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

Questionnaires Prepared by IIPA were sent to Government of Rajasthan and
generation, transmission and distribution companies. The responses, along with
comments of Shri P.N. Bhandari, IAS (R), Member, `Group of Experts’, are
attached to this State Report.
All the questions raised in the questionnaire are in ‘italics’. The responses from the
Government/utilities are in ‘regular font’. Comments, if any, of Shri P.N. Bhandari
are given after the relevant response under the subheading ‘COMMENTS’.
The issues arising out of the questionnaire have been discussed at length in a meeting
where the following officers were present:
• Shri Shreemat Pandey, IAS, CMD, RRVPNL and Chairman DISCOMs.
• Shri Yaduvendra Mathur, IAS, Secretary (Energy), Government of Rajasthan.
• Shri R.G. Gupta, MD, Jodhpur DISCOM.
• Shri Dinesh Kumar, IAS, MD, Ajmer DISCOM.
• Shri R.P. Goyal, MD, Jaipur DISCOM.
• Shri R.K. Agrawal, IAS, Director (Finance), RRVPNL.
• Shri A.K. Jain, Director (Technical), RRVPNL.
The issues were also discussed in another meeting which was attended by the MD,
Jaipur DISCOM, officers of the rank of Executive Engineer and above from the Jaipur
DISCOM and RRVPNL. Another meeting was organised where all the labour unions
of the three DISCOMs were represented. The key issues were discussed with many
other serving and retired officials connected with the power sector. The matter was
also briefly discussed with Shri N.S. Choudhary, CMD, RRVUNL.