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Govt hoping atleast 21 states to join UDAY by March 2016

29 Dec 2015 Evaluate

The government is hopeful of getting at least 21 states on board for Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) reforms for state-owned power distribution companies before March 2016. Power ministry has said that for the states that sign up for UDAY, one of the first steps is to take over 75 per cent of discom debt as on September 30, 2015 over two years - 50 per cent in 2015-16 and 25 per cent in 2016-17.

Power ministry further said that the states that are ready to join UDAY have also indicated that their fiscal strength would not take any major hit after UDAY is implemented. Besides, the state borrowing would be issued as non-statutory liquidity ratio state development loans. With loans being part of the capital expenditure in the state's Budget, the Centre is hopeful of bringing down interest rates further. This comes amidst reports that the combined Centre-state fiscal deficit limit for 2015-16 could breach the level mandated by the Fiscal Responsibility & Budget Management Act.

Till date, 12 states have given in-principle approval to join UDAY. These are Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. These states will sign a tripartite agreement with the Union ministry of power and discoms. The parameters of the agreement have been finalised with strict monitoring clause which are divided into three parts: financial, operational and monthly monitoring. The memorandum of Understanding (MoU) lists out a slew of baits for the discoms if they meet the required operational efficiency.


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