Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS)

Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) Latest News

Installation of rooftop solar power plants is being expedited in Rajasthan under the revamped distribution sector scheme (RDSS) to reduce transmission and distribution losses and improve power supply quality.

About Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS)

• It was launched by the Ministry of Power, Government of India, in July 2021, aimed at transforming the electricity distribution sector.
• It is a Reforms-based and Results-linked Scheme with an outlay of Rs.3,03,758 crore over a period of five years from FY 2021-22 to FY 2025-26.
• It seeks to modernise India’s power distribution sector through smart metering, network strengthening, and financial reforms, with the goal of creating financially sustainable and operationally efficient DISCOMs.
• The scheme aims to reduce the Aggregate Technical and Commercial (AT&C) losses to pan-India levels of 12-15% and Gap between Average Cost of Supply (ACS) and Average Revenue Realised (ARR) to zero by 2024-25. 
• The Scheme has two major components: 
  • Part A: Financial support for Prepaid Smart Metering & System Metering and upgradation of the Distribution Infrastructure.
  • Part B: Training & Capacity Building and other Enabling & Supporting Activities.
• Financial assistance to DISCOMs is provided for upgradation of the Distribution Infrastructure and for Prepaid Smart Consumer Metering & System Metering based on meeting pre-qualifying criteria and achieving basic minimum benchmark in reforms.

Source: TH

‹ ›