Table 1: Financial Performance of State Electricity Boards
(in Rs crore)
		1991-92	2000-01^	2001-02^	2002-03^	2003-04^	2004-05^	2005-06 (RE)	2006-07 (AP)
(A)	Gross Subsidy on Sales:	7449	34428	34587	30568	23346	36187	35632	36115
a)	Agriculture	5938	24074	24013	21845	23346	25240	25043	25013
b)	Domestic Consumers	1310	9968	10347	8534	8885	10432	10179	10967
c)	Other States	201	386	227	189	923	516	410	136
(B)	Inter State Sales	2045	8820	8680	12996	11081	10478	11562	10254
(C)	Net Subsidy (A-B)	5404	25607	25907	17572	22073	25709	24070	25861
(D)	Surplus from Sale to other Sectors	2173	3435	3698	4797	6133	6391	8083	7389
(E)	Uncovered Subsidy (C-D)	3231	22172	22209	12775	15941	19319	15987	18472
(F)	Commercial Losses:
a)	Excluding Subsidy*	4117	25395	24063	21382	20379	23558	22569	23924
b)	Including Subsidy	NA	16575	15383	8386	9298	13080	11007	13670
(G)	Rate of Return** (in  per cent)	-12.7	-41.8	-32.8	-31.64	-28.32	-31.94	-26.13	-25.12
(H)	Additional Revenue Mobilisation:
a)	From achieving mandatory 3 per cent rate of return	4959	27217	26266	23410	22538	26513	25929	27578
b)	From charging 50 paise per unit from Agriculture/Irrigation	2176	1638	1078	456	540	1042	1441	1105
^: Provisional; RE: Revised Estimates; AP: Annual Plan Projection; *: commercial losses are different from uncovered
subsidy because they include financial results of other activities undertaken by the SEBs; **: for losses without subsidy
Note: 1) Information regarding commercial losses in Orrisa and Delhi pertains to GRIDCO of Orrisa and Transmission Company
of Delhi only. 2) Information in case of Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Uttranchal and Karnataka
relates to transmission and distribution companies set up post-reforms. In case of other States, the information pertains to SEBs.
Source: Tenth Five Year Plan and Economic Survey 2005-06