The Praapti Web Portal

INFRASTRUCTURE

In news: 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, that aims at bringing transparency in power sector of India.

 

Key pointers:

• 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. The power distribution companies can clear the invoices and reply to claims raised by the generators on this portal.
• The portal will also compare and rank State discoms on outstanding bills and the frequency of clearing them.

About PRAAPTI:

PRAAPTI, Payment Ratification and Analysis in Power procurement for bringing Transparency in Invoicing of generators, will contain all details related to payments.

• The app will enable citizens to monitor the payments that are being made to power generation companies. The app will also allow its users to know the details related to the payments made by the discoms to the power generation company and when it was made.
• PRAAPTI will also enable the consumers to know the performance of their discoms in terms of payments that are being made to the generation companies. Later, the performance of the discoms will be ratified on the basis of payments that were made.