NEW DELHI: Despite the government’s up and running liquidity infusion programme, the pending dues of power distribution companies (discom) remain on a steady upward march. According to data from the Ministry of Power, discoms owed power generators (gencos) Rs 1,25,743 crore as of the end of October 2020, 34.4 per cent higher than at the same point last year and Rs 1,068 crore more than at the end of September 2020.
The power sector has been among the hardest hit by the economic crisis triggered by the pandemic-demand tanking as much as 30 per cent at the peak of the nationwide lockdown in April.
