Fatima, Umbreen; Nasim, Anjum - In: The Pakistan Development Review 52 (2013) 4, pp. 421-435
Power sector subsidies constituted 83 percent of the federal government’s total subsidies of PRs 558 billion in 2012; the tariff differential subsidy (TDS) amounted to PRs 457 billion. TDS is provided to distribution companies (DISCOs) to cover the difference between the NEPRA-approved tariff...