Power distribution loss still high across many states

 ICRA has observed an improvement in distribution loss levels for discoms in 12 states in the period FY 2007 – FY 2013 while a deterioration or limited progress in reducing loss levels has been seen in five states and in the remaining two states, loss levels have remained almost unchanged. Despite this improvement, the distribution losses remain relatively high in a majority of the states – with discoms in 10 states showing losses higher than 20 per cent loss in FY 2013.

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