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| J&K leads in power losses across India; Govt Deptts major defaulters | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 6: Although the Finance Department of the Union Territory on Monday directed all government departments to clear all outstanding dues against electricity bills immediately, authorities have yet to take action against the biggest defaults.
The power situation in J&K is worsening with every passing day because the situation on the ground is entirely different which being present during meetings.
As per the recent report, the J&K topped in power losses in the last financial year and this position is unlikely to improve due to the failure of the government.
As per the report, “Utilities in the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) reported the highest losses among power distribution entities in India, while some in the east and the northeast also incurred high losses, underscoring the lack of power sector reforms in these markets”.
J&K recorded aggregate technical and commercial (AT&C) losses of 60.5% in the year ended March 2020. The high loss figure of J&K was followed by Nagaland (52.9%), Arunachal Pradesh (45.7%), Bihar (40.4%) and Tripura (37.9%). Also, the ACS and ARR gap is the highest in Nagaland ( Rs 5.62 per unit), followed by Arunachal Pradesh ( Rs 4.92 per unit), J&K (Rs 1.85 per unit), Meghalaya (Rs 1.80 per unit) and Tamil Nadu (Rs 1.27 per unit).
Today, Finance Department issued a circular to improve financial condition of power department.
This step has been taken by the Finance Department in view of the huge pendency of arrears of electricity by Government Departments in the union territory.
Financial Commissioner, Finance Department, Atal Dulloo, who is also additional Chief Secretary of J&K, issued a circular to give directions to tall Government Departments to clear dues.
Governments departments to clear electric bills every month
“It has come to the notice of Finance Department that there are outstanding and pending electricity dues against various Government Departments of Union Territory of J&K”, circular reads.
Each department is supposed to clear the electricity bills of their offices raised by the Power Development Department (PDD) every month by way of contra-credit and book adjustment at respective treasuries.
To streamline payment of electricity dues, it is impressed upon all the administrative secretaries to instruct the heads of the departments and drawing and disbursing officers under their administrative control to clear the electricity dues immediately.
It is further directed to different departments that the properly assessed bills shall be cleared by each department on a monthly basis and a shortfall in budget allocation with proper justification shall be projected in the revised estimates 2021-22. |
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