Environmental delays and contractual problems pulled down the internal resource mobilisation of state-run power company NTPC by 29 per cent to Rs 15,820 crore in the current financial year.
The company had in 2010-11 budgeted internal and extra budgetary resources (IEBR) of Rs 22,350 crore but fell short by about 30 per cent, to achieve only Rs 15,820 crore. NTPC attributes lower resource generation to delayed environment clearances for some projects. For 2011-12, NTPC has fixed IEBR of Rs 26,400 crore, an increase of 67 per cent over the revised internal resource mobilisation for 2010-11.
A company executive said,“The actual expenditure was less than the budget estimate because of certain reasons beyond the company's control, due to contractual delays and environmental issues at some of our projects.”
NTPC plans to add 5,500 Mw capacity in 2011-12. It will add about 3,150 Mw in 2010-11. It has also set a target of 75,000 Mw capacity by March 2017, from the current 33,000 Mw.
Among projects which faced delay were the Barh power project in Bihar. A hydel power project at Loharinag-Pala in Uttarakhand was scrapped due to environment and religious concerns. Its project in Bongaigaon, Assam, may also get impacted due to delay in completion of civil works.
Besides setting targets for capacity addition, the company also aims to improve its man to Mw ratio, an indicator of work force efficiency, to as much as 0.50, which would be the best globally, by the end of the 12th Five-Year Plan (2012-17). In the initial phase, the company plans to take its man to Mw ratio to 0.64 by the end of the 11th Plan (2007-12). Currently, the ratio is around 0.80.
Currently, the total employee count is 25,000 and it plans to add 10,000 people every year for the next 10 years.
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The company had in 2010-11 budgeted internal and extra budgetary resources (IEBR) of Rs 22,350 crore but fell short by about 30 per cent, to achieve only Rs 15,820 crore. NTPC attributes lower resource generation to delayed environment clearances for some projects. For 2011-12, NTPC has fixed IEBR of Rs 26,400 crore, an increase of 67 per cent over the revised internal resource mobilisation for 2010-11.
A company executive said,“The actual expenditure was less than the budget estimate because of certain reasons beyond the company's control, due to contractual delays and environmental issues at some of our projects.”
NTPC plans to add 5,500 Mw capacity in 2011-12. It will add about 3,150 Mw in 2010-11. It has also set a target of 75,000 Mw capacity by March 2017, from the current 33,000 Mw.
Among projects which faced delay were the Barh power project in Bihar. A hydel power project at Loharinag-Pala in Uttarakhand was scrapped due to environment and religious concerns. Its project in Bongaigaon, Assam, may also get impacted due to delay in completion of civil works.
Besides setting targets for capacity addition, the company also aims to improve its man to Mw ratio, an indicator of work force efficiency, to as much as 0.50, which would be the best globally, by the end of the 12th Five-Year Plan (2012-17). In the initial phase, the company plans to take its man to Mw ratio to 0.64 by the end of the 11th Plan (2007-12). Currently, the ratio is around 0.80.
Currently, the total employee count is 25,000 and it plans to add 10,000 people every year for the next 10 years.
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