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TMI BlogFinancial Restructuring of State Distribution CompaniesX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Financial Restructuring of State Distribution Companies - News and Press Release Dated:- 25-9-2012 - News - Press Information Bureau Government of India Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) 24-September-2012 20:19 IST The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs today approved the scheme for Financial Restructuring of State Distribution Companies (Discoms). The scheme contai ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ns various measures required to be taken by State Discoms and State Governments for achieving the financial turnaround of the Discoms by restructuring their debt with support through a transitional finance mechanism by the Central Government. The scheme is effective as soon as notified and will remain open upto 31st Dec 2012 unless extended by the GOI. Support under the scheme will be available fo ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... r all participating State owned Discoms on fulfilling certain mandatory conditions as outlined in Part C of the Scheme. The salient features of the scheme are as follows: a. 50 percent of the outstanding short term liabilities upto March 31, 2012 to be taken over by State Governments. This shall be first converted into bonds to be issued by Discoms to participating lenders, duly backed by Stat ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e Governments guarantee. b. Takeover of liability by State Governments from Discoms in the next 2-5 years by way of special securities and repayment and interest payment to be done by State Governments till the date of takeover. c. Restructuring the balance 50 percent Short Term Loan by rescheduling loans and providing moratorium on principal and the best possible terms for this restructuring ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... to ensure viability of this effort. d. The restructuring/re-schedulement of loan is to be accompanied by concrete and measurable action by the Discoms/States to improve the operational performance of the distribution utilities. e. For monitoring the progress of the turnaround plan, two committees at State and Central levels respectively are proposed to be formed. f. Central Government will p ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... rovide incentive by way of grant equal to the value of the additional energy saved by way of accelerated AT C loss reduction beyond the loss trajectory specified under RAPDRP and capital reimbursement support of 25 percent of principal repayment by the State Governments on the liability taken over by the State Governments under the scheme. The accumulated losses of the state power distribution c ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ompanies (Discoms) are estimated to be about Rs 1.9 Lakh crore as on 31st March, 2011. In order to look into the issues of State Discoms and to suggest a strategy for the turnaround of the distribution sector, Planning Commission constituted an Expert Group under the chairmanship of Sh. B K Chaturvedi, Member (Energy), Planning Commission. The approved scheme is formulated based on the report of t ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... he Expert Group and deliberations in the PMO and Ministry of Finance. **** SH/RK - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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