1. R-APDRP PART-A in Karnataka
Introduction:
The Govt. of India has proposed to continue R-APDRP during the XI Plan with revised terms
and conditions as a Central Sector Scheme.
The focus of the programme shall be on:
1. Actual, demonstrable performance in terms of sustained loss reduction.
2. Establishment of reliable and automated systems for sustained collection of accurate base
line data
3. Adoption of Information Technology in the areas of energy accounting will be essential
before taking up the regular distribution strengthening projects.
Programme Coverage:
It is proposed to cover urban areas - towns and cities with population of more than 30,000 as per
the 2001 Census.
Proposed Scheme:
Projects under the scheme shall be taken up in Two Parts.
Part-A shall include the projects for establishment of baseline data and IT applications for energy
accounting/auditing & IT based consumer service centres.
Part-B shall include distribution strengthening projects.
Project
Project Timeline:
PART-A projects required to be completed within a period of 5 years from the date of sanction.
The project completion date is Sep 2014.
R-APDRP Project Status Karnataka:
The Ministry of Power had sanctioned projects amounting to Rs.469.6 crores covering 100 towns
of Karnataka. The PFC has sanctioned Rs.391.7 Crores as loan and ECOMS own cost is Rs.
77.91 Crores.
Milestones achieved under R-APDRP PART-A in Karnataka
1. M/s RIL were appointed as a common IT Consultant for all the ESCOMs of Karnataka on 29th June
2009 at a total cost of Rs 2.5 Crores.
2. M/s Infosys Technologies Ltd was appointed as a common IT Implementation Agency by all the
ESCOMs of Karnataka at a total cost of Rs 386.68 Crores in Dec 2009.

2. 3. Co-hosted the Data Centre at Bangalore -M/s SIFY Technologies on 23.10.2010 at a total
cost of Rs 4.13 Crores to be shared between ESCOMs.
4. Co-hosted the Disaster Recovery Centre at Chennai - M/s Bharathi Airtel on 04.06.2011 at a
total cost of Rs 3.09 Crores to be shared between ESCOMs.
Key Highlights in Karnataka 100 towns as on Sept 2012
 MBC &NC Go-live: 96 towns.
 Full stack go-live with Energy Audit: 46 towns.
 Office infra set : 96 towns
 Primary NSP Link set up : 98 towns
 Secondary NSP link set up : 86 towns
Financial progress under R-APDRP PART-A
Rs in Crores
ESCOM
NO.OF
TOWNS
TOTAL
PROJECT
COST
(DPR)
LOAN
SANCTIONED
(Convertible to
Grant )
PFC
DISBURSEMENT
DETAILS (till date)
EXPENDITURE
INCURRED (ITC
&ITIA Payments)
BESCOM 25 261.36 282.70 146.65 89.89
MESCOM 11 12.07 67.40 3.62 2.07
CESC 12 27.73 27.80 8.32 5.69
HESCOM 31 52.62 53.30 15.78 14.71
GESCOM 21 37.36 38.70 11.21 9.61
TOTAL 100 391.14 469.90 185.58 121.97