No. 14/01/2011- APDRP
Government of India
Ministry of Power
Shram Shakti Bhavan, Rafi Marg,
New Delhi- 110001
Dated July 08, 2013
ORDER
Subject: Continuation of Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme (R-APDRP) in XII I Xlll Plan
In continuation with Ministry's earlier Order No 14/04/2008-APDRP dated September 19, 2008, sanction of the President is conveyed for continuation of Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme (R-APDRP) in Xll / Xlll Plan with the approved outlay of Rs 10,830 crores for Xll Plan and Rs 1 1 ,897 crores for Xlll Plan. The details of outlay and GBS are in the Annexure.
2. The above sanction is for continuation of projects already sanctioned under RAPDRP and corresponding conversion of loan into grant in Xll Plan. As it is expected that some more Part-A, SCADA and Part-B projects which will be sanctioned in Xll Plan, may spill over to Xlll Plan, the above sanction will also cover its execution and corresponding conversion of loan into grant of such spillover projects.
3. The deadline for completion of Part-A projects under R-APDRP is extended by another two years for all states for conversion of loan into grant i.e. Part-A projects shall be required to be completed within a period of 5 years from the date of the sanction instead of present period of 3 years.
4. The funding under Part-C for innovative / pilot projects is extended. Out of Rs 1,177 crores outlay provided for Part-C in the scheme, Rs 50 crores earmarked for pilot projects in the areas of innovative technology, smart grid etc. is increased to Rs 250 crores and this increase will be mobilized from estimated savings from the other components of Part-C and D of the programme.
5. Coverage of Part-B projects is extended to all SCADA eligible towns with AT&C loss level less than 15% for only SCADA enabling electrical components, as against the current eligibility of only those towns which have AT&C losses more than 15%. Steering Committee of R-APDRP will finalise appropriate guidelines for conversion of loan into grant in such cases.
6. Coverage of Part-B projects is also extended to towns of religious and tourist importance irrespective of town's AT&C loss level subject to a ceiling of 10 towns. Wherever such projects have been taken up earlier in such towns, ex-post facto approval is granted. Steering Committee constituted for the scheme shall frame objective criteria after due concultation with Ministry of Tourism for categorizing towns of religious and tourist importance for the purpose of R-APDRP. Steering Committee of R-APDRP will finalise appropriate guidelines for conversion of loan into grant in such cases.
7. No private utility will be included under R-APDRP. However, in respect of Odisha, R-APDRP funding to CESU could be considered in view of its status as a deemed Govt. Entity and that Govt. of Odisha has accepted the obligation of the repayment of loans and implementation of projects.
8. Power Finance Corporation shall continue to remain the Nodal Agency for operationalising the programme. Steering Committee may be authorized to appoint additional Nodal Agencies, if felt necessary.
9. There will be no change in the approved programme size of Rs 51 ,577 crores under Central Sector Scheme. Initially Rs 50,000 crores will be provided / arranged as loan from Gol / Fls, out of which an estimated amount of Rs 30,000 crores would be converted into grant. The total grant from Government of India is estimated as Rs 31 ,577 crores. However, the actual requirement would depend on the achievement of targets by the Utilities. Rs 5,697 crores has already been released in Xl Plan. Rs 10,830 crores has been allocated for Xll Plan. Balance fund of Rs 11,897 crores will spill over to Xlll Plan.
10. Other terms and conditions such as scope, eligibility criteria, funding pattern including conversion of loan into grant, approval and monitoring mechanism etc. shall remain the same as approved in Xl Plan R-APDRP.
11. Further continuation of the scheme in Xlll Plan would be subject to the compliance of the orders of Gol prevailing at that point of time.
12. This issues with the concurrence of Finance Branch of the Ministry of Power vide their Dy. No. 74/ Fin / 13 dated 08.07.2013.
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Under Secretary (R-APDRP)
Tel: 23705957
To
- Chief Secretaries of all States
- Energy/Power Secretaries of all the State Governments
- Chairmen of State Electricity Boards/ CMDs of State Power Utilities
- Chairman & Managing Director, Power Finance Corporation Ltd., New Delhi.
Copy forwarded to:
- Cabinet Secretariat (Smt Sanjukta Ray, Director), Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.
- Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure (DS, Plan Finance Divisionli), North Block, New Delhi.
- Ministry of Finance, Department of Economic Affairs, North Block, New Delhi.
- Planning Commission, Yojana Bhavan, New Delhi.
- Chairperson, Central Electricity Authority, R.K. Puram, New Delhi.
- Finance/Budget Section, Ministry of Power, New Delhi.
- Controller of Accounts, Ministry of Power, New Delhi.
- Principal Director of Audit, Economic & Services Ministries, AGCR Building, J.P. Estate, New Delhi.
- C&MD, Rural Electrification Corporation, New Delhi.
- 13th Finance Commission, Ministry of Finance, Jawahar Vyapar Bhavan, New Delhi.
- Department of Programme Implementation, Sardar Patel Bhavan, New Delhi.
Copy to:
PS to Minister of State for Power (Independent Charge)
PPS to Secretary (Power)
PS to AS(AL) / AS (DC)
PS to Joint Secretary (Dist) / JS&FA / All JS