Power Corporations of Haryana have achieved the Best Performance with an A+ grade

• 26 Apr 2023

Why in News?

On 25 April 2023, Haryana's Electricity Minister Chaudhary Ranjit Singh said that due to the excellent policies of the state government, both the power distribution companies of the state have performed excellently by achieving A+ grades at the national level.

Key Points

• The 'Bijli Chori Pakdo Abhiyan' and 'Mhara Gaon Jagmag Gaon' schemes have made a special contribution to this achievement, as they have increased the revenue of the power companies.
• Notably, the Union Ministry of Power has recently released the 11th Integrated Annual Report of power distribution companies, in which both Haryana's power distribution companies (UHBVN and DHBVN) have shown unprecedented performance while improving the previous integrated annual report.
• The current report covered 43 state discoms, 8 private discoms and 12 power departments from across India.
• Chairman of Power Distribution Corporations P.K. Das informed that both UHBVN and DHBVN have been placed in the A+ group. DHBVN has improved its rating from 85.71 to 89.30 and is placed in the 9th position.
• Also, UHBVN has improved its rating from 74.70 to 87.60 and is placed in the 10th position.
• UHBVN has improved from the previous rating of 14th to 10th. Similarly, DHBVN has improved its previous rating from 12th position to 9th position.