Budget proposal puts onus on states to fund, get discoms back in shape

Budget's Rs 3 trillion scheme expects states to submit action plan, get results

The Union Budget's Rs 3 trillion scheme for power distribution companies puts the onus on states to plan and fund disbursement, marking a change in ‘one-shoe-fits-all’ approach as seen in the NDA government's first reform in 2014 called UDAY. 

Senior civil servants said a committee will be set up which will evaluate the action plan drafted by states for turning around their discoms and improving power supply. “The Central funds would be sanctioned and released according to the plan by the states and their performance. Now the thrust is different from earlier – those who are efficient will get the