CCEA approves PFC and REC for extending loans to DISCOMs

One-time relaxation would help in providing liquidity to the power sector and ensure payments by State Governments to DISCOMs.

CCEA approves PFC and REC for extending loans to DISCOMs
One-time relaxation would help in providing liquidity to the power sector and ensure payments by State Governments to DISCOMs. Image Credit: ANI
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The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved a one-time relaxation to Power Finance Corporation (PFC) and Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) for extending loans to Distribution Companies (DISCOMs) above limits of the working capital cap of 25% of last year's revenues under Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY).

One-time relaxation would help in providing liquidity to the power sector and ensure payments by State Governments to DISCOMs.

(With Inputs from PIB)

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