Manish Gupta, the senior director, Crisil Ratings, said in the statement, "With savings of 25 per cent (Rs 6,500 crore to Rs 7,500 crore), the net payout of discoms to gencos is likely to be ~Rs 20,000 crore this fiscal, over and above their yearly cost of power purchase. Funding this additional payout through internal accruals could be a challenge as discoms continue to incur operating losses. But an immediate, one-time additional recovery through tariff or government assistance to at least cover the incremental payouts could help discoms clear their dues this fiscal."