7. ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE
SRBC, SLBC, Vansadhara along with
Medium and Minor Schemes have also
been taken up during the plan period and
they are at various stages of completion.
During the year 2004, Government has
taken up Plans for fully utilizing the
available yields of Godavari and other
rivers and initiated ‘JALAYAGNAM’ for
completing the ongoing and new projects
in a record time to provide immediate
irrigation to water starving segments on
top priority by mobilizing funds from all
possible sources. As of now the total
projects taken up are 54 including Singur
canals and other schemes (37 Major + 17
Medium) with a revised estimate of Rs.
72,406 Crores and are programmed to be
completed in a time bound and planned
manner.
A new system i.e., Engineering
Procurement Construction (EPC) turn key
system is being followed for fixing the
agencies for the completion of the
prioritized projects in the time bound
manner and to avoid both time and cost
overruns as in the conventional tender
system. The system is being implemented
for expeditious completion of the projects
to create quick benefits to the farmers by
simultaneous Investigation, Design and
Construction and completion of Head
Works and Canal system parallely.
The ongoing and newly taken up works
have been divided into various packages
and the agencies have been fixed. So far,
about 185 packages have been finalized
and the works have been awarded at a cost
of Rs. 34,000 Crores and the balance are
under processing/re-tendering.
The cultivable land in the state is 408.92
lakh acres, of which 309.33 lakh acres is
the total cropped area at present under
various sources. Area irrigated through
irrigation sources as on 31-12-2006 is
139.32 lakh acres.
For the early completion of ongoing
projects financial assistance from World
Bank, Japan Bank for International Co-
IRRIGATION
7.1
Andhra Pradesh is rightly called “A RIVER
STATE” as it is blessed with major river
system like the Godavari, Krishna, Pennar,
Vamsadhara and 36 others. The state’s
share of dependable flows at 75%
dependability from the river systems is
estimated at 2,764 TMC (Thousand Million
Cubic Feet). This breaks up into 1,480
TMC from the Godavari River system, 811
TMC (800 TMC + 11 TMC regeneration)
from the Krishna, 98 TMC from the Pennar
and the rest from other rivers. Entire
dependable water share of Krishna River is
fully harnessed through the construction of
several reservoirs and barrages. Yield from
Godavari River is being utilized to an
extent of 700 TMC for the existing projects
and the surplus flows aggregating to an
average of 3,000 TMC are flowing to the
sea, un-utilized. Total utilization of river
yields works out to 1,765 TMC only for the
existing projects and thus there is a vast
scope of tapping water resources for
creating irrigation potential.
During the pre-plan period, 66.77 lakh
acres of ayacut was developed by
constructing major anicuts across Krishna,
Godavari and Pennar rivers besides
medium projects under irrigation sector.
Major
11 Schemes
30.96 acres
Medium 45 Schemes
1.93 acres
Minor
12,351 Schemes 33.88 acres
Five-year Plans have been taken up since
independence and investment in Irrigation
sector has been on the increase to achieve
agricultural growth. Major Projects viz.,
K.C. Canal, Kaddam, TBP HLC Stage-I &
Rojalibanda Diversion Scheme and further
Godavari Barrage and Prakasam Barrage
have been constructed in place of the age
old anicuts across Godavari & Krishna
rivers along with 79 Medium Irrigation
projects were completed during the period
from I Plan upto 2005-06 of X Plan with
an amount of Rs. 25,340.56 Crores.
Further, projects like Nagarguna Sagar,
Sriram Sagar, Telugu Ganga, Somasila,
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operation (JBIC), NABARD and from
Govt. of India under Accelerated Irrigation
Benefit Programme (AIBP) is being
obtained and the works are in progress.
Andhra
Pradesh
Water
Resources
Development Corporation has also been
formed and funds are being obtained for
completion of the prioritized projects with
a revised cost of Rs. 72,406 Crores.
The list of the projects proposed to be
completed under ‘Jalayagnam’ is as
follows:
Cluster -I
ayacut of about 12.00 lakh acres in
Adilabad,
Karimnagar,
Nizamabad,
Medak, Nalgonda and Ranga Reddy
districts and also to provide drinking water
facilities for villages enroute and to meet
the industrial requirements of Hyderabad.
Further, Godavari Lift Irrigation Scheme
(GLIS)
Phase-II
Inchampally,
Dummugudem Tail Pond Project, ultimate
phases of Mahatma Gandhi Lift Irrigation
Scheme (MGLIS), Galeru Nagari Sujala
Sravanthi (GNSS) and Handri Niva Sujala
Sravanthi (HNSS) costing of Rs. 15,000
Crores for creating an Irrigation Potential
of 6.37 lakh acres are also being
contemplated.
(1) Vamsadhara Stage-II - Phase-I (2)
Tadipudi L.I.S. (3) Pushkaram L.I.S. (4)
Somasila (5) Telugu Ganga (6) J.C.R.
Godavari L.I.S Stage-I of Phase-I (7) Alisagar
L.I.S and (8) Gutpa L.I.S.
Under Andhra Pradesh Water Sector
Improvement Project, Nagarjuna Sagar
Project is being modernized at a cost of
Rs.2,250 Crores with World Bank
Assistance to bridge the gap in ayacut of
about 4.03 lakh acres and to improve the
food production by reducing the loss of
water etc. These works will be completed
within a span of 5 years.
Cluster - II
(1) Thotapalli Barrage (2) Jhanjhavathi L.I.S.
(3) Pulichintala
(4) Gundlakamma (5)
Ramatheertham Balancing Reservoir (6) Guru
Raghavendra
L.I.S.
(7)
K.C.
Canal
Modernization (8) Galeru Nagari Sujala
Sravanthi (GNSS) (9) Penna Ahobilam
Balancing Reservoir (PABR) Stage-II (10)
Handri Niva Sujala Sravanthi (HNSS) (11)
Chitravathi
Balancing
Reservoir
(12)
Alimeneti Madhava Reddy Project (AMRP)
(Srisailam Left Bank Canal) (13) SRSP StageII (14) Flood Flow Canal (FFC) from SRSP
(15) Rajiv L.I.S. (Bhima) (16) Mahatma
Gandhi L.I.S (Kalwakurthy) (17) Jawahar
L.I.S. (Nettempadu) and (18) Veligonda.
Govt. of India and World Bank have
agreed for a project to rehabilitate the
water bodies linked to agriculture under a
National frame work with the financial
assistance of Govt. of India at 25% as
grant through AIBP and remaining cost as
International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development
(IBRD)/International
Development Association (IDA) loan
from World Bank. 15 Medium Irrigation
Projects costing about Rs.60.00 Crores are
being proposed for modernization under
this scheme.
Initiatives:
In view of the highest priority given for
the completion of the irrigation projects
following action is initiated:
a) The term of Special Representative
appointed at New Delhi in the cadre of
Cabinet Minister for getting early
clearances to the prioritized project from
CWC and allied agencies, has been
extended for 2 more years. Various several
small clearances required are being
obtained through constant persuasion.
Further, the Major Projects on Godavari
River viz., Indira Sagar Project
(Polavaram), Sripada Sagar Project
(Yellampally), Rajiv Sagar L.I. Scheme,
Indira Sagar L.I.S. and J.Chokka Rao
G.L.I. Project-Stage-II of Phase-I have also
been taken up and are at different stages of
tendering, investigation and execution.
This will facilitate employment generation
and substantial additional agriculture
outputs by creating additional irrigation
potential for about 69.30 lakh acres besides
stabilization of 21.32 lakh acres.
Detailed Project Report (DPR) preparation
works of Pranahita-Chevella Project for
diverting 160 TMC of water from River
Pranahitha, a tributary of River Godavari
are under progress. This will create new
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b) Inspection by 3rd party quality control
agencies is being implemented in the
prioritized projects.
c) 5 Additional Special Collectors and 44
Special Deputy Collector’s units along
with field staff in addition to the existing
units for the speedy acquisition of lands
required for completion of the targeted
projects and the land acquisition works are
in good progress.
d) The A.P. State Rehabilitation and
Resettlement (R&R) Policy 2005 for
giving better benefits to the displaced
families, as compared to National R&R
Policy is being implemented for the early
acquisition of lands etc., for the ongoing
projects
by
paying
appropriate
compensation to the riots for their lands
and houses and the rehabilitation works are
in progress.
e) Sprinkler and drip irrigation is being
promoted, especially in the lift irrigation
schemes with the Irrigation Department
funds.
Minor Irrigation Sector:
Under
Andhra
Pradesh
Economic
Restructuring Project (APERP) 4,948
Minor Irrigation (MI) tanks at a cost of
Rs.226 Crores have been restored to their
original capacities and an ayacut of 3.5
acres has been stabilized. M.I. tanks taken
over from Panchayat Raj Department are
also being renovated to the original
standards in a phased manner. 3,000 M.I.
tanks covered in 21 districts of the state are
proposed to be restored at a cost of
Rs.1,040 Crores during a period of 5 years
to benefit an ayacut of 6.08 lakh acres
under A.P. Community Based Tank
Management Project with Govt. of India
and World Bank Assistance.
Institutional Reforms:
b)
a) Transfer of management to Farmers:
 Ploughing back of Water Rates collection
from farmers for self-sustenance is also
contemplated (First of its kind in the
world)
 Ordinance is promulgated to make the
farmers’ organizations more focused on
water management and to bring in
transparency and accountability.
Programme for 2006-07:
It is programmed to create a new ayacut of
7.52 lakh acres and to stabilize 1.68 lakh
acres during 2006-07 with a budget
estimate of Rs. 10,041.90 Crores (under
Plan funds) under Major, Medium and
Minor Irrigation sectors. An expenditure
of Rs.3, 981 Crores has been incurred upto
the end of November 2006.
Building up of Scientific Database for
Hydrology:
A Hydrology project at a cost of Rs.20.00
Crores is taken up for measurement,
validation, transfer and dissemination of
Hydrological, Hydro meteorological and water
quality data for formulation of irrigation,
drinking water, industrial and power projects
and to establish computerized database net
works. Under this programme, 77 gauge
discharge sites on various minor streams and
40 Digital Water Level Recorders at various
reservoirs have been established. Further 208
Standard Rain Gauge stations, 80 Autographic
Standard Rain Gauge Stations, 8 full Climatic
Stations, 15 Water Quality Level-I and 2
Water Quality Level-II have already been
established. The World Bank ranked the A.P.
Hydrology Project as number one in the
Country.
World Bank approved Hydrology Project
Stage-II under IBRD loan in A.P., as one of
the implementing agencies among 13 States
and 8 Central Departments in the Country.
The cost of the project is Rs.8.54 Crores. The
project will build and expand towards
development of a comprehensive hydrological
system and will implement activities for
improved planning, development of water
resources in lower Krishna sub-basin on Pilot
basis. The Stage-II has been commenced from
05-04-2006 and the works are on fast track.
Road map for Future:
A comprehensive road map for future
articulated with the following elements
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Modernisation.
Focus on water management.
Participatory water management
Human resources management
Progressive effective management
Innovative financing
Removing impediments
Improving Public Interface
‘e’ Procurement
Citizen charter
Contractors Database.
All efforts are being made to achieve the
targeted goals.
Development of Irrigation Potential and its
Utilization is given in Annexure 7.1.
Table 7.1
Power Development up to March 2006
Item
1959
2006
Peak Demand (MW)
146
8,239
Consumers Served
2.70
173.22
(Lakh Nos.)
Annual Energy Handled
686
52,575
(MU)
Agricultural Services
0.18
24.41
(Lakh Nos.)
Annual Revenue including
Non-tariff income
5.50
10,628.66
(Rs. Crores)
Annual Revenue including
5.50
12,228.14
Tariff Subsidy (Rs. Crores)
Source: A.P. TRANSCO
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MINOR IRRIGATION CENSUS
7.2
Ministry of Water Resources, Govt. of
India, as part of all India program is
conducting Census of Minor Irrigation on
Quinquennial basis in the State. Three
Censuses have been conducted so far and
the details of these Censuses are given in
Annexure 7.2.
According to the 3rd Census, (reference year
2000-01) there were 20,35,697 minor
irrigation sources, showing an increase of
22.32% when compared with the previous
Census. Dug wells contribute to 58% of
minor irrigation sources, followed by
shallow tube wells (32%).
Subsidy
Government is committed for the welfare
of the farmers and for supplying 7 hours
quality power to all agricultural
consumers in one or two spells. Efforts are
also being made to make good supplies to
ensure that crops are not damaged.
Government is committed to provide a
tariff subsidy of Rs. 1,351.67 Crores
during 2006-07. Total subsidy provided to
Agricultural Sector including cross
subsidy is Rs. 3,141 Crores during 200607.
Govt. of Andhra Pradesh has been
providing free power to Agriculture Sector
with effect from 14.05.2004 considering
the extreme hardships faced by agriculture
consumers in the past years. Government
has also waived the power consumption
arrears amounting to Rs. 1,259 Crores
relating to agricultural consumers.
Govt. has sanctioned the surcharge
amount of Rs. 57 Crores towards the
outstanding agricultural arrears for each
year 2004-05 and 2005-06 with the
consent of Commission.
The above policy was modified with
effect from 1st April 2005 to give benefit
to needy farmers. The modifications to the
free power policy are necessitated not
with a view to reduce any financial burden
on State exchequer but to sustain the
system while ensuring that the benefits
under the scheme will continue to reach
the needy farmers.
As per modified policy, farmers having up
to 3 connections in dry land, up to 2.5
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POWER
7.3
Andhra Pradesh Power Generation
Corporation Limited (APGENCO) and
Andhra Pradesh Power Transmission
Corporation Limited (APTRANSCO) are
functional with effect from February 1999.
Distribution business was segregated from
APTRANSCO by formation of 4distribution companies w.e.f. 01-04-2000.
Trading activities were entrusted to four
DISCOMS
w.e.f.
09.06.2005
in
compliance with Electricity Act 2003.
From 1959 to 2006, the installed capacity
has increased from 213 MW to 11,151
MW; consumers have grown from 2.7
Lakhs to 173.22 Lakhs and the energy
handled per annum rose from 686 MU to
52,575 MU. The annual revenues have
increased, from mere Rs.5.50 Crores to
Rs.10,628.66 Crores. Performance of
APSEB/APTRANSCO over the last 47
years is summarized in Table 7.1.
The Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory
Commission (APERC) has come into
place in April 1999 and issued seven tariff
orders from 2000-01 to 2006-07.
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acres in wetland are eligible for free
power. Farmers having more than 3
connections in dry land, more than 2.5
acres land holding in wetland, IT assessees
and corporate farmers are not eligible for
free power. Out of 21.67 Lakh Agricultural
Services enumerated, 20.5 Lakh (94.58%)
services are eligible and 1.17 Lakh
(5.42%) services are not eligible for free
power.
The modified policy proposes incentives
and disincentives to promote energy
saving measures. Incentivised tariff
(reduction from 50 paise to 20 paise per
unit) is proposed for farmers going for
energy saving devices with installation of
capacitors & frictionless foot valves by
March 2006, ISI pump sets and
HDPE/RPVC pipes before March 2008.
During 2006-07, it is programmed to
release
50,000
new
agricultural
connections in dry land areas under
Normal Plan for free power category and
up to 1,00,000 new agricultural
connections under Tatkal Scheme under
paying category. So far 24,212
agricultural services have been released
during this year up to 30.09.2006. 20.86
Lakh capacitors have been fixed to the
pump sets as on 30th September 2006
(92.54%). This will result in saving of
power by 8 to 10%.
Priority is given for promoting Lift
Irrigation in order to reduce exploitation
of ground water. Out of a total 268 Lift
Irrigation Schemes, supply is released for
107 Lift Irrigation schemes during the last
two years and for 29 LI Schemes during
2006-07 up to September 2006. Works are
in progress for the balance LI schemes.
Dedicated feeders are being provided to
290 HT LI schemes for providing 16 hours
of supply. Out of which, 59 Nos. are
completed and others are in various stages
of execution.
Govt. is subsidizing Rs.10/- per month
towards the cost of consumption of one 40Watt bulb (for 6 hours per day) during the
month for 13.92 Lakh consumers with a
connected load of up to 250 watts and
consuming up to 15 units per month
effective from September 2004 billed in
October 2004. Government has released an
amount of Rs 9.74 Crores during 2004-05
(09/04 to 03/05) and Rs 16.70 Crores
during 2005-06. Govt. has accorded
sanction for payment of Rs. 1.155 Crores
every month totaling to Rs. 13.86 Crores
during 2006-07 and released Rs. 4.62
Crores for the period April 2006 to July
2006.
Government has waived surcharge to a
tune of Rs. 22.13 Crores for the arrears
accumulated up to December 2004 (i.e.
Rs. 180.51 Crores) in respect of 17.67
lakh SC/ST domestic consumers in SC/ST
colonies and Tribal habitations. It has
also granted permission for payment of
Current Consumption (CC) charges in 24
monthly instalments to avoid burden on
the consumers without levy of interest.
In view of the continuing hardships faced
by these consumers, Government extended
the surcharge waiver scheme by another
24 months from the consumption month of
May 2006 billed in June 2006. The SC/ST
domestic consumers are permitted to pay
CC charges in 40 instalments from January
2005 onwards, with total surcharge
waiver.
As per the directions of Government, all
the 5.35 lakh disconnected SC/ST
domestic consumers in SC/ST colonies
and Tribal habitations have been
reconnected. The reconnected consumers
shall pay the CC charges regularly from
June 2006.
In view of the continuing hardships faced
by SC/ST domestic consumers in SC/ST
colonies and Tribal habitations whose
consumption is up to 100 units per month,
Government has decided to waive the CC
charge arrears in addition to surcharge
subject to the following conditions:
 The consumer shall pay the CC bills
regularly
from
the
date
of
announcement of the scheme.
 The equivalent amount paid by the
consumer towards the CC bill of every
month will be waived from the CC
charge arrears.
 The Government will compensate the
equivalent amount to the DISCOMS.
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6.45 lakh Domestic SC/ST consumers in
SC/ST colonies and Tribal habitations will
be covered under the scheme of waiver of
CC charge arrears and surcharge. The total
CC charge arrears payable by these
consumers is Rs. 146.85 Crores. The
surcharge amount is Rs. 36.58 Crores
upto August 2006. The total arrears
amount being taken over by the
Government is Rs. 183.43 Crores.
It is proposed to implement the above
scheme with effect from 1st November
2006, with the approval of the A.P.
Electricity Regulatory Commission.
4 Nos. 400 kV substations at Mamidipally,
Narnoor, Kalpaka and Vemagiri along with
associated transmission lines have been
commissioned with Japan Bank for
International
Co-operation
(JBIC)
assistance. Further, 3 Nos. 400 kV substations were commissioned during 200506 at Nellore, Chittoor and Mahabubnagar
with Rural Electrification Corporation
(R.E.C) assistance.
Govt. of India is extending financial
support for development of power in
Andhra Pradesh through introduction of
Accelerated Power Development and
Reforms Programme (APDRP) for upgradation of sub transmission and
distribution network (below 33 kV)
including energy accounting and metering.
Other financing agencies like Power
Finance Corporation (PFC), Rural
Electrical Corporation (REC) etc. are also
aiding the power sector for laying lines,
establishing sub-stations and for system
improvements, rural electrification and
releasing new agricultural services.
As per the Detailed Project Reports (DPRs)
submitted by DISCOMs under Rajiv
Gandhi Grameena Vidyutikaran Yojna
(RGGVY) programme, it is proposed to
electrify the balance 39,73,845 rural
households and 14,182 habitations in 3
years at an estimated cost of Rs. 784.75
Crores upto 2007-08. 4,363 habitations and
2,89,567 rural households have been
electrified during 2005-06.
High Voltage Distribution System (HVDS)
was introduced in the State to reduce losses
with the replacement of the low voltage
network with High Voltage and through
installation of large number of small
capacity 11 kV/ 400 V transformers viz.,
25/16/10 kVA for supply to agriculture
consumers.
The benefits on implementation of HVDS
are:
 Loss Reduction
 Prevention
of
un-authorized
agricultural services
 Improvement in pump set efficiency
 Reduction in Distribution Transformer
(DTR) failure
During 2005-06, 42,484 pump sets have
been converted into HVDS at a cost of Rs.
121.08 Crores, bringing the total no. of
pump sets covered by HVDS to 1,83,233
at a total cost of Rs. 501.08 Crores upto
the end of March 2006. Scheme sanctions
are available under REC/PFC/APDRP
funding for an amount of Rs. 1,139.54
Crores for implementation of HVDS in the
districts of Srikakulam, Vizianagaram,
Visakhapatnam, East Godavari, West
Godavari, Chittoor, Kadapa, Anantapur,
Mahabubnagar, Nalgonda, Nizamabad and
Karimnagar covering 3,84,225 pump sets.
Scheme reports have already been
submitted to Govt. A.P. for arranging the
JBIC
funding
under
Overseas
Development Agency (ODA) package of
Ministry of Power, Govt. of India for
implementation of HVDS to 16,25,331
agricultural services in 15 districts at an
estimated cost of Rs. 5,665.76 Crores and
the sanction is awaited.
Priyadarshini Jurala Hydro Electric Project
(6 x 39 MW) is under construction and
first
unit
is
programmed
for
commissioning in March 2007, balance 5
units are expected in 11th Plan during
2007-08 and 2008-09.
For the Nagarjuna Sagar Tail Pond dam
power house (2x25 MW), construction of
Coffer Dam on right side is completed and
excavation for the dam and stilling basin is
in progress. Global tenders have been
called for procurement of Turbines,
Generators and associated equipment. PFC
is the funding agency for this project. It is
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programmed to commission the units in the
11th Plan during 2008-09.
To bring down the commercial losses due
to theft and malpractice, a special
ordinance amending the Electricity Laws
as Indian Electricity (AP Amendment)
Ordinance 2000 was promulgated and the
bill was passed in the Legislative
Assembly in September 2000 and made
effective from 31st July 2000. After
enactment of the above Act, 5,97,216
cases were booked up to September 2006
and 10,616 persons have been arrested.
Rs. 76.62 Crores have been realized
against a penal assessment of Rs. 204.61
Crores. Rs. 57.84 Crores have been
collected during the above period as
compounding fees for first offence from
4,63,280 cases that were compounded.
5,497 Rural feeders were separated from
lighting supply to provide
already. The Principal Rajiv Partners
(PRPs) provide the required securities.
This is proposed to be rolled out to cover
all villages.
Meetings with consumers held every
month at circle and division level. Major
issues raised are billing complaints and
delay in replacement of DTRs in rural
areas. Action taken:
 Vidyuth Adalats held every week to
resolve billing complaints at Mandal
Headquarters.
 DTR replacement centers increased
from 85 to 260 for timely replacement.
Various IT initiatives have been taken up
in Distribution Companies to improve the
performance
and
bring
in
transparency/accountability.
 CAT (Consumer Analysis Tool)
 MATS (Monitoring And Tracking
System)
 TIMS
(Transformer
Information
Management System)
 PMRS (Performance Monitoring and
Reporting System)
 Book Consolidation Module
 Remote Metering (RMR)
 Proper regulation of Agriculture supply
 Improved voltages for lighting supply in
rural areas.
7.13 lakh during 2004-05 and 7.38 lakh
during 2005-06 sluggish/stuck-up/ burnt
out electro mechanical meters replaced
with high quality electronic meters. During
2006-07 (upto 9/06), 4.19 lakh defective
meters were replaced.
Spot billing using hand held computers
introduced covering all the areas i.e.,
towns, municipalities, mandals and
villages. Monthly spot billing is introduced
in all municipalities.
On-line billing collection facility is
available in Hyderabad city and all the
towns through e-Seva centers.
On-line billing collection facility in rural
areas through 850 RSDP (Rural Service
Delivery Point) e-Kiosks is already setup
and 600 more will be established shortly
with effective security mechanisms.
Collection centers increased from 1,390 in
2002-03 to 2,712 in 2006-07 (As on 30-092006).
There are 1,120 e-Kiosks in rural areas and
250 e-Seva centers in urban areas.
Under Rajiv Internet, it is proposed to
cover 8,000 major villages through a
franchisee system. 300 are established
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) being
implemented in APTRANSCO and
DISCOMs. The first phase is already in
testing in one operation circle of each
DISCOM.
Benefits to BPL Domestic Consumers
Govt. is subsidizing Rs.10/- per month
towards the cost of consumption of one
40-Watt bulb (for 6 hours per day) during
the month for 13.92 Lakh consumers with
a connected load of up to 250 watts and
consuming up to 15 units per month
effective from September 2004 billed in
October 2004. Government has released an
amount of Rs. 9.74 Crores during 2004-05
(09/04 to 03/05) and Rs. 16.70 Crores
during 2005-06.
A.P. Power Sector secured 1st Rank in
CRISIL rating for the year 2004-05 with a
score of 55.81 in spite of a minus score of
6 marks due to Govt. of A.P. Policy of
providing free power to agriculture.
APTRANSCO was adjudged 2nd best in
the country in Transmission availability
for the year 2004-05 next to Power Grid
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Corporation of India Ltd. (PGCIL) by
Ministry of Power, Govt. of India.
APTRANSCO received the Power Line’s
“Expert Choice Award 2006” for “Most
Admired Organization in the State
Sector”.
It is programmed to add 1 No. 400 kV, 7
Nos. 220 kV, 16 Nos. 132 kV sub-stations
and 170 ckm of 400 kV lines, 623 ckm of
220 kV lines and 799 ckm of 132 kV
during 2006-07.
It is programmed to commission 394 Nos.
33/11 kV sub-stations during 2006-07.
Current Scenario:
The present installed capacity in the state
up to the end of September 2006
(including share from Central Sector) is
11,182 MW. The energy available from
various sources for use during 2006-07
(Upto 9/2006) was 28,366 MU. The
number of consumers served has increased
from 1,73,21,925 as at the end of March
2006 to 1,77,45,269 as at the end of
September 2006. The per capita
consumption at the end of 2005-06 was
604 kwh. 3,042 sub-stations and 4,96,262
distribution transformers are existing as at
the end of September 2006. The number of
agricultural consumers at the end of
September 2006 is 24,65,035. Details are
shown in Annexure 7.3.
To meet the growing demand for power,
Government is constructing projects in the
state sector and encouraging private sector
to implement gas based and other projects.
Against the program of 4,256 MW
capacity additions during 10th Five Year
Plan, 2,095 MW capacity was already
added to the system up to September 2006.
The balance capacity of 2,161 MW will be
added during the balance period of 10th
Plan. Out of 2,161 MW, 459 MW is under
State sector and 1,499 MW is under
Private sector (Gas based projects) and 203
MW are Non conventional Energy
projects.
It is programmed to add 11,987 MW
during 11th Five Year Plan i.e. 2007-2012,
out of which 5,694 MW is under State
sector, 2,120 MW is under Central sector,
864 MW is under private sector (Gas
based projects), 309 MW are Non
conventional Energy Projects, 1,400 MW
are Irrigation Department Projects and
1,600 MW is Ultra mega Project.
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BUILDINGS
7.4 Plinth area of the Government Buildings
(Both Residential and Non-residential) in
the state has increased from mere 22.80
Lakh Sq. M as on 1.4.1965 to 90.65182
Lakh Sq. M as on 1.12.2006.
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ROADS
7.5 Roads are one of the basic modes of
transportation system and also an
important priority sector of infrastructure.
Roads are promoting sustainable and
balanced development and carrying out to
needs of the society. Among various
modes of transport system, road transport
carries more than 80% of goods and
passenger traffic. Systematic development
of road network is a pre-requisite for over
all development of State. Further the
speedy movement of the agriculture
commodities to the near by markets would
ensure accelerated economic activity in the
rural areas thereby raising the living
standards of the rural people. The
productivity and efficiency of road
transport is directly linked with the
availability and quality of road network.
Roads and Buildings Department came
into existence with effect from 01.04.1965
with the merger of the Buildings wing of
the Public Woks Department with the
Highways Department, as the State
Government took a decision to create
separate Department for construction and
upkeep of the Roads & Buildings under
one department. The scenario on these
two sectors as on 1.4.1965 was as under:
1) Length of Roads under the
Department is 21,510 Kms.
2) Plinth area of the Buildings (Both
Residential and Non-residential) is
22.80 Lakh Sq. M.
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Since then the R & B Department is
providing services to the community at
large in providing good roads and also
constructing Government offices and
residential quarters.
In view of the high potential in agricultural
activity there has been huge increase in
road network.
Total R&B Road network in the state is
63,625 kms. as on 31.3.2006, out of
which, State Highways constitute 10,217
kms., Major District Roads constitute
32,222 kms. and Rural Roads constitute
21,186 kms. The Road density of R & B
road network in the state is 0.75 kms. per
one square kilometer and 0.28 kms. per
1,000 persons.
NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
A.P.
ROAD
CORPORATION
There are 15 National Highways in the
State covering a length of 4,648 kms., out
of which 4-lane and above are 1,125 kms.,
2 lane and single lane are 3,158 kms. and
365 kms. respectively. The density of
National Highways in the state per lakh of
population is 6.03 kms. and density per
1,000 square kms. is 16.59 kms. and the
corresponding figures for All India being
6.4 and 19.95 respectively.
Status
of
National
Highways
Development Project (Phase I & II)
Total length of Golden Quadrilateral is
1,016 kms., out of which 4-laning is
completed for 981 kms. and the remaining
35 kms. is scheduled for completion by
December 2006. Total length of NorthSouth Corridor is 763 kms., out of which
4-laning is completed for 39 kms. and the
remaining 724 kms. are scheduled for
completion by December 2008.
Other important Major Activities on
National Highways
DEVELOPMENT
A.P. Road Development Corporation
(APRDC) was established in the year
1998 through an Act No. 1 dated 2nd
January 1998 with the broad motive of
incorporating a Corporation exclusively
for development and maintenance of
Roads in the State of Andhra Pradesh and
other allied and incidental activities there
to. Under the Corporation, it was decided
to execute and maintain a length of 10,266
kms. of core network Roads which are
high density corridors requiring special
focus.
A.P. State Highway Project & A.P.
Economic Restructuring Project
1,400 kms. were improved under
Widening and Strengthening component
under capital improvement and 1,734 kms.
are improved under Heavy Periodic
Maintenance for State Highway (SH) and
Major District Road (MDR) works in A.P.
State High way Project with World Bank
loan assistance. In addition, 1,818 kms.
were improved under A.P. Economic
Restructuring Project to clear the
maintenance backlog on a core network of
arterial roads and to improve planning,
programming and budgeting methods.
Further, a length of 2,410 kms. was
improved with Cyclone Relief Fund
(CRF), State Plan and Road Development
Corporation (RDC) funds since 1999.
Thus a total length of about 7,300 kms. of
core network Roads is improved to Indian
Road Congress (IRC) standards. It is
utmost important and imperative to
maintain and manage the assets thus
created.
1. The stretch of NH-9 from Sangareddy to
Hyderabad i.e., km. 493/0 to 524/0 (31
kms.) is proposed to be widened to 4lanes on BOT basis. The estimated cost of
the project is Rs. 99.00 Crores. M/s.
Progressive
Constructions
Limited,
Hyderabd is the successful bidder with
the concession period as 11 years and 7
months including construction period of 2
years. The work will be completed by
17.1.2008.
2. Border Roads Organisation has taken up
construction of missing link between
Chennur and Arjunagutta for an amount
of Rs. 18.55 Crores from km. 199/0 to
223/0 of NH-16 and the work is in
progress.
STATE R&B ROADS
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The core network Roads in poor condition
has been reduced from 70% to 28% during
the project implementation. The overall
travel time reduced by 30% to 50%. The
average travel speed has gone up to 60-70
kms. per hour from the 30-35 kms. per
hour. Traffic increased 150% to 250%. The
average traffic growth is 20% per annum
much above the appraisal estimates of 7%
to 8%.
The Project has significantly contributed to
poverty reduction by promoting agriculture
development, employment generation
(direct and indirect) and in accelerating
various economic activities in the corridor
of impact of the project roads. Due to the
improved road network, spoilage of
perishable agricultural products during
carriage is substantially reduced, access to
major agricultural market/business centers
is improved and the farmers could receive
better prices for their agriculture produce.
The stakeholders also perceived significant
increase in economic activities due to the
project.
A.P. Road Sector Project
Govt. of Andhra Pradesh proposed a
second Highway Project, which is
approved by Govt. of India and World
Bank for further strengthening the
objectives set in the A.P. State Highway
Project (APSHP) viz., reduce the transport
cost and constraints. The cost of the
project is estimated at about Rs. 1,600
Crores.
The project comprises three components,
viz, (a) Strengthening/Widening of about
900 kms. length of roads, (b) Public
Private Partnership (PPP) 1,226 kms. and
(c) Long Term Performance Based
Maintenance Contract (LTPBMC) 6,500
kms.
Public Private Partnership (PPP)
Finding adequate funding to develop high
quality road assets has become a major
concern and hence a new approach i.e.,
Public Private Partnership is resorted to.
The concept of Public Private Partnership
in the form of Build Operate and Transfer
(BOT) has more rational and balanced
allocation
of
obligations
and
responsibilities among Government and
Private entrepreneur and also the
entrepreneur will be at liberty to come up
with his own innovative design concepts,
which will help to have state-of-art
technology
into
the
Government
infrastructure. An entrepreneur has to
invest the project cost and maintain the
project up to desired standards and the toll
rights will be conferred on him for
realizing the costs. Based on the Revenue
potential, the toll period will be fixed. In
case of projects with less revenue
potential, they may not be viable even for
a toll period of more than 30 years. The
viability gap in such cases has to be
funded by the Government and is called
Viability Gap Funding (VGF).
Central Government has notified a scheme
for financial support to a maximum of
20% to infrastructure projects that are to
be under taken through Public Private
Partnership. For any project to be taken
up under this scheme, Govt. of India is to
be approached in the 1st instance, duly
outlining the features and its Economical
benefits. On approval of the scheme, in
principle, by the Govt. of India it is
required to take up preparation of detailed
feasibility report along with financial
analysis, before going to regular
concessionaire
bidding
process.
nd
Construction of 2 Bridge across River
Godavari is being taken up under PPP
scheme.
HUDCO Loan Works
The roads under Municipal limits are
proposed for Widening to 4-Lane for
easing the traffic congestion and with
drains to have proper drainage system.
These improvements are taken up under
HUDCO Loan scheme for 1,378 kms. of
roads to a tune of Rs. 531.29 Crores. 210
kms. were targeted during the year 200506 and 203 kms. were completed. During
2006-07, 400 kms. are targeted and 315
kms. are completed by the end of
September 2006. Budget allotted for 200683
07 is Rs. 88.84 Crores. The grant released
during 2006-07 is Rs. 88.84 Crores and
expenditure incurred is Rs. 84.24 Crores.
Build Operate Transfer (BOT) Projects
16 Projects were taken up under BOT. 15
projects comprise of 11 Bridges costing
Rs.126.16 Crores and 4 Bypasses costing
Rs.16.4 Crores. For all these 15 works,
construction activities are completed and
toll period was also completed for 5 works.
Remaining 10 projects are under toll
period. One bridge across river Krishna
connecting Puligadda and Penumudi is
completed except approach on Guntur side.
The cost of this project is about Rs. 71.00
Crores.
Works to be taken up:
Construction of Major Bridge across
River Godavari
“Construction of Major Bridge across
River Godavari starting at km. 82/4 of
Eluru-Gundugolanu-Kovvuru Road on
Kovvuru side and joining NH-5 at km.
197/4 on Rajahmundry side including
construction of Flyover and Bypass
starting from existing Road-Cum-Rail
Bridge across River Godavari at
Rajahmundry and joining Nh-5 at
Hukumpeta” costing Rs. 510.00 Crores
under PPP mode.
Construction of bridge across Vasista
branch of River Godavari at Narsapur
connecting Narsapur of West Godavari
District with Sakhinetipalli of East
Godavari District
Agreement was concluded for feasibility
study under BOT scheme and detailed
project report work is under process.
Up-gradation of road from Anakapalli
to
Anandavaram
(SH-38)
via
Sabbavaram to 4-Lane road under BOT
Scheme
Notification
was
issued
inviting
consultancy services for feasibility study
under BOT scheme and detailed project
report. Bids for request for proposals were
called and the consultant for procurement
is finalized. Agreement concluded and the
consultant started the feasibility studies as
on 31-1-2007.
Other Works
i.
Up gradation of Parawada-Anakapalli
road from km. 0/0 to 7/686 to Four
Laning in Visakhapatnam district,
ii. Construction of High Level Bridge
across River Krishna at Mattapally in
Nalgonda district,
iii. Gundugolanu-Devarapalli-Kovvuru
Road,
iv. Kadapa-Tadipatri Road,
v. Tadipatry-Gooty Road,
vi. Kadapa-Pulivendula Road,
vii. Kakinada-Rajanagaram Road,
viii. Construction of bridge across Musi
river on Kodada-Miryalaguda Road,
ix. Construction of Bridge DevarapalliKhammam,
x. Construction of High Level Bridge
across River Krishna connecting
Kollapur of Mahabubnagar district and
Atmakur of Kurnool district.
PANCHAYATIRAJ ROADS
Panchayatiraj Road network in the state is
1,21,079 kms. as on 31.3.2006.
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TRANSPORT
7.6 Road Transport Department has a
prominent role in the economic
development of the State as it regulates
movement of goods and passenger
transport and thus for the promotion of
trade and commerce. Comprehensive
database is being built to provide online
services for facilitating effective and fool
proofing the process of issue of driving
licenses, registrations, permits, taxation
etc. Software is developed for collection
of life tax and integrates the work of
automobile dealers who are authorized to
register vehicles temporarily with e-Seva.
Offices across the state are connected to eSeva centers wherever available. Facilities
are provided to pay taxes at e-Seva
centers. Transport Department conducted
an intensive road safety programme
SAFAR (Safety Always For All Roads) in
the State from 2nd October to 31st October
2005 and the same is being continued up
to 31st March 2007 to sensitize 3 lakh
transport drivers along with other
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programmes. Certain key indicators related
to the functioning of Transport Department
are given here under for further
appreciation.
Railways in June 1932 with 27 Buses and
166 staff, mainly looking after the needs
of passengers connected to railway
stations. Later the Road Transport sector
was under the Dept. of Hyderabad State
Government with effect from 1-11-1951
after reorganization of States. The entire
transport needs of villages of the A.P.
State are looked after by the APSRTC
w.e.f. 11-1-1958 as per the guidelines of
APSRTC Act, 1951.
After the formation of State, traveling
needs of public were served by the
Corporation with 609 buses (Depots-16)
with a staff of 5,081. As the State is
growing on all fronts since then the needs
of transport increased by leaps & bounds,
forcing
the
implementation
of
nationalization, the Corporation increased
its strength year on year to meet the needs
of traveling public.
The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport
Corporation (APSRTC) is the largest State
Road Transport undertaking in the
country, which not only got entered in the
Limca Book of Records 2000, but also
entered the Guinness World Records on
31st October 1999. The fleet strength of
the Corporation decreased from 19,609 as
on 31-3-2005 to 19,407 as on 31-3-2006.
The Corporation is first in fleet utilisation
in the country by achieving 99.19% fleet
utilization in 2005-06. All the 212 depots
where the fleet is based for operation have
been computerized and linked through a
dial-up network. The Corporation has
achieved its fuel efficiency of 5.27 kms.
per litre in 2005-06.
The Corporation operates over 66.56 Lakh
kms. per day, carrying 1.28 crores of
passengers daily.
The percentage of
increase in operated Kms. was 2.40, when
compared to that of last year.
The regular conduct of induction training
and refresher courses for defaulting drivers
has resulted in increased safety of
operations both during night and day time.
The rate of accident per Lakh Kms. of
operations was 0.11 during 2005-06.
APSRTC is one of the largest employer in
the State having about 1,15,946 employees
Table 7.2
Tax Revenue from Motor Vehicles
(Rs. Crores)
Year
Tax Revenue
2001-02
950.92
2002-03
918.69
2003-04
1,095.85
2004-05
1,096.49
2005-06
1,354.19
2006-07
796.79
(Up to Oct., 2006)
Source: Transport Department
Table 7.3
Results of Citizen Friendly Services of
Transport Department (CFST)
Transaction
Driving
Licenses
Issued/ Renewed
Learner’s
Licenses
Issued
Vehicles Registered
Other
Transactions
Effected
Total
Transactions
during
October
2006
Transactions
from May
2000 to
October 2006
65,541
39,82,884
38,386
24,46,261
1,16,072
52,031
47,25,562
76,94,860
2,72,030
1,88,49,567
Source: Transport Department
Vehicular Pollution Control:
Rule 115 of Central Motor Vehicle (CMV)
Rules prescribes emission standards for
both petrol and diesel driven vehicles. The
Department has stepped up pollution
checking of vehicles to ensure that all the
vehicles maintain emissions within the
valid range of pollution norms prescribed.
There are 475 pollution under certificate
(PUC) centres functioning in the State with
330 Smoke meters, 353 Gas Analyzers and
164 Pollution Testing Stations in Twin
cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad and
all the centers are computerized and inter
connected. Growth of vehicles from 200102 to 2005-06 is shown in Annexure 7.4.
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APSRTC
7.7 The Road Transport needs of Andhra
Pradesh first serviced by a wing of Nizam
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on its roles. The staff ratio per bus was
6.31
during
2005-06.
Employee’s
productivity increased to 53 kms. during
2005-06 from 51 kms. of 2004-05.
APSRTC has bagged the All India State
Road Transport Undertakings (ASRTU)
Awards in the following categories of
award for the year 2004-05 among the all
STUs.
terminal being extended to add one more
aero bridge and additional security hold
area for domestic departures to meet the
increased domestic passenger traffic. The
Rajiv Gandhi terminal has been extended
on east side to add escalator to
international arrivals (put into operation
on 22-11-2006) and with enhanced space
for immigration (arrivals). For ensuring
utmost safety of passengers, state-of-art
Communication,
Navigational
and
Surveillance facilities such as Airport
Surveillance Radar (60 NM range) and
Mode-S Radar up to 250 NM range,
DVOR/DME, ILS, VCCS, VHF Tx/Rx,
AMSS and other terminal facilities X-BIS
and CCTV are provided by Airports
Authority of India and operational at this
airport.
New Hyderabad International Airport at
Shamshabad is being developed under
Public Private Partnership. The developer
is GMR-MAHB with equity of 74% while
Airports Authority of India and Govt. of
Andhra Pradesh are contributing 13%
equity each. The revised project cost is
approximated to Rs.2,584 Crores. Govt. of
A.P. as a part of their equity has handed
over 5,449 acres of land to M/s.
Hyderabad International Airport Ltd. in
August 2004. The work at New
Shamshabad Airport is in full swing and
50% of the work is completed and as
planned the first phase shall be completed
by the end of 2007 and airport shall be put
into use for commercial operations in
March 2008. Like all other airports in the
country, vital CNS-ATM services are
provided by Airports Authority of India in
this new green field Airport coming up at
Shamshabad.
1. Fuel Efficiency Award for highest
Kilometers Per Liter (KMPL) in
Mofussil Services - Winner
2. Fuel Efficiency Award for highest
KMPL in Urban Services -Winner in
respect of Visakhapatnam City.
3. Tyre Performance Award for maximum
improvement in Tyre Performance in
Mofussil Services - Winner.
APSRTC performance from 2001-02 to
2005-06 and up to September 2006 is
shown in Annexure 7.5.
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AIRPORTS
7.8
The present Hyderabad International
Airport at Begumpet is the sixth busiest
airport in India handling 6,338 movements
(800 Scheduled International, 5,253
Scheduled Domestic and 285 Nonscheduled movements) catering to around
4.72 lakh passengers in a month. The
airport comprises of two terminal
buildings, one (N.T. Rama Rao terminal)
serving for domestic departure where as
the other (Rajiv Gandhi terminal) catering
to
International
Departures
and
Domestic/International Arrivals. Both the
buildings are fully air-conditioned. At
present 9 Domestic airline operators and
12 International airlines are operating
through this airport. At present the Airport
has around 10,600 ft. length of runway and
hence suitable to cater up to aircraft classes
like AB 340, Boeing 777-300, IL-72 and
MD-11 etc. The existing apron consists of
10 bays (including 4 aero bridges) for
Airbus/Boeing type of aircrafts and three
bays for Avions-de Transport Regionals
(ATR). Five more parking bays are
recently developed on old apron (Air Force
side) through strengthening. The NTR
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PORTS
7.9 Andhra Pradesh is having about 1,000
km. long coast line with one major Port at
Visakhapatnam under Govt. of India and
2 Intermediate Ports and 10 minor Ports
under Govt. of Andhra Pradesh. Recent
past trend shows that India’s trade
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growing especially in dry bulk cargo
traffic with China and Asian countries,
leading to a substantial increase in cargo
from the East Coast.
Ports offer tremendous potential for
development and for the growth of a wide
spectrum of maritime activities such as
international shipping, coastal shipping,
ship repairs, fishing, ship breaking, captive
ports for specific industries, all weather
ports, tourism and sports etc.
Minor ports of Andhra Pradesh handled
18.43 Million Tonnes of cargo during 2006
and A.P. is the 2nd highest cargo handling
State in India.
A.P. Port Department prepared a
perspective
development
plan
for
development of Ports according to which
173 Million Tonnes of cargo by next 15
years it is programmed to handle.
Kakinada Anchorage Port
The Anchorage Port is a sheltered Port
with the location of 17 Km. length of Hope
Island. Anchorage Port handles about 150
to 200 sea going ships every year. There
are about 100 private owned steel barges
with a total capacity of 3,000 Tonnes
employing 2,000. Nearly 3,000 workers
are working as shore labour and
stevedoring labour in the ships.
The Port handled a record cargo of 28.30
Lakh Tonnes during 2005-06. During the
current financial year upto 30-9-2006 a
cargo of 16.79 Lakh Tonnes is handled.
Kakinada Deep Water Port
Three Deep Water berths developed by the
Government were privatized in 1999 and
handed over to M/s. International Sea Ports
Ltd. for Operation & Maintenance for 20
years. For this purpose a Special Purpose
Vehicle (SPV) called M/s. Kakinada
Seaports Limited (KSPL) was created for
operating and maintaining the Port.
The Deep Water Port handled a record
cargo of 129.30 Lakh Tonnes during 200506 and during this financial year upto 309-2006 a cargo of 79.52 Lakh Tonnes was
handled.
Rawa Port
The port is located in East Godavari
District having an off shore single buoy
mooring system for collecting off shore oil
from 6 Nos. of oil rigs on the Rawa basin
and pump the same into the oil tankers for
transporting to other ports. M/s. Cairn
Energy (I) Ltd. as acceleration company
installed Single Buoy Mooring (SBM) at
Rawa Port.
The port handled 26.65 Lakh Tonnes of
crude oil during 2005-06 and during this
financial year upto 30-9-2006, 13.93 Lakh
Tonnes of crude oil was handled.
Gangavaram Port
This is a Satellite Port for Visakhapatnam,
is being developed by Govt. of Andhra
Pradesh. State Govt. would develop
Gangavaram
Port
with
private
participation as Multipurpose Port of State
Government. A special purpose company
i.e. Gangavaram Port Ltd. has
been
appointed for this purpose as a developer
by the Govt. of Andhra Pradesh duly
calling the tenders on International
Competitive Bidding.
Gangavaram Port is to be developed as an
All Weather Port to become the deepest
port (21M.) in India with round the clock
operations and with state-of-art cargo
handling equipment. It would also be the
most environment friendly port. All the
statutory clearances for project execution
were obtained and works are in brisk pace
of progress. Commercial operations would
commence by March 2008.
Salient features of Phase-I
Development:
o
o
o
o
o
5 Berths (Iron ore-1, Coal-1, Other dry
bulk-1, Multipurpose-1, General Cargocum-Port craft-1).
Cargo handling equipment for speedier
evacuation.
Operational efficiency to match world
standards.
Master Plan has provision for 29 berths.
Handle 12 Million Tonnes of cargo by
2009.
Machilipatnam Port
This port is located in Krishna District. A
Fishing Harbor was constructed to
accommodate 250 Fishing vessels. A
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feasibility report was prepared by M/s.
boats. The Port has not been used for
RITES Consultants for Development of
commercial operations so far. Cement
Deep Water Port at Goguleru creek near
industries located in Guntur and Nalgonda
Machilipatnam.
districts form the hinterland for this Port.
M/s. National Ship Design & Research
Government is planning to develop an All
Centre, Visakhapatnam prepared a techno
Weather Port with Private participation to
economical feasibility on revival of the
be utilised by cement exporters besides
Machilipatnam Port. M/s. L&T-Ramboll
other Port users of the hinterland. M/s.
Consultant Engineers Ltd. prepared a
RITES Consultants, New Delhi has
detailed feasibility report on cargo traffic
prepared detailed feasibility report on
for Machilipatnam.
cargo traffic. An MOU is concluded with
CZECH Government for integrated
Salient features of the report are:
development of the port.
The
coal
consumption requirement
Bheemunipatnam
ascertained from M/s. Vijayawada
Thermal Power Station authorities indicate
This port is located in Visakhapatnam
7 Million Tonnes for the existing power
district. Government is planning to
units and 3 Million Tonnes for the
develop this port on Build Operate and
proposed expansion of power station.
Own (BOO) basis for building ships and
Mineral and Metal Trading Corporation’s
handling cargoes. M/s. Goodearth
(MMTC) requirement of Port capacities to
Maritime Ltd. has submitted a report for
handle their cargoes of 5 Million Tonnes
setting up of ship building facility and a
through East Coast Ports are to be met.
captive jetty at Bheemunipatnam Port.
The consultants projected 0.5 Million
Government also appointed M/s. CRISIL
Tonnes cargo of M/s. MMTC through
Consultants for preparation of feasibility
Machilipatnam Port.
report and to carry out the bidding
The other cargoes to be handled through
process under Swiss Challenge as per the
Machilipatnam Port are 0.5 Million Tonnes
provisions laid in Clause 19, AAPIDE
Per Annum (MTPA) cement and clinker,
Act, 2001 for selection of a bidder.
0.2 MTPA food grains, 0.1 MTPA
Fertilisers and Fertiliser raw materials, 1.0
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MTPA iron ore and 0.5 MTPA of other
COMMUNICATIONS
cargo.
Based on the above traffic projection, 7.10 As on March 2006, there were 16,177
consultants have taken up the process of
Post Offices in the state, of which 3
selection of suitable developer for the
Mukhya Dak Ghars, 101 Head Offices,
development of Machilipatnam Port.
2,352 Sub-Post Offices, 13,686 Branch
Applications to develop the port were also
Offices and 35 Extra-departmental Subreceived, which are under process.
offices. There were 3,568 Telephone
Exchanges and 44.12 lakh Telephone
Krishnapatnam Port
st
connections in the state as on March 2006.
This is the 1 green field Port in Nellore
The details are shown in Annexure 7.6.
District and it was privatised in 1997. Iron
ore cargo is available from Hospet Bellary
region for export through Krishnapatnam
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Port. Revised agreement was signed with
BANKING
M/s. KPCL on 17-9-2004. The port works
are in brisk progress. The commercial 7.11 The number of scheduled bank offices in
the state is 5,502 at the end of September
operations would commence by June 2008.
2006. The aggregate deposits amounted to
Nizampatnam
Rs.1,26,349 Crores as on 30.09.2006. The
This is located in Guntur District and it is
total bank credit advanced was of the
functioning with more than 250 Fishing
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order of Rs.1,06,562 Crores in the state.
The credit deposits ratio at the end of
September 2006 is 73% as against the RBI
norm of 60%.
The total priority sector advances to Net
Bank Credit (NBC) is 61.58% (RBI norm
40%), agricultural advances are Rs.25,448
Crores, 28.25% of NBC (RBI norm 18%),
SSI advances (outstanding) are Rs.11,187
Crores, 12.41% of NBC. Other priority
sector advances, Rs.18,847 Crores forms
23.15% of NBC, of which Educational
Loans were provided to 98,977 students to
the tune of Rs.1,645 Crores, Housing
Loans amounted Rs.3,835 Crores. Small
and Medium enterprises were financed to
the extent of Rs.19,956 Crores. 2,88,711
Self Help Groups (SHG) with 46,19,376
members were disbursed Rs.2,001.42
Crores as loans, as against the target of
Rs.2,200 Crores during the year 2005-06.
During the year 2005-06, an amount of
Rs.158 Crores is financed to 14,361 Rythu
Mitra Groups. Besides, an amount of
Rs.8,723 Crores is earmarked with Bank
loan portion of Rs.7,066 Crores for
disbursement under all Government
sponsored schemes during the year 200607 including SHGs and Rythu Mitra
Groups. Profile of Banking Institutions in
Andhra Pradesh as on 30.9.2006 is given
in Annexure 7.7.
It is involved in many areas of
development i.e. hotels, resorts, wayside
amenities, tourist packages and boats etc.
and it has ventured into new tourism
related fields like, Heritage, Pilgrimage
and Eco-tourism etc.
Current Status of the Infrastructure
Accommodation: The Corporation has 43
accommodation and catering units spread
throughout the state. It has promoted
resorts at Araku, Rishikonda, Ananthagiri,
Bhavani Islands, Kurnool, Tirupati,
Suryalanka and Taramati at Hyderabad.
There are 800 hotel rooms with bed
strength of 1,762.
Transport: At present, the Corporation
has one of the most modern transport fleet
for any Corporation in the Country and
operates a number of package tours to
different destinations within and outside
the state. It operates 62 package tours. The
growth of the transport from 2004-05 to
2005-06 is shown in Table 7.4.
Table 7.4
Growth of Transport Under Tourism
Vehicle
2004-05
2005-06
Volvo
16
35
A/C Hitech
08
06
Semi Sleeper
04
03
Non A/C Hitech
63
68
Mini Coach
12
10
Qualis
08
10
Source: A.P. Tourism Development Corporation
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TOURISM
Water Fleet: Corporation operates leisure
based cruises and water sport vessels at
different lakes and rivers of the state,
which include Hussain Sagar, Srisailam,
Nagarjuna Sagar, Vijayawada reservoir,
Rishikonda and Nellore. The total number
of boats is 118, of which 73 are
mechanized and 45 non-mechanized boats.
The vessels Khair-un-Nisa, Bhagmati,
Bhagiradhi, Shanthisri and Vijayasri are
very popular for leisure cruises. On
30.04.2006, Naxalites hijacked two
launches from Nagarjun Sagar and blasted
Shantisri and Motor Launch Krishna.
Shantisri was severely damaged and
submerged. Both vessels are insured. ML
Krishna made operational and ML
7.12 Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development
Corporation (APTDC) is a State
Government Undertaking since 1976. A
loss-making Corporation till 1998-99, it
achieved significant growth since 19992000.
The activities of the Corporation can be
classified broadly into the following:






Tourism Infrastructure Development
Hotels & Catering Units
Guided & Package Tours
Leisure Cruises & Pleasure Boating
Sound & Light Shows
Eco-Tourism.
The
Corporation
develops
tourist
infrastructure and package development for
overall development of tourism in the state.
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Shantisri salvaged from the submerged
condition and at present standing on
wooden chalks for repair.
Ropeway Facility: Ropeway facility
established at Pathalaganga, Srisailam was
functioning from 16th January 2005.
Sound & Light Shows: Golconda Sound
& Light Show and Chandragiri Sound &
Light Show became popular, drawing more
and more tourists. Ethipothala Water Falls
with Martin colour lights at Nagarjuna
Sagar became another tourist attraction.
Eco-tourism initiatives
The Corporation was the first to take up
Eco-tourism initiative in the state. It
identified lakes, caves, waterfalls, islands,
hillocks, rivers and forests as the natural
resources with tourism potential.
Major Projects under Execution:
Laboratories & Faculty Rooms, Library,
Snack Bars, Bank, Kitchen, Dining Rooms
and Hostels.
Phase-II: Built up area 61,957 sft,
Administrative Block, expansion of Girls
and Boys Hostel.
Status: Phase-I completed, Phase-II to be
grounded.
3a. Konaseema Village Resort
APTDC
designed,
fabricated
and
commissioned 5 Houseboats on the River
Godavari. 4 Houseboats are operating
from Dindi/Sivakodulanka up to Narsapur
(Sea mouth) and the fifth one is from
Pattiseema to Papikondalu. House Boats
contain fully furnished two bedrooms with
attached toilets, a sit-out cum dining area
on the deck, etc. Excellent ethnic
ambience is maintained in these
houseboats. 5th House Boat (Sir Airthur
Cotton) is designed separately for
accommodating small groups (40 people).
Recently the project has bagged National
Tourism Award in Rural Tourism
category.
Project Cost: Rs. 135.00 lakhs.
b. Coconut Country Resort: APTDC is
also constructing
Coconut Country
Resort with 33-room accommodation, Bar
& Restaurant, Health Center, Meditation
Hall and Conference Hall at Dindi, East
Godavari district. The Project cost is
Rs.450.00 lakhs.
Status: Work is in progress and is
expected to be commissioned by March
2007.
4. Lower Krishna Valley Buddhist
Circuit
With an investment of Rs.20.00 Crores,
the Corporation has started the
development of Lower Krishna Valley
Buddhist Circuit with major developments
at
Nagarjuna
Sagar,
Amaravathi,
Chandavaram and Undavalli.
5. Sriparvata Arama - A Buddhist
Theme Park at Nagarjuna Sagar
The Corporation is developing “Sriparvata
Arama” at a cost of Rs.1,620 lakhs - a
unique Buddhist tourism destination at
1. Tourism Plaza (Paryatak Bhavan)
To provide a holistic service to the
“Tourists” and to provide a single-point
resource centers, A.P.T.D.C. along with
the Department of Tourism, Govt. of India,
is establishing a property with a novel
concept, aptly named Tourism Plaza - a
massive Rs.30.00 Crores project.
Components:
Reservation
counters,
Office for Tour Operators, Hoteliers,
Travel Agents, Central Reservation Office,
Banking, Retail Areas, Food Courts,
Restaurant, other State Tourism Offices
and a 84 room three star hotel.
Status: Civil works completed and
commercial space proposed for inaugural.
2. National Institute for Tourism &
Hospitality Management (NITHM)
To provide quality education and training
in tourism and hospitality services, the
National Institute of Tourism Hospitality
Management
(NITHM
Phase-I)
is
established at a cost of Rs. 12.00 Crores at
Gachibowli, Hyderabad is modeled on the
lines of reputed institutes slated to be a
‘Centre of Excellence’ in education,
training, research and consultancy in the
field of tourism.
Components: Phase-I: Built-up area
1,31,320 sft, Classrooms, Lecture Halls,
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Nagarjuna Sagar. The concept plan
comprises the theme of Buddha and
Buddhism in A.P., theme of Acharya
Nagarjuna and the theme of Ikshvaku
Dynasty of 3rd and 4th century A.D.
Components: Entrance Plaza, parking
areas, visitors’ amenities, Entrance arches
& lotus pond, Replicas of Stupas from
different countries, Theme of Jataka Tales narrative sculptural depiction, Vipasana
International
Meditation
Park,
Interpretation Centre in the shape of a
Stupa to form the focal point.
6. Amaravati Interpretation Centre
As a renowned centre of early Buddhism,
Amaravati equals its sanctity to the places,
which were associated with the Buddha
himself. It was the stronghold of the
Mahasanghikas. This came to be later
known as Mahayana School from which
the subsects of Chaityavadakas, PurvaSailiyas and Apara-Sailiyas emerged and
also the later Vajrayana School in 6th and
7th Century A.D.
Components: Interpretation Center to
exhibit models of sculptures of Amaravati
was completed and inaugurated by His
Holiness Dalia Lama during the
Kalachakra in January 2006. The Sound &
Light Show work is in progress.
Project Cost: Rs.380 lakhs.
7. Kadapa-Kurnool Tourism Circuit
Project
Kadapa-Kurnool-Circuit is an integrated
tourism circuit with the major tourist
facilities being created at 14 locations Kurnool, Alampur, Tadipatri, Belum
Caves, Erragudi, Orvakallu, Kadapa,
Gandikota, Ontimetta, Vellala, Mahanandi,
Ahobilam and Brahmangarimattam. Being
developed with an investment of Rs. 10.00
Crores, the project is expected to be
completed by March 2007. The emphasis
of the project will be on Heritage,
Adventure, Religious, Eco and Business
Tourism.
8. Development of e-Commerce Portal
With a view to provide convenience and
flexibility to the tourists travel and tour
operators & agents, APTDC is developing
a web based online reservation system,
besides computerizing all activities of
APTDC. The total cost of computerization
is around Rs.150.00 lakhs.
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INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
7.13 Govt. of Andhra Pradesh aspires to
transform the state into a knowledge
society and make available the benefits of
Information Technology to all citizens,
especially those in rural areas and living in
poverty. The state wishes to become a
leading destination for investments in
Information
&
Communications
Technology (ICT) and a major player in
the information economy. The state will
leverage ICT for achieving an Info-age
(Inclusive,
networked,
fast,
open,
accountable, globally benchmarked and
efficient) Government.
To help citizens gain one-stop access to
information and services expected of
Government in a secure way and to
provide better, efficient, transparent and
responsive
services,
leveraging
Information
&
Communication
Technology tools (ICT) Govt. of Andhra
Pradesh embarked on implementation of
various e-Governance initiatives. Having
recognized IT sector as a major growth
engine
in
the
state’s
economy,
Government is taking various measures to
facilitate establishment of IT and IT
Enabled Services (ITES) units in the state.
By the year 2009, Government seeks to
capture 30% of the national market share
in these sectors through proactive
management policy initiatives, which are
projected in the 3rd ICT Policy 2005-2010.
ICT Policy:
The 3rd ICT Policy laid emphasis on use of
ICT for Poverty Alleviation, Digital Unite
through
Broadband
connectivity
and
establishment of Rural Kiosks under eGovernance exploration and provision of
World Class Physical Infrastructure, thrust on
Hardware manufacturing industry, creation of
product specific IT Special Economic Zones
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(SEZs), IT Human Resource Development and
promotion of Tier II - IT Hubs in the state as a
part of IT & ITES Promotional activities.
Major
Programmes
implemented
through IT&C Department:
1. IT Promotion: The IT service sector
in the state is growing at a healthy pace
compared to other major cities, ITES
sector is growing at a scorching pace.
Important events like GITEX and
conferences co-hosted with CII are
being organized regularly. The
Department has been participating in
all major national & international IT
events to increase the visibility of the
state. The Growth of IT & ITES to the
other small cities/towns in the state is
essential not only for providing
meaningful
employment
to
educated/rural youth but also for
achieving overall balanced socioeconomic development of the state.
Hence, Tier II cities in the state viz.,
Warangal, Visakhapatnam, Kakinada,
Vijayawada, Guntur, Nellore and
Tirupati have been identified for
promoting as IT Hubs.
Special thrust is on hardware
manufacturing industry including FAB
city, which will provide a number of
job opportunities to the youth.
Government will provide support to the
hardware industry by way of
exemption from statutory power cuts,
reimbursement
of
stamp
duty,
reimbursement of 50% exhibition
subsidy etc. In order to extend the
advantages of Special Economic Zones
(SEZ) to the ICT sector, Government
proposes to develop product specific
Special
Economic
Zones
(Hardware/Software) in and around
Hyderabad.
Andhra Pradesh aims to achieve Rs.
69,000 Crores in IT Exports turnover
and seeks to create employment for 3
lakh people directly by the year 2009.
As per National Association of
Software and Service Companies
(NASSCOM) estimates that direct
employment to one person in
Information
&
Communications
Technology (ICT) sector will in turn
creates employment to 4 persons
indirectly in other sectors. To achieve
this, the following strategies are
adopted:
o
o
o
o
o
Offer Incubation Space to Start-up
Companies and first-generation IT
Entrepreneurs.
Provide built-to-space/facility to
SMEs
(Small
&
Medium
Enterprises) and homegrown large IT
Companies by construction of IT
Towers.
Allot
lands
on
need-based
requirement to Mega IT Projects,
Multi National IT companies and
home grown IT companies to build
independent IT campuses.
Creation of Product Specific Special
Economic
Zone
(SEZs)IT/ITES/Hardware - in different
locations in the state.
Encourage Private IT Parks.
Andhra Pradesh ranks 4th at National
level with exports of Rs.12,521 Crores
in 2005-06, recording 51% growth
over previous year.
Software exports, investment and
employment during 2005-06 and
2006-07 (Upto November 2006) are
shown in Table 7.5.
Table 7.5
Growth of Software Exports, Investment and
Employment
Indicator
Software Exports
(Rs. Crs.)
Cum. Investments
(Rs. Crs.)
Cum. Employment
(Nos.)
Achievement
in 2005-06
Achievement in
2006-07 (Upto
Nov., 2006)
12,521
6,117
6,101
7,112
1,51,789
1,74,639
Source: Information Technology Department
2. Human Resource DevelopmentJawahar
Knowledge
Centers
(JKCs):
Andhra Pradesh has a vast potential
for growth of IT/ITES industry as
large talented rural human resource
pool
is
available,
with
282
Engineering Colleges with 98,475
engineers, 270 Masters in Computer
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JKC training involves a short-term
training known as Campus Placement
Mission (CPM). In this program, the
students are made aware of the
recruitment
process
of
different
companies. The students are also provided
with required content for the students to
get their placements.
 JKC students also serve about 70 Govt.
Departments in terms of analysis, design,
development and deployment of the IT
applications required and thus gains
practical experience of doing the projects
facing real life scenarios like working in a
team, managing time, effective way of
developing software applications, etc.
JKC therefore gives a chance for knowing
beyond the curriculum and the text book
theories through the mode of “Learning by
doing”, instead of “Learning by listening”.
Applications Colleges with 15,215
students
and
3,50,000
general
graduates coming out every year.
However these fresh graduates need to
be made eligible and suitable for
employment
by
the
Industry.
Government has, therefore, chalked out
action plan by tie up with
Universities/Colleges and Industry to
impart communication skills to these
fresh graduates in rural areas to make
them eligible for employment in IT
industry.
Jawahar Knowledge Centers (JKC) - a
forward step in this direction - is a unique
Human Resource promotion initiative of
the Government and first of its kind in the
Country.
JKC programme run by Institute of
Electronic Governance (IEG) - a Society
under IT&C Department - in close
coordination & association with IT
Industry
and
Government.
JKC
programme started in 2004.
Salient features of JKCs:
Performance of JKC Program:
At present there are 70 Engineering JKCs
& 26 Degree (Govt. Colleges only) JKCs
with 224 participating CPM registered
colleges in 23 districts of the state. The
performance of JKCs is shown in Table
7.6.
 JKC aims to improve the quality of
education through imparting suitable skills
and enable potential and gainful
employment to the final year engineering
graduates thereby contributing to the
economic development of the state and the
people.
 JKCs are established in reputed
engineering colleges spread across the
state to increase the standards of higher
education. An engineering college that has
a JKC should provide a computer lab
worth of Rs.25 lakhs with a powerful
server and 50 state-of-art-high end
dedicated desktops one to each student all
of which are connected in a Local Area
Network (LAN). The college also provides
accommodation to all the students of JKC.
 In JKC, the students are trained in the
technical skills, soft skills, project
management skills and communication
skills by employing accelerated learning
strategies with a mentor to student ratio of
1:5. JKCs thus provide the best human
resource trained in all the skills required
by the Industry, which in turn bridges, the
gap between the student curriculum
knowledge and Industry desired skills.
Table 7.6
Performance of JKC Recruitments 2004, 2005
and 2006
Item
JKC Centres
Participating
colleges
Candidates
registered &
trained
Candidates got
placements
200405
32
2005
-06
43
200607
70
Total
(2004 07)
70
102
164
224
224
1066
6020
25750
32836
262
1342
2760
4364
897
(upto
Oct.)
Male students
1060
selected in Campus
680
(upto
Placements
Oct.)
Source: Information Technology Department
Female students
selected
262
662
1821
1740
New Initiative:
Institute for Electronic Governance while
continuing the Campus Placement Mission
training programme, has initiated another
initiative with the name Jawahar
Internship program (JIP) among private
Engineering Colleges who are running
JKC as a long term, permanent and
sustainable skill enhancement program for
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the engineering students throughout the
course starting from 2nd year to 4th year of
Engineering.
The JIP program aims to support the
selected students with stipend for 20
students from 2nd year engineering with
Rs.500/- per month, 20 students from 3rd
year with Rs.750/- per month and 15
students from 4th year with Rs.1,000 per
month as stipend for 10 months from the
students of all the Engineering disciplines.
The selection of the students will be
through a screening procedure including
academic records and social justice in
view. The JIP Students in-turn will teach
all the other students in the college and
develop the required content for the
program as a value addition for the stipend.
The Jawahar Internship Program is
planned to be organized in 50 Jawahar
Knowledge Centers for the academic year
2006-07.
3. e-Seva (Electronic Seva):
e-Seva is one of the e-Governance
initiatives, which offers a wide spectrum of
citizen-friendly services to save citizen the
bother of running around various
departments. It provides a one-step venue
for services of various State and Central
Government Departments in an efficient,
reliable, transparent and integrated manner
on a sustained basis through an easy access
through a chain of computerized Integrated
Citizen Service Centers (ICSCs). This
Project renders services to the citizen
through Integrated Citizen Service Centers
(ICSCs) and through Internet i.e.,
www.esevaonline.com.
e-Seva, a new paradigm in Citizen
Services, provides on line transaction
processing of payments, issue certificates,
permits, licenses and many other services.
It covers various Departments like AP
Transco, BSNL, HMWS & SB, Regional
Passport Office, MCH, APSRTC,
Registration and Stamps, Commercial
Taxes, Small Savings, Transport, Tourism
and Medical & Health of both State and
Central Governments. e-Seva centre
operates from 8-A.M. to 8-P.M. on all
working days and is open on Sundays and
Second Saturdays also from 9.00 A.M. to
3-00 P.M. The services offered relate to
Central, State and Local Governments
besides other services.
The
website
available
is
www.esevaonline.com.
4. Rajiv Internet Village (RAJiv):
Government launched the RAJiv Internet
Village Programme during August 2004 to
bring Govt. Services/benefits closer to the
people living in villages and rural areas to
achieve
the
following
3
major
components:



Rural Kiosks - convenient access to
information and services to rural
villages.
e-Literacy - Providing computer literacy
to at least one person in each family in
rural areas.
Rural network - Connectivity to rural
areas with high bandwidth.
RAJiv Centres to be setup and progress
made:
M/s Bharat Electronics Ltd. - 5,550
centres in 14 districts viz., West Godavari,
Krishna, Guntur, Prakasam, Nellore,
Anantapur, Kurnool, Kadapa, Chittoor,
Adilabad,
Karimnagar,
Warangal,
Nizamabad and Khammam.
Table 7.7
Services available in RAJiv Centres
M/s. Times
M/s. BEL
Govt. to Citizens (G2C)
Services
1. Electricity bill collections.
2. Sale of Application forms
- Passport,
- EAMCET,
- I-CET
- diet CET
- DSC
3. Examination Results
4. Railway reservations (eticketing)
Business to Citizens (B2C)
Services
1. Sale of prepaid phone cards
2. Sale of cell one sim cards
3. Done cards
4. National Agri. Insurance
(Rain Insurance)
5. Net-to-phone
6. Internet browsing
7. Job portal registration
8. Railway reservations
9. ITZ cards
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Govt. to Citizens (G2C)
Services
1. Electricity bill
collections.
2. Sale of Application
forms
- Passport,
- EAMCET,
- I-CET
- diet CET
- EDCET
- DSC
3. Examination Results
Business to Citizens
(B2C) Services
1. Astrology services
2. Bharat Matrimony
3. Sale of prepaid phone
cards
M/s TIMES (NGO) - 3,068 centres in 8
districts
viz.,
Ranga
Reddy,
Mahabubnagar,
Medak,
Nalgonda,
Visakhapatnam,
Vizianagaram,
Srikakulam and East Godavari.
Till now 513 Centres are operational.
5. AP Online:
AP Online is an e-Governance gateway for
the Govt. of Andhra Pradesh to offer
multiple services, through a single window
to its citizens. It is a best-of-breed portal,
developed and launched by Govt. of
Andhra Pradesh in partnership with Tata
Consultancy Services (TCS), India’s
largest IT Company.
The portal redefines Governance and the
Government-citizen interface. AP Online
has focused heavily towards investing in
hardware and development of e-services.
Despite
several
planning
and
implementation issues that are normally
associated with ‘e-Governance’, AP
Online has clearly laid out its roadmap for
e-Governance adoption in the state. AP
Online is easily accessible through
multiple delivery channels, homes and
offices, anytime, anywhere to deliver
services.
AP Online provides the following
Services:
Information regarding
various Govt.
Departments: Functions
of the Department
Services Offered
Forms and Procedures
Key contacts
Organizational
Performance
Govt. Orders
payment services like Accounting of
Transactions, Deposits into Government
Treasuries, Invoicing and Reporting are
also provided.
Delivery Channels/Kiosks: Citizens can
have access to the portal through
designated AP Online KIOSKs that will be
set up in large numbers in Twin cities and
all over the state in short span of time. A
citizen can have an integrated set of utility
services from these KIOSKs and pay for
any service at the same counter.
Apart from the 34 Government
Departments, 277 different HOD’s
information is hosted and the information
is updated continuously.
Total No. of Services and Transactions
made on AP Online as on 30-11-2006 are
shown in Table 7.8.
Table 7.8
AP Online Services and Transactions
Services (No.)
25
Service Delivery Points (No.)
202
Payment Services (No.)
No of Transactions made (Lakhs)
Amount collected through transactions
(Rs. Crores)
8
46.06
133.77
Source: Information Technology Department
6. AP Broadband Network
Government has embarked on an
ambitious
plan to have reliable
communication back bone “AP Broadband
Network” capable of Giga bit Ethernet
connectivity among all Government
Departments and offices connecting
Secretariat to District Headquarters,
Mandals
and
Villages
bringing
information super way to the door step of
common man in rural areas bringing
benefits of Metro cities to rural populace at
affordable tariff.
AP
Broadband
Network
under
implementation with private participation
will connect the State Headquarter with 10
Gpbs to each of District Headquarters, 1
Gbps to each of the 1,128 Mandal
Headquarters and 100 Mbps to each of the
villages. The network will have optic
fiber connectivity right upto the village
level.
While the Telecom Regulatory Authority
of India (TRAI) had defined broadband as
Acts & Rules
Budget
Documents
Memos
Advertisements
Tenders
Important
Events
Interactive Services: Facilitate online
submission of forms including applications
and requests for registrations, licenses,
permits, certificates and representations to
different
Government
Departments.
Complaints and grievances can also be
filed.
Payment Services: Help in online
payments for utilities, taxes, fees, deposits
and stamp duties. Customer support on
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256 Kbps or more always on connectivity,
AP Broadband will provide broadband
services with a minimum bandwidth of 2
Mbps, at a base tariff of Rs. 300/- per
quarter.
The broadband network will provide
broadband services to 40,000 Govt.
offices, which will enable all Government
Departments to deliver convenient citizen
services through e-Seva Centres, Rajiv
Internet Village Kiosks and web-based
online services. Widespread availability of
broadband services at very low and
affordable rates is expected to take not just
convenient Govt. services to the doorstep
of the citizens but also trigger significant
economic activity in every sector. This will
enable all Government Departments to
deliver convenient citizen services through
e-Seva Centres, Rajiv Internet Village
Kiosks and web-based online services.
The Network is being established by a
consortium of companies led by M/s. Aksh
Broadband Ltd. and a special purpose
vehicle “AP Aksh Broadband Limited” is
created for providing the services as per
Government requirements.
The Project Implementation is started from
November 2005. 14 District Headquarters
have been linked with Optical Fiber Cable
(OFC). At present 7 District Headquarters
are under testing and equipment installed at
Hyderabad, Ranga
Reddy, Guntur,
Vijayawada, Ongole, Nalgonda and
Sangareddy. In Ranga Reddy district, all 37
Mandals are connected. 160 Mandal
Headquarters have been linked with Optical
Fiber Cable and equipment installed in 63
Mandal Headquarters. 1,750 villages have
been linked with Optical Fiber Cable and
equipment installed in 494 villages. All
MRO offices and Village Panchayats of
Ranga Reddy district will be connected by
the end of March 2007 for trials.
7. e-Procurement (Electronic
Procurement):
It automates the procurement and
purchase procedures of A.P. Govt. starting
from demand aggregation to procurement
and fulfillment.
Andhra Pradesh is the
first state in the country to initiate e-
Procurement. The basic objective of this
project is to use the tools of IT to
introduce best practices in electronic
procurement across Govt. Departments.
A consortium led by M/s. Commerce One
India has been chosen as the partner for
the implementation of e-Procurement
solution for Govt. of Andhra Pradesh.
Based on the evaluation criteria like the
overall procurement value, existing IT
infrastructure, supplier readiness, catalog
ability of items, centralized procurement
operation, clearly defined business and
ease in developing templates APSRTC,
APTS, APHMHIDC (Andhra Pradesh
Health Medical Housing & Infrastructure
Development
Corporation),
COT
(Commissionerate of Tenders) were
selected for the pilot implementation of
the project. The pilot project covering 5
departments - APTS, Irrigation, R&B,
APSRTC,
&
APHMHIDC
was
successfully launched. At present the
portal is servicing 12 Govt. Departments,
19 Public Sector Undertakings, 4
Universities, 67 Urban Local bodies. The
platform is extensively used for
procurement
works
by
Irrigation
Department, Roads & Buildings, Tribal
Welfare
Engineering
Department,
Panchayatraj Engineering Department,
AP State Police Housing Corporation
Ltd.,
Public
Health
Engineering
Department, HMWS&SB, AP Housing
Board, AP State Housing Corporation
Ltd. and it supports procurement of
goods, drugs by APHMHIDC, APTS,
APGENCO and Singareni Collieries.
The Departments have successfully
transacted 23,748 tenders aggregating to
Rs 44,401 Crores on the platform.
Table 7.9 provides the transaction
turnover on the platform since its launch.
The project has resulted in substantial
savings to the Government due to
discounted quotes on account of increase
in competition among the suppliers,
reduction in print media advertisement
costs bedsides decrease in tender cycle
time.
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The project has saved public money to the
tune of Rs. 2,400 Crores on account of
discounted tenders by the contractors due
to competitive environment created by the
platform.
Table 7.9
Transaction Turnover
Year
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
(Upto
Nov.,
2006)
No. of
Depts. /
Agencies
8
7 Depts. + 9
PSUs + 17
Urban Local
Bodies
8 Depts. +
13 PSUs +
51
Urban
Local
Bodies
12 Depts. +
19 PSUs + 4
Universities
+ 67 Urban
Local
Bodies
Value of
transactions
completed
(Rs. crores)
1,982
15,600
No. of
transactions
completed
15,808
9,981
11,011
16,509
(In progress)
564
2,232
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