Thank the finance minister if you suffer fewer power cuts next summer. The budget has given a boost of Rs 2,080 crore, a 160% rise from the previous fiscal, for the Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme (APDRP) to reduce the gap between power demand and supply.
The Rs 50,000 crore APDRP, aims to bring the Aggregate Technical and Commercial (AT&C) losses to less than 15% from 35% at present. The government had approved APDRP in March 2003 to accelerate distribution reforms. Besides reducing AT&C losses, the scheme also intends to bring commercial viability in the power sector by reducing outages and interruptions. The scheme, which was restructured last year, would also focus on establishing baseline data of AT&C and sanctioning projects to improve the distribution network Under the scheme, the government provides 50% central assistance to upgrade sub-transmission and distribution network.
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