Audit Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year ended 31 March 2023, Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi

बिजली सब्सिडी पात्र और वंचित तबके के बजाय लगभग समूचे घरेलू उपभोक्ता आधार को दी गई, और लगभग 80 प्रतिशत घरेलू उपभोक्ताओं को समेटने वाली 400 यूनिट की सीमा तय करने का कोई कारण अभिलेख में मिला ही नहीं।

“Audit observed that the subsidy policy of GNCTD for the power sector did not target the deserving and disadvantaged section of the population and paid it to nearly the entire domestic consumer base... The rationale for having a high threshold value of 400 units of consumption, which covered approximately 80 per cent of domestic consumers, was not found on record.”Overview

जो घर जितनी अधिक बिजली इस्तेमाल करता, उसे उतनी अधिक सब्सिडी मिलती — 0 से 200 यूनिट वर्ग के 30 लाख से अधिक उपभोक्ताओं को प्रति वर्ष लगभग ₹6,000 मिले, जबकि 200 यूनिट से अधिक खपत वाले लगभग 16.60 लाख उपभोक्ताओं को ₹10,000 से अधिक, यानी प्रति कनेक्शन क़रीब 70 प्रतिशत ज़्यादा।

“Audit observed that the actual subsidy outgo per consumer was much higher for higher consumption bracket consumers. More than 30 lakh consumers, within the 0 to 200 unit consumption bracket, received an average per connection subsidy of ₹ 6,000 per annum, whereas approximately 16.60 lakh consumers, with consumption of more than 200 units, received approximately 70 per cent higher average subsidy per connection of over ₹ 10,000 per annum.”Overview

ऐसे कनेक्शनों पर भी सब्सिडी दी गई जिनमें खपत शून्य थी — 12 माह से अधिक शून्य खपत वाले 50,000 से अधिक उपभोक्ताओं को ₹17.81 करोड़, छह से ग्यारह माह शून्य खपत वाले 90,000 से अधिक को ₹11.88 करोड़, और तीन से पाँच माह शून्य खपत वाले 1.70 लाख से अधिक को ₹12.57 करोड़।

“More than fifty-thousand consumers had continuously zero consumption for more than 12 months and were provided a subsidy of ₹ 17.81 crore, more than ninety thousand consumers received a subsidy of ₹ 11.88 crore for continuously zero consumption for 6 to 11 months and more than 1 lakh 70 thousand consumers had continuous zero consumption for periods between 3 and 5 months and received subsidy of ₹ 12.57 crore.”Overview

बिजली सब्सिडी तीन वर्षों में 31 प्रतिशत बढ़ी — 2019-20 के ₹2,405.59 करोड़ से 2022-23 में ₹3,161 करोड़ — और कुल सब्सिडी का 66.96 से 70.39 प्रतिशत रही; सभी सब्सिडियाँ मिलकर दिल्ली के राजस्व व्यय का लगभग दसवाँ हिस्सा हैं।

“In 2019-20, an amount of ₹ 2405.59 crore was given as power subsidy, which subsequently increased by 31 per cent in three years and became ₹ 3161 crore in 2022-23... Subsidies constituted nearly 10 per cent of GNCTD's total revenue expenditure. Power subsidy alone accounted for 66.96 to 70.39 per cent of the total subsidy during 2019-20 to 2022-23.”Overview

2014-15 के बाद दरें नहीं बढ़ीं, इसलिए वसूल न हुई लागत बिजली वितरण कंपनियों के बही-खातों पर नियामक परिसंपत्तियों के रूप में जमा होती गई — 2019-20 में ₹9,063 करोड़, और 31 मार्च 2021 तक ₹27,200.37 करोड़।

“Tariffs have not been increased after 2014-15 and so the present tariff has not reflected the actual cost of power procurement and distribution. This mismatch between cost and recovery led to continuous accumulation of unrecovered expenses, which have been trued-up as "Regulatory Assets" year after year appearing in the balance sheet of the DISCOMs as an asset... The Regulatory Assets of Delhi DISCOMs, which stood at ₹ 9,063 crore in 2019-20, has arrived at ₹ 27,200.37 crore as of 31 March 2021.”Overview