Mumbai: The power ministry has disputed a recent report from credit ratings agency CRISIL that said state electricity distribution companies (discoms) would see their external debt increase to pre-UDAY levels of ₹2.6 lakh crore by the end of this fiscal.
A tweet from the ministry’s official account said CRISIL’s analysis discounts the fact that almost ₹85,000 crore of discom debt is yet to be converted into grants/equity as per the UDAY timeline. The ministry also said the agency has not accounted for loans from the Centre and counterpart funding loans which may also be converted into grants. Further, according to UDAY provisions, discoms can avail a further ₹88,000 crore as working capital financing.
