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In a bid to rein in errant distribution companies (discoms) that delay payments to power generation companies, the Power Ministry has launched the Praapti web portal.
‘Praapti’ stands for ‘Payment ratification and analysis in power procurement for bringing transparency in involving of generators’.
“This portal will help power distribution companies be apprised of invoicing by generators and also bring transparency in their payments to them,” said Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power and Renewable Energy, RK Singh.
“The power distribution companies can clear the invoices and reply to claims raised by the generators on this portal,” he added.
A Ministry official said the portal will also compare and rank State discoms on outstanding bills and the frequency of clearing them. To start with, it will not give the stated reason for the delay in payments.
In a demonstration of the portal’s working, February 2018 data was shared. A bulk of the claims for outstanding payments were to independent power producers and NTPC Ltd.
Frequent updates
“The portal will be updated as and when an invoice is raised by the power generator,” explained Singh. “And, every time a payment is made, that will also be logged in.” Since the portal has just been launched, the updates will be more frequent, he added.
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