State-run sector-specific lenders PFC and REC have disbursed Rs 85,000 crore to electricity distribution companies (discoms) under the Rs 1.25-lakh-crore liquidity infusion scheme aimed at helping these loss-making entities clear the dues to power producers.
According to sources, the two lenders have disbursed around Rs 39,000 crore in the second tranche since January to discoms in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Rajasthan, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Meghalaya and Jammu & Kashmir.
