Gujarat tops power distribution companies annual ranking again

For the sixth year in a row, the power distribution companies (discoms) of Gujarat have topped the annual ranking procedure performed by the Union Ministry of Power. At the same time, four out of five discoms of Uttar Pradesh (UP) have not moved out of the lowest grade, said the report on ‘State Distribution Utilities Annual Integrated Rating’ for 2016-17.

These rankings hold more importance now as the financially beleaguered discoms are undergoing restructuring with Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana reforms and taking up several flagship schemes to improve power quality and supply. Four discoms of Gujarat and Uttarakhand Power Corporation, which