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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF POWER
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2025
ANSWERED ON 30.07.2026
UJJWAL DISCOM ASSURANCE YOJANA
2025. KM. SUDHA R:
Will the Minister of POWER
be pleased to state:
(a) the details of the objectives of the Ujjwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY);
(b) whether the said yojana is mandatory for State Distribution Companies
(DISCOMs) and if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether annual hikes in domestic electricity consumption charges are
mandatory and if so, the details thereof;
(d) the details of the financial revival of DISCOMs since the implementation of
UDAY, Statewise and year-wise;
(e) whether any State Government or DISCOM has opted not to comply with the
requirements of UDAY and if so, the details thereof including the financial
consequences arising therefrom; and
(f) whether all the States have adopted UDAY and if so, the details thereof and if
not, the list of States that have not implemented the scheme?
A N S W E R
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER
(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)
(a) to (f) : Ujjwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY) was launched in 2015 with
an overall objective of operational and financial turnaround of State-owned
distribution utilities through financial restructuring and efficiency improvements in
distribution sector. UDAY envisaged States taking over 75% of the outstanding debt
of the DISCOMs, as on 30.09.2015, by issuing SDL (State Development Loan) Bonds.
Further, States were to take over future losses of DISCOMs in a graded manner as
per the scheme guidelines. The scheme was optional and 27 States (except Odisha
and West Bengal) and 5 UTs (except Delhi and Chandigarh) signed Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) under UDAY.
Under the scheme, total bonds worth Rs 2.34 lakh crore were issued
for debt takeover, and DISCOM losses amounting to Rs 36,378 crore were taken
over by the States as per the scheme guidelines. State-wise details are enclosed at
Annexure I & II.
As a result of participation of DISCOMs under UDAY and various other
reform measures undertaken thereafter by the Central and State Governments, the
Aggregate Technical and Commercial (AT&C) losses at national level have reduced
from 25.72% in FY15 to 15.04% in FY25 while the gap between Average Cost of
Supply and Average Revenue Realized (ACS-ARR) has narrowed from Rs. 0.58/kWh
to Rs. 0.06/kWh. These collective efforts have also resulted in distribution utilities,
on an aggregate basis, achieving a profit after tax (PAT) of Rs 2,701 crore in FY25
for the first time since coming into force of Electricity Act, 2003. State-wise details
at Annexure-III.
**********ANNEXURE-I
ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (f) OF UNSTARRED
QUESTION NO. 2025 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 30.07.2026
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State wise details of Bonds issued under UDAY (in Rs crore)
Total
Bonds Bonds bonds
Sl. Bonds to be
State issued by issued by issued
No. issued
the States DISCOMs under
UDAY
1. Andhra Pradesh 8,893 8,256 0 8,256
2. Assam 1,132 - 0 -
3. Bihar 2,332 2,332 777 3,109
4. Chhattisgarh 870 870 0 870
5. Haryana 25,950 25,950 0 25,950
6. Himachal
2,891 2,891 0 2,891
Pradesh
7. J&K 3,538 3,538 0 3,538
8. Jharkhand 6,924 6,136 0 6,136
9. Madhya Pradesh 7,360 7,360 0 7,360
10. M aharashtra 4,960 4,960 0 4,960
11. M eghalaya 125 125 0 125
12. P unjab 15,629 15,629 0 15,629
13. R ajasthan 62,422 62,422 12,368 74,790
14. T amil Nadu 22,815 22,815 0 22,815
15. T elangana 8,923 8,923 0 8,923
16. U ttar Pradesh 39,908 39,133 10,377 49,510
TOTAL 2,14,672 2,11,340 23,522 2,34,862
*************ANNEXURE-II
ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (f) OF UNSTARRED
QUESTION NO. 2025 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 30.07.2026
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State wise details of Losses taken over under UDAY (in Rs crore)
Total losses to be taken Actual losses
Sl. No. State
over by States taken over
1. Andhra Pradesh 3,100 3,100
1.
2. Assam 146 152
3. Bihar 2,454 2,454
4. Chhattisgarh 546 288
5. Haryana 10 10
6. Himachal Pradesh 02 02
7. Jharkhand 862 862
8. Madhya Pradesh 3,798 3,799
9. Meghalaya 358 412.5
10. Punjab 821 821
11. Rajasthan 99 -
12. Tamil Nadu 10,132 9,366
13. Telangana 5,891 9,340
14. Uttar Pradesh 4,075 5,771
TOTAL 32,295 36,378
************ANNEXURE-III
ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (f) OF UNSTARRED
QUESTION NO. 2025 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 30.07.2026
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Profit/ (Loss) on accrual basis
State (PAT) (Rs crore)
Andaman & Nicobar Islands (91)
Andhra Pradesh 190
Arunachal Pradesh -
Assam 308
Bihar 2,079
Chhattisgarh (407)
Delhi 9,989
Goa (119)
Gujarat 3,984
Haryana (46)
Himachal Pradesh 342
Jharkhand (1,928)
Karnataka (8,869)
Kerala 574
Ladakh 26
Madhya Pradesh (2,561)
Maharashtra 2,324
Manipur 5
Meghalaya (36)
Mizoram 32
Nagaland 56
Odisha 439
Puducherry 281
Punjab 6,216
Rajasthan 1,262
Sikkim (37)
Tamil Nadu 2,073
Telangana (2,462)
Tripura (373)
Uttar Pradesh (10,625)
Uttarakhand (47)
West Bengal 125
Grand Total 2,701
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