Tamil Nadu has become the 21st state in India to join the Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY), a government program designed to facilitate financial turnaround of DISCOMs (distribution company). Tamil Nadu carries a debt of around ₹500 billion (~$7.4 billion), a large chunk of the total India DISCOM debt of ₹4,000 billion (~$58.9 billion).