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Assessing the impact of power sector reforms in Orissa. IWMI-TATA Water Policy Research Program Annual Partners' Meet, 2002

Power sector reform in Orissa has not brought the desired results. The major reasons are over-expectations, incomplete and incorrect information about the sector at the beginning of the reform process in a short time span, financial constraints, poor employee discipline, government apathy and econom...

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Main Author: Panda, H.
Format: Artículo preliminar
Language:Inglés
Published: IWMI-TATA Water Policy Research Program 2002
Subjects:
groundwater
rural development
electricity supplies
pricing
water lifting
irrigation water
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/39149
Summary:Power sector reform in Orissa has not brought the desired results. The major reasons are over-expectations, incomplete and incorrect information about the sector at the beginning of the reform process in a short time span, financial constraints, poor employee discipline, government apathy and economic downturn. An all out effort needs to be made by the government, distribution companies, regulatory authority, media, body politic and public at large to improve the health of the distribution system, for in it lies the success of reform.

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