New Delhi, Dec 4 (PTI) The government has released about Rs 37,000 crore towards Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS), which works out to be 38 per cent of the amount sanctioned in the Budget for the scheme, Parliament was informed on Thursday.

The Centre launched the RDSS with the objective of improving the quality and reliability of power supply to consumers through a financially sustainable and operationally efficient distribution sector.

“Till date, the total Central Grant released under the scheme is around Rs 37,000 cr which is about 38 per cent of the total sanctioned gross budgetary support for the scheme," Minister of State for Power Shripad Yesso Naik, said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha on Thursday.

The release of funds under the scheme is contingent upon the distr

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