New Delhi: The special liquidity widow would now cover discoms dues to gencos up to June 30, 2020 instead of the Aatmanirbhar Package scheme that covered discom dues till March 31.
As per analyst reports, discoms dues have risen from a level of around Rs 90,000 crore till March to about Rs 1.29 lakh crore by June end as the Covid-19 related lockdown squeezed demand and almost stopped payment from power consumers. Several states had asked for expanding the scope of the liquidity scheme to cover for this period as well.
Under the scheme, central financing agencies, the Power Finance Corporation and the Rural Electrification Corporation, have disbursed loans to the tune of Rs 25,000 crore as of September 11, out of total sanction of about Rs 68,000 crore.
