**Executive Summary**
The Government of India, through the Ministry of Power, has released approximately Rs 37,000 Crore under the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS). This scheme aims to improve the quality and reliability of power supply. The release of funds to DISCOMs is contingent upon meeting milestones and requirements.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS)**
* Objective: To improve the quality and reliability of power supply to consumers through a financially sustainable and operationally efficient distribution sector.
* **Fund Release Status**
* Total Central Grant released: Approximately Rs 37,000 Cr (38% of the total sanctioned Gross Budgetary Support).
* Fund release is contingent upon DISCOMs achieving milestones and completing requirements.
* A result evaluation framework is developed based on customized action plans for each State/DISCOM.
* **State-wise Sanction and Fund Release (as of 28.11.2025)**
* No pending claims from any State regarding Distribution Infrastructure works.
* State-wise sanctioned GBS (Cumulative) & Fund released in FY 2023-24, FY 2024-25 & FY 2025-26 (Till date) details for each state/UT as per the attached table
**Impact Analysis**
**Distribution Companies (DISCOMs)**
* **Impact**: DISCOMs receive funding to improve power supply infrastructure and operations.
* **Action Required**: Achieve milestones and complete requirements as per fund release guidelines to receive funds. Adhere to customized action plans for evaluation.
**State Governments/Union Territories**
* **Impact**: State governments are the recipients of funds via DISCOMs for improving power distribution infrastructure.
* **Action Required**: Coordinate with DISCOMs to ensure milestones are met and requirements are fulfilled for fund release.
**Consumers**
* **Impact**: Consumers are expected to benefit from improved power supply quality and reliability.
* **Action Required**: None specified.
Key Entities Referenced
Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS): A scheme aiming to improve the quality and reliability of power supply.
Ministry of Power: The ministry overseeing the RDSS scheme and related distribution infrastructure.
Distribution companies (DISCOMs): The entities responsible for achieving milestones to receive funds from the RDSS scheme.
India: The geographical region the RDSS policy applies to.
Ministry of Power
Rs 37,000 Crore Released Under the Revamped
Distribution Sector Scheme
No Claim from any State Regarding Distribution Infrastructure
Works Pending with Ministry of Power
प्रव तथ: 04 DEC 2025 4:51PM by PIB Delhi
Government of India launched the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) with the objective of
improving the quality and reliability of power supply to consumers through a financially sustainable and
operationally efficient distribution Sector.
Till date the total Central Grant released under the scheme is around Rs 37,000 Cr which is about 38 % of
the total sanctioned Gross Budgetary Support for the scheme.
The release of Funds under the scheme is contingent upon the Distribution companies (DISCOMs)
achieving milestones and completing other requirements as per fund release guidelines, without any delay.
A Result evaluation framework, based on the customized action plans for each States/DISCOMs, has been
developed to evaluate them for fund release.
As on date, no claim from any State regarding Distribution Infrastructure works is pending with this
Ministry for approval.
RDSS State-wise Sanction (Cumulative) & Fund released in FY 2023-24, FY 2024-25 & FY 2025-26
(Till date)
(In Rs Cr)
Sl.No. STATE/ UT Sanctioned Fund Fund Fund released
GBS released in released in in
(Cumulative) FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 FY 2025-
26
(As on
28.11.2025)
1 Andaman & 428 0 0 41
Nicobar
2 Andhra Pradesh 7,240 311 901 204
3 Arunachal Pradesh 992 0 43 1534 Assam 4,107 635 769 816
5 Bihar 6,748 1,268 1,207 985
6 Chhattisgarh 3,217 178 304 382
7 Delhi 196 0 0 0
8 Goa 243 15 0 26
9 Gujarat 5,538 507 670 454
10 Haryana 4,076 35 205 139
11 Himachal Pradesh 2,561 6 80 459
12 Jammu & Kashmir 4,803 349 624 828
13 Jharkhand 2,272 0 222 348
14 Karnataka 27 0 5 0
15 Kerala 3,278 22 153 284
16 Ladakh 788 79 0 3
17 Madhya Pradesh 7,347 1,006 820 1,235
18 Maharashtra 13,182 820 1,614 604
19 Manipur 602 20 58 48
20 Meghalaya 1,195 51 146 98
21 Mizoram 351 22 27 24
22 Nagaland 479 1 10 43
23 Puducherry 107 0 0 14
24 Punjab 3,284 115 114 334
25 Rajasthan 12,902 531 1,094 82126 Sikkim 409 24 12 68
27 Tamil Nadu 9,139 97 448 0
28 Telangana 72 2 0 34
29 Tripura 619 36 91 138
30 Uttar Pradesh 16,570 1,801 1,822 1,714
31 Uttarakhand 2,444 11 116 483
32 West Bengal 6,423 221 601 49
Total 1,21,637 8,160 12,158 10,829
This Information was given by the Minister of State for Power , Shri Shripad Yesso Naik , in a written
reply in the Lok Sabha today .
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