PROGRESS ON SMART METER INSTALLATION UNDER RDSS

• RDSS = Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme; a reforms-based, results-linked Central Sector Scheme of the Ministry of Power to fix DISCOM finances and supply quality.
• Smart metering of consumers, distribution transformers (DTs) and feeders is one of its flagship components — the largest AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure) rollout in the world.
• Examinable for Prelims (scheme facts, AT&C losses, nodal agencies) and Mains GS-III (infrastructure/energy, DISCOM reform).