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

West Bengal
PERFORMANCE OF KEY INSTITUTIONS
Durgapur Projects Ltd (DPL) has made profits in 2003-04 and 2004-05.
The West Bengal Power Development Corporation Ltd. (WBPDCL) has been
consistently making profit for several years now. The performance of the WBSEB can
be seen from the following table:
Annual revenue
receipts (Rs crore)
Loss reduction trend
in (Rs crore)
Revenue gap
between average
realisation and cost
of supply (paise per
unit)
Operating surplus
(Rs crore)
2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05
2222.13 2437.81 2979.34 4268.55 4799.96
This trend has been maintained in 2005-06 as well.
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION
686.25 519.69 344.53 258.17
-72 -55 -25 -18
-506.72 -232.14 300.01 503.61
In 2004-05, 622 villages have been energised. The State has undertaken the
programme of achieving 100 per cent village electrification by March 2007. The four
districts which are lagging behind are: Purulia, Bankura, East Midnapur and West
Midnapur. Under the Accelerated Rural Electrification Programme (AREP), Rs
379.03 crore have been sanctioned to cover 5,697 virgin villages.
Other schemes are:
i) WBREDC – 0 per cent interest scheme of REC – 765 numbers;
ii) WBREDC from other fund provisions 561 numbers; and
iii) WBSEB 82 numbers.
The State Government has decided that after the restructuring of WBSEB, future RE
programmes will be funded by itself.
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