Report of Indian Institute of Public Administration ... - Ministry of Power

Andhra Pradesh
pumpsets by providing meters. All new services of the farm sector are being
given supply only if DSM measures are adopted by the farmers.
Lift irrigation schemes are given priority by the State Government in order to
reduce exploitation of ground water. All the 213 existing HT lift irrigation (LI)
schemes are being provided with dedicated feeders to ensure 16 hours supply to
them. All the new lift irrigation schemes coming up are with dedicated feeders
to regulate the supply for specified hours in a day.
4.3.16 Way Forward
The DISCOMs in the State have improved their performance over the years
and have started earning profits. There is scope for further improvement both in
operational and financial performance. The following measures are required to
be taken to strengthen the organisations and to ensure further improvement in
the performance of the DISCOMs:
• Continuation of the firm political support for implementation of reforms;
• Institution of an effective process for selecting competent professionals
for the positions of director in the boards of the companies;
• Ensuring that the CMDs, appointed to the DISCOMs, have domain
expertise of the power sector;
• Appointment of some outside experts in the corporate management as
part-time directors in each company is necessary;
• The DISCOMs are still controlled and guided by APTRANSCO despite
having their own boards of management. They need to function
independently without further `parental’ handholding. The companies
need to grow on their own in an environment of competition;
• Whole-time directors in the companies need to function independently
while taking decisions on issues other than that of policy;
• Vigilance activity needs to be handled by the DISCOMs independently;
• Managers/officers at various levels need to be empowered with clear
delegation of powers. Authority will bring in responsibility and
accountability to achieve better results, besides developing managerial
skills in the functionaries;
• Under the EA, 2003 the Government is required to establish special
courts. The existing courts, identified for this purpose by the Government
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