Government
Caring for Power
The bidding process for government not only teaches how to handle your client, but also the back-end governance AKANKSHA PRASAD
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t is an old theory that a country’s economic growth depends on its infrastructure. defense and, governance. and infrastructure has always remained a mandate for the center, making it one of the biggest prospects for the IT vendors. Under one such initiative the, Government of India proposed to establish an automated system for capturing accurate baseline data and introducing energy accounting. The R-APDRP project was launched in Karnataka by Shobha Karandlaje, Minister for Energy; the J&K state government announced extension of R-APDRP to 288 more towns and other areas; the Tamil Nadu government talked about changing old electricity meters for over 1.2 crore connections to new ones; and, Paschimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam (PVVNL), Noida boasts of building an online electricity supply network. Indeed, the initiative has taken the shape of one of the government’s largest implementation project.
The Commencement
As per the details available, the ministry of power, under GoI, initiated private investments for setting up additional generating capacity. But lesser could be achieved in wake of inefficiencies and losses in the electricity distribution business in almost all states of the country. According to the data, the losses incurred by the boards were roughly `26,000 crore. Year 2000 saw a slew of reforms being announced around it, one of the major being the APDP (Accelerated Power Development Program), which was announced in 2001. 36 | May 15, 2012
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