Report of Indian Institute of Public Administration ... - Ministry of Power

State Reports (Vol.-III)
Study on `Impact of Restructuring of SEBs’
RECEIVABLES POSITION
The arrears and bad debt position in respect of the power utilities of Uttar Pradesh is
indicated below. It may be noticed that the bad debt situation has started to rise again in
the sector despite massive write-offs undertaken during the restrcuturing process.
7.26
(Rs crore)
Particulars 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04
Arrears 2,389 3,010 3,737 4,742 5,699 7,155 7,541 6,321 7,272
Bad Debt 16,160 18,346 20,525 22,805 25,810 2,994 3,385 4,754 3,400
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Arrears and Bad debt position of UPPCL
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Arrears (Rs Crore) Bad Debt (Rs Crore)
2003-
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An analysis of the arrears position indicates that the Government departments also
account for a considerable part of these receivables.
Arrears and Realisation
Category Arrears Assessment Realisation Realisation (%)
As on 31 March 2003
Govt. 1,913.05 742.18 317.64 42.80
Non-Govt. 4,835.72 5,381.61 4,088.56 75.97
Total 6,748.77 6,123.79 4,406.20 71.95
Govt. 1,824.03 720.67 314.36 43.62
Non-Govt. 4,715.06 5,195.20 4,005.62 77.10
Total 6,539.09 5,915.87 4,319.98 73.02
Similarly, there has been very little progress in recovering the amounts locked up in
disputes. The utilities need to address this issue on priority.