Annexe-A

STATE PLANING BOARD

PROCEEDINGS OF THE MEMBER SECRETARY

Dated 10-10-2001

Sub:-  State Planning Board – Constitution of Plan Committee on Energy Development-Orders issued.

Ref:-  Decision of the Planning Board meeting held on 31-7-2001

 

ORDER NO.5826/2001/EN/SPB

 

     The State Planning Board at its  meeting held on 31-7-2001 resolved to constitute Plan Committees to assist formulation of Tenth Five Year Plan for various development sectors.  Accordingly a Plan Committee on Energy Development under the chairmanship of Shri M.K.G. Pillai, former Director General, CPRI is constituted.

 

The constitution of the committee is as follows.

 

1.   Shri.M.K.G.Pillai                                                        - Chairman

     (former Director General, CPRI)

      Sreekrishna, Vadayattukotta, Kollam –691 001.


2.  Shri.K.G.Chandrasekharan                                           - Member

    Member, Civil(Retd.)

    Kerala State Electricity Board

    T.C.9/1038, Athira, Sasthamangalam

      Thiruvananthapuram-695 016

3.  Shri.Rajan Babu                                                        - Member

     Chief Electrical Inspector(Rtd)

     Panikkasseri Veedu, New Colony Road

     Palarivattom, Kochi-682 025

 

4.   Shri N.T.Nair                                                            - Member

     Vice President

      C.M.S.Computers, Thiruvananthapuram.


5.   Shri S.V.Moorthy                                                      - Member

     General Manager, NTPC

Kayamkulam

 

  1. Dr.M.P.Parameswaran                                                - Member

Arunima, Kottappuram

Thrissur – 680 004

 

  1.  Shri.P.R.Vaidyanathan                                               - Member

Chief Engieneer, Electrical(Retd)

Kerala State Electricity Board

271, Harinagar, Poonkunnam.P.O.

Thrissur – 680 002.


8.  Shri V. Ramakrishna                                                   - Member

Chief Engineer(Power System Planning)

Central Electricity Authority, Sewa Bhavan

Northwing, R.K.Puram, New Delhi-66

 

9. Shri.N.V.Madhavan                                                    - Member

     Principal Secretary to Government

     Power Department, Secretariat

     Thiruvananthapuram.

 

10. Shri.M.R.Das                                                            - Member

     Ex-officio Principal Secretary to Government       

     And  Chairman, ANERT, Govt.of Kerala

     Shasthra Bhavan, Pattom,

     Thiruvananthapuram-4


11. Shri T.M.Manoharan                                                  - Member

     Chairman

     Kerala State Electricity Board

     Vydhyuthi Bhavan , Pattom,

     Thiruvananthapuram-4

 

12. Shri V.Viswanatha Prabhu                                           - Member

     Member, Generation

     Kerala State Electricity Board

     Vydyuthi Bhavan, Pattom

 

  1. Shri K.Krishnankutty                                                  - Member

Member, Transmission

Kerala State Electricity Board

Vydyuthi Bhavan, Pattom

Thiruvananthapuram-4.


14. Shri P.J.Mathew                                                        - Member

     Member, Accounts

     Kerala State Electricity Board

     Vydyuthi Bhavan, Pattom

     Thiruvananthapuram-4.

 

15. Shri P.J.Yohannan                                           - Member

     Chief of Distribution

     Kerala State Electricity Board

     Vydyuthibhavan , Pattom,

     Thiruvananthapuram-4

 

16. Shri.B.Chandrachoodan Nair                              - Convenor

     Chief, State Planning Board

     Thiruvananthapuram-4

 

          The Broad Terms of Reference of the Plan Committee will be the following.

 

1.      Brief Summary of the policies and priorities of the Department.

2.      A quick evaluation of the various schemes implemented during the last five years highlighting the achievements and shortfalls.

3.      Listing of schemes, which have to be dropped or merged.

4.      Outlining priorities for investment in the next five years with justification.

5.      Role of private investment or partnership with the private sector and outsourcing of some items of work.

6.      Managerial innovations possible.

7.      Changes required in Acts, Rules and procedures with a view to ensuring simplicity, efficiency, transparency and accountability.

8.      Capacity building of staff, proposals for retraining and deployment (Extent to which staff is surplus and proposals for VRS) Details of the present staff (those under Plan and non-plan and the nature of their work may be given)

9.      Merger of existing public agencies (departments) and improving performance of institutions including Societies, Boards, Commissions and Committees.

10.  Role of local Governments, wherever possible public and People’s participation

11.  Resource mobilization including channeling of credit from financial institutions, getting external aid and collection of user charges.  The possibility of savings through improving efficiency and economy measures may be outlined.

12.  Measuring performance, improving, monitoring and arrangements for concurrent evaluation.

13.  Toning up operation and maintenance arrangements in relation  to institutions, public assets etc.

14.  Present modes and levels of subsidy and proposals for rationalization and targeting.

15.  Need for investment in Science & Technology including IT and R & D requirements

16.  Improving interface with public.

17.  Desirable standards/levels of service/infrastructure to be provided.  The existing  standards/levels, the gap and modes and cost of filling the gap.

18.  Linkages  required with other departments/services.

19.  Policy changes required to give effect for proposals and consequent needed changes in laws, if any.

 

The Chairman of the Committee may decide upon working groups to be formed for various sub sectors if necessary.  The Committee is expected to submit its report by the end of December 2001.

 

     The  non-official members of the Planning Committee will be eligible for TA and Daily Allowance as applicable to Class I officers of the Government of Kerala.  The expenditure  on this  account will be met from the provision under the Head of Account ‘3451-101-93 Surveys and Studies of State Planning Board’ in the current year’s budget.