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India's power production falls short by 2.7 percent | The Union Government on Friday said that electricity generation in the country is running 2.7 percent short of
the set target of 720.88 Billion Units in the current fiscal. Replying to a question in the Lok Sabha, Union Minister of State for Power, Bharatsinh Solanki, said:
"The electricity generation in the country including import of power from Bhutan
was 700.73 Billion Unit (BU), which was 20.15 BU (2.7 percent) short of the target
of 720.88 BU during the current Financial Year 2009-10 so far." The actual generation
represented a growth of 6.37 percent as compared to the actual generation of 658.74
BU during the corresponding period of last year. The status of electricity generation
in the country is reviewed on regular basis in CEA/MOP. Solanki reiterated that
the distribution of electricity in a State / UT is under the purview of the concerned
State Government/UT administration/Power Utilities. However, Solanki informed
that to improve the electricity distribution system in the country, the Union
Government has launched two centrally sponsored schemes, namely, Rajiv Gandhi
Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) and Restructured Accelerated Power Development
and Reforms Programme (R-APDRP). The objective of the RGGVY is to electrify over
one lakh un-electrified villages and to provide free electricity connections to
2.34 crore rural BPL households. Solanki informed members the focus of R-APDRP
is on actual, demonstrable performance in terms of Aggregate Technical and Commercial
(AT and C) loss reduction. Projects under the scheme are to be taken up in two
parts while part-A includes the projects for establishment of base line data and
IT applications for energy accounting and auditing and IT-Based consumers service
centres, part-B includes the regular distribution system strengthening projects. |
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