,700 263 Of the total above: i. 316 belong to Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) households identified under PM- JANMAN (Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan) ii. 6,897 are tribal households identified under DA-JGUA (Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan). iii. For the balance households the social category has not been captured. **************

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