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(DSM), Municipal DSM, Bachat Lamp Yojana, besides<br />

taking up other functions.<br />

13. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION & DEVELOPMENT<br />

13.1 Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)<br />

(i) <strong>REC</strong> had entered into a loan agreement with JICA on<br />

31.03.2006 for loan assistance of 20.0629 Billion Japanese<br />

Yen (approx. Rs. 784 crore with an exchange rate of 100<br />

yen = Rs. 38.01- As on 31.03.2006) under the Official<br />

Development Assistance (ODA) loan package for the <strong>Rural</strong><br />

Electricity Distribution Backbone (REDB) Project of <strong>REC</strong><br />

envisaging implementation of 749 nos. 33/11 KV new<br />

substations and augmentation of 510 nos. of substations.<br />

The project is being implemented in the states of Andhra<br />

Pradesh, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. The project<br />

implementation is at advanced stages, and <strong>REC</strong> has<br />

disbursed a cumulative sum of Rs. 680.55 crore to the subborrowers<br />

as on 31.03.2010 (Previous Year - Rs. 446.60<br />

crore). Loan amount to the tune of 13.47 Billion JPY has<br />

been drawn from JICA as on 31.03.2010 (Previous Year –<br />

9.38 Billion JPY). With the financial assistance provided<br />

by <strong>REC</strong>, JICA, 618 nos. of 33/11 KV new substations<br />

(Previous Year – 405 nos.) and augmentation of 337 nos.<br />

of substations (Previous Year – 270 nos.) have been<br />

completed as on 31.03.2010.<br />

(ii) <strong>REC</strong> entered into a second loan agreement with JICA on<br />

10.03.2008 for ODA loan of 20.902 Billion Japanese Yen<br />

(approx. Rs. 833 crore with an exchange rate of 100 yen<br />

= Rs. 39.86 - As on 10.03.2008) for implementation of<br />

transmission system project in the state of Haryana for<br />

strengthening intra-state transmission systems in the<br />

state. The project implementation is in progress, and <strong>REC</strong><br />

has disbursed a cumulative sum of Rs. 249.39 crore to<br />

the sub-borrowers as on 31.03.2010 (Previous Year -<br />

Rs. 28.07 crore). Loan amount to the tune of 3.28 Billion<br />

JPY has been drawn from JICA as on 31.03.2010 (Previous<br />

Year – 0.55 Billion JPY).<br />

13.2 Indo-German Bilateral Cooperation Programme<br />

(i) <strong>REC</strong> entered into a loan agreement with KfW on<br />

08.08.2006 for ODA loan of 70 Million Euro (approx.<br />

Rs. 418 crore with an exchange rate of 1 Euro = Rs. 59.74<br />

– As on 08.08.2006) for implementation of High Voltage<br />

Distribution System (HVDS) Project under KfW- Energy<br />

Efficiency Programme-I in the Chittoor and Kadapa<br />

Districts in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The project is<br />

nearing completion and <strong>REC</strong> has disbursed a cumulative<br />

sum of Rs. 448.43 crore to the sub-borrowers as on<br />

31.03.2010 (Previous Year - Rs. 224.57 crore). Loan<br />

amount to the tune of 67.84 Million Euro has been drawn<br />

from KfW as on 31.03.2010 (Previous Year – 35.28 Million<br />

Euro).<br />

(ii) <strong>REC</strong> entered into a second loan agreement with KfW on<br />

16.03.2009 for ODA loan of 70 million Euro (approx.<br />

Rs. 466.13 crore with an exchange rate of 1 Euro =<br />

Rs. 66.59 – As on 16.03.2009) for implementation of<br />

Energy Efficiency and Reliability Project in the state of<br />

Haryana. KfW has engaged international consultant to<br />

assist UHBVN in preparation of Detailed Project Reports<br />

and Bid documents. The procurement activities have<br />

commenced and the drawal of funds from KfW in respect<br />

of this loan is expected to commence in the financial<br />

year 2010-11.<br />

41st ANNUAL REPORT 2009-10<br />

(iii) During the annual bilateral consultation between<br />

Government of India & Government of Germany, KfW has<br />

committed a third line of credit to <strong>REC</strong> to the tune of Euro<br />

100 Million for financing Renewable Energy & Energy<br />

Efficiency Projects. The loan agreement is expected to be<br />

signed during financial year 2010-11.<br />

13.3. Asian Development Bank (ADB)<br />

ADB has approved a line of credit amounting to US $ 225<br />

million to <strong>REC</strong> on 27.11.2008 to finance transmission and<br />

distribution networks in rural sector. Further negotiations<br />

with ADB for availing the loan are under progress.<br />

13.4 Agency Francaise De Development (AFD)<br />

<strong>REC</strong>’s proposal for financing Energy Efficiency Project<br />

(HVDS & Pumpset Replacement) in the state of Rajasthan<br />

has been recommended by Ministry of Power, Government<br />

of India to Ministry of Finance for consideration under<br />

Official Development Assistance from AFD, France, under<br />

Indo French Co-operation, for financial assistance to the<br />

tune of Euro 80 million. Further negotiations with AFD<br />

are expected to fructify during financial year 2010-11.<br />

13.5. Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)<br />

The four nos. of Project Design Documents (PDDs) on<br />

HVDS Project of APSPDCL financed by <strong>REC</strong> under <strong>REC</strong>-<br />

KfW Energy Efficiency Programme-I, which received Host<br />

Country Approval from MoEF in January 2009 for availing<br />

carbon credits under CDM, are under validation by the<br />

UNFCC accredited validators. This activity has been<br />

undertaken as a pilot project for CDM in Distribution<br />

Sector with the assistance of KfW, Germany.<br />

14. ERP BASED INTEGRATED INFORMATION SYSTEM<br />

14.1 <strong>REC</strong> has put the on-going ERP project into operation on<br />

its raising day i.e. 24.07.2009. The launching Go-Live<br />

was done by Shri Sushilkumar Shinde, Hon’ble Minister<br />

of Power, in the presence of Shri Bharatsinh Solanki,<br />

Hon’ble Minister of State for Power, Shri H.S. Brahma,<br />

Secretary, Ministry of Power and Shri P. Uma Shankar,<br />

CMD, <strong>REC</strong>.<br />

14.2 ERP covers all important business areas of <strong>REC</strong> like Central<br />

Accounting, Project Appraisal and sanction, disbursement<br />

and management of Loan Accounts, Cash Management &<br />

Treasury functions, payroll and purchases etc. This<br />

enables capturing of data and information at the point of<br />

origin across all offices of <strong>REC</strong> and flow of the same upto<br />

the appropriate level depending on the defined workflow<br />

hierarchy.<br />

14.3 An internal assessment estimate has shown that the<br />

average time of disbursement of claims to power utilities<br />

has reduced from 12.2 days to 1.46 days after<br />

implementation of ERP.<br />

14.4 As a part of ERP implementation, a corporate-wide secured<br />

IT infrastructure with State-of-art Tier-3 Centralized Data<br />

Centre and an MPLS based VPN network (WAN<br />

Connecting all offices of <strong>REC</strong>) has been created. The ERP<br />

project has also been audited by 3 rd party viz.<br />

Pricewaterhouse Coopers.<br />

14.5 Corporate Intranet has been further revamped for more<br />

features and information, and faster dissemination of

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