New Delhi : The power ministry has approved nine transmission schemes worth Rs 22,540 crore, as recommended by the National Committee on Transmission (NCT) in its 20th meeting held last year.
Of these, four schemes relate to renewable energy zones (REZs) in Gujarat. The revised estimate of these four schemes is Rs 10,225 crore, Union Minister of State for Power and New & Renewable Energy Shripad Naik said while replying to an unstarred question in the Raj Sabha.
“Till June 2025, a total of 20.33 crore smart meters have been sanctioned under RDSS, out of which 2.27 crore smart meters have been installed. A total of 3.46 crore smart meters have been installed as on June 30, 2025 under various schemes. The installation of sanctioned smart meters is to be completed by the end of the scheme period (March’ 2028),” he said.
The Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) has an outlay of Rs 3,03,758 crore with a gross budgetary support of Rs 97,631 crore from the central government, Naik added.
Replying to another unstarred question, Naik said, “Under the RDSS, loss reduction infrastructure works worth Rs 1.51 lakh crore have been sanctioned. In order to reduce the technical losses, based on action plan of the states/UTs, works have been sanctioned for network strengthening which include upgradation/augmentation of sub-stations and distribution transformers, upgrading of conductors, segregation of mixed-load feeder etc.”
