INTEGRATED POWER DEVELOPMENT SCHEME (IPDS)

About:

• Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS) was launched in the year 2014 by Ministry of Power, Government of India.
  
  
• Eligible Utilities: All Discoms will be eligible for financial assistance under the scheme.
  
  

It has following components:

• Strengthening of sub-transmission and distribution networks in the urban areas.
  
  
• Metering of distribution transformers / feeders / consumers in the urban areas.
  
  
• IT enablement of distribution sector and strengthening of distribution network under R-APDRP for 12th and 13th Plans by carrying forward the approved outlay for R-APDRP to IPDS.
  
  
• Schemes for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and IT enablement of balance urban towns are also included under IPDS. Scope of IT enablement has been extended to all 4041 towns as per Census 2011.
  
  
• Underground cabling to include additional demand of States and smart metering solution for performing UDAY States and Solar panels on Govt. buildings with net-metering are also permissible under the scheme.