Telangana government has expressed its willingness to join the Centrally sponsored `Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme’ - a reforms-based and results-linked scheme with an outlay of ₹3.03 lakh crore over a period of five years from 2021-22.
The scheme aims to improve quality, reliability and affordability of power supply to consumers through a financially sustainable and operationally efficient distribution sector. It is also aimed to reduce the Aggregate Technical and Commercial losses to pan-India levels of 12 to 15% and Average Cost of Supply-Average Revenue Realised gap to zero by 2024-25 by improving the operational efficiencies and financial sustainability of all power distribution companies (DISCOMS).
The decision of the State government to join the scheme was conveyed to Union Power Minister R.K. Singh by the Special Chief Secretary (Energy) of the State government Sunil Sharma at a meeting convened by the former in New Delhi on Monday.
