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Data on the GeM portal show sale of appliances that don’t meet Finance Ministry’s thresholds
Public procurement involves purchasing of goods or services by government and associated organisations for public service delivery. It accounts to 20-30 per cent of India’s GDP, by various estimates. Given its large size, public procurement can be an effective policy instrument to achieve multiple social, economic and environmental objectives.
In 2013, the Finance Ministry, in consultation with the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), issued a memorandum that prescribed minimum energy efficiency thresholds for public procurement of four commonly procured appliances with an aim “to effect energy savings in the long term by promoting procurement of energy-efficient equipment”.
Committee to submit report in a month on its study
The AP Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) has constituted an expert committee to study and prepare a report on the methodology to be followed for approval/ratification of short-term power procurement so that the overall power purchase costs are reduced to the extent possible and the consumers derived the benefit from it in the form of reasonable tariffs and at the same time the interests of discoms are protected.
APERC secretary C. Ramakrishna stated in a press release that the committee, which consists of Usha Ramachandra, Professor & Director of the Centre for Energy Studies, Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, N. Sree Kumar from Prayas Energy Group and M. Sivarami Reddy, retired chief engineer of APSEB, will submit their report in a month.