The study analyses the trajectory of AT&C losses of the Haryana power sector’s distribution utilities from 2013-14 to 2023-24 and the impact of UDAY - “Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana” scheme. The statistical tools used in the paper are growth rate, compounded annual growth rate, exponential growth rate and regression applied on the secondary data obtained from the state utilities reports published by the Power Finance Corporation of India on its official website. It was concluded that the target to reduce the AT&C losses to 15 percent by the year 2018-19 of the UDAY - scheme was achieved by the year 2021-22. However, there is further scope of reduction in the losses and improve the operational efficiencies.
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