Question : Power Supply to MSME

(a) whether over 20% of firms suffer from more than 30 hours of power shortage per week and more than a third of firms suffered more than 20% of production loss which went upto 50% for power dependent industries in MSME sector, if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether the Government is having any data regarding the closure of MSME units due to power shortage, if so, the details thereof and the steps being taken by the Government in this regard; and

(c) whether the Government is having any proposal for MSME clusters to have their own Group Captive Power Plants, if so, the details thereof?

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR POWER,
COAL, NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND MINES

( SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL )

(a) : Electricity is a concurrent subject. Supply of electricity to all the consumers including industrial consumers in a State / UT is within the purview of the respective State Government / State Power Utility. The Government of India supplements the efforts of the State Governments by establishing power plants in Central Sector through CPSUs and allocating power there from.

As per information given by States / UTs to Central Electricity Authority (CEA), the details of notified power cuts on industries in various states of the country during the current year 2016-17 (April, 2016– June, 2016) is given at Annex.

(b) : No, Madam.

(c): No, Madam. However, as per the Electricity Act, 2003, the electricity generation is a delicensed activity, no license is required by MSME cluster to set up captive power plants.

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