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MINISTRY OF POWER
way of one for two matching grants. FY 2000-01 has been
fixed as base year. Expected outlay under the incentive
component is Rs. 20,000 Crore. The Minstry has appointed
M/S CARE and M/S ICRA for third party scrutiny of the
incentive claims of the utilities.
The details of the reported cash loss reduction and
incentives released by the Central Govt. to various states
under APDRP are as under:
(Rs. in crores)
Sl. Name of Year Reduction Incentive
No. States in cash Released
losses
1. Andhra Pradesh 2002-03 530.22 265.11
2. Gujarat 2001-02 472.76 236.38
2002-03 296.16 148.03
3. Haryana 2001-02 210.98 105.49
4. Kerala 2002-03 129.88 64.94
5. Maharasthra 2001-02 275.78 137.89
6. Rajasthan 2001-02 275.42 137.71
7. West Bengal 2002-03 146.00 73.00
2003-04 605.52 302.76
Total 2942.72 1471.36
APDRP is an instrument to leverage distribution reforms in
the States. The States were asked to commit a time-bound
programme of reforms as elaborated in the Memorandum
of Understanding (MoU) and Memorandum of Agreement
(MoA). States have to take administrative and commercial
steps in addition to the technical interventions, which will
help them in efficiency improvement in the sector. The
Ministry is closely monitoring the progress of states on
activities committed under MOA and implementation of
APDRP projects directly and through National Thermal
Power Corporation (NTPC) and Power Grid Corporation
of India Ltd (PGCIL), who are working as Advisor-cum-
Consultant to the states. As required under MoA, states
have also constituted Distribution Reforms Committees
in their respective state for reviewing and monitoring
of progress on reforms and implementation of APDRP
schemes.
The states are now better focussed on reducing theft
and pilferage of the electricity. The anti-theft provisions of
Electricity Act 2003 are being implemented and the utilities
are now more vigilant. As a technical intervention, utilities
have introduced HVDS for arresting power pilferage and
reduciton of Technical losses.
For reducing technical loss and improvement in availability
and reliability of power supply, long 11kV and LT feeders
are being bifurcated and augmented. Similarly, new
distribution transformers are being installed and power
transformers are being augmented to reduce overloads.
R&M of substation and DTs is being undertaken for
modernisation/upgradation of old equipment, which will
result in better service. The utilities have also started
adopting information technology in the distribution
sector mainly in metering, billing, revenue realisation and
complaint handling. This is resulting in reduced human
intervention leading to better efficiency and increased
consumer satisfaction.
The state of Assam, Karnataka, Orissa, Nagaland and West
Bengal have adopted different models of franchisees for
electricity distribution. The system has shown considerable
improvement in the revenue collection and services to
the consumers. Other states are also in the process of
finalising suitable model for respective states.
Out of 583 projects sanctioned progressively since 2002-
03, 26 projects have achieved 100% utilization and other
197 projects have achieved between 50% and 100%.
states, which have made good progress in implementation
of APDRP projects, are Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat,
Karnataka, Tamilnadu and Sikkim. The towns covered
under APDRP, where utilization is more than 50% have in
general shown improvement in AT&C loss. 313 APDRP
towns have shown reduction in AT&C loss in comparison
to the base year. 158 towns in various states as shown
below have reported AT&C loss less than 15%
No. of Towns with