The attempt by the Centre to restructure the debt of state electricity boards — state-run distribution companies, or discoms — is driven by the stunning increase over two years in the amount of bank exposure to the power sector, as shown in Table 1. It was not the shortfall in power supply, shown in Table 2. That had steadily increased under the UPA till 2008-09, after which it was rapidly brought back down — a function both of increasing supply, and decreased demand in a time

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The Centres offer to state distribution companies is likely to be taken up particularly by those who have run up the most debt

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