Power generation in country is 700.73 billion units
12-Mar-2010
Vinod Kumar Gupta Mynews.in

New Delhi: The power generation in the country was 700.73 billion units during the first 11 months of year against the target of 720.88 billion units. Bharatsinh Solanki Union Minister of state for Power informed the Lok Sabha 700.73 Billion Unit which was 6.37 percent more than the generation of 658.74 billion units in the corresponding period.

Solanki reiterated that the distribution of electricity in a State is under the purview of the concerned State Government However, to improve the electricity distribution system in the country, Government of India has launched two centrally sponsored schemes, namely, Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) and Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme (RAPDRP)

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 below poverty line households. The focus of R-APDRP is on actual, demonstrable performance in terms of Aggregate Technical and Commercial (AT&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 / auditing and IT-Based consumers service centers, part-B includes the regulardistribution system strengthening projects.