The TA is estimated to cost $300,000, of which $225,000 will be financed on a grant basis by ADB's Technical Assistance Special Fund (TASF-other sources). The key expenditure items are listed in Table 2.
The government will provide counterpart support in the form of counterpart staff, office, secretarial assistance, domestic transportation, and other in-kind contributions. The government was informed that approval of the TA does not commit ADB to finance any ensuing project.
ADB will administer the TA, and will select, supervise and evaluate consultants. ADB will oversight the TA implementation and communicate with consultants and concerned stakeholders.
| Project Name | Preparing the Bengaluru Smart Energy Efficient Power Distribution Project | ||||
| Project Number | 53192-002 | ||||
| Country | India |
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| Project Status | Active | ||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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| Strategic Agendas | Environmentally sustainable growth Inclusive economic growth |
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| Drivers of Change | Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Governance and capacity development Knowledge solutions Private sector development |
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| Sector / Subsector | Energy / Electricity transmission and distribution |
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| Gender Equity and Mainstreaming | Some gender elements | ||||
| Description | The TA is estimated to cost $300,000, of which $225,000 will be financed on a grant basis by ADB's Technical Assistance Special Fund (TASF-other sources). The key expenditure items are listed in Table 2. The government will provide counterpart support in the form of counterpart staff, office, secretarial assistance, domestic transportation, and other in-kind contributions. The government was informed that approval of the TA does not commit ADB to finance any ensuing project. ADB will administer the TA, and will select, supervise and evaluate consultants. ADB will oversight the TA implementation and communicate with consultants and concerned stakeholders. |
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| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | A transaction technical assistance (TRTA) is required to (i) conduct technical and safeguards due diligence to enhance readiness of the ensuing project, and (ii) support building capacity of Bengaluru Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) in (a) distribution network management system and business practices, and (b) environmental safeguard monitoring. | ||||
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| Geographical Location | Nation-wide |
| Summary of Environmental and Social Aspects | |
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| Involuntary Resettlement | |
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| Consulting Services | 7. Consulting services. Two international individual consultants and one national individual consultant will be recruited to support technical and safeguards due diligence and monitoring for the ensuing loan project, as well as capacity building addressed to the state's distribution utility company. ADB will engage the consultants following the ADB Procurement Policy (2017, as amended from time to time) and its associated project administration instructions and/or staff instructions. The required positions and person-months are indicated in Table 4. Lump sum payments/output-based contracts will be considered under the TA. |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Oi, Teruhisa |
| Responsible ADB Department | South Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Energy Division, SARD |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | - |
| Fact Finding | - |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 21 Oct 2019 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 22 Oct 2019 |
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 21 Oct 2019 | - | 21 Oct 2019 | 31 May 2025 | - | - |
| Financing Plan/TA Utilization | Cumulative Disbursements | |||||||
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 225,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 225,000.00 | 21 Oct 2019 | 96,085.11 |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Preparing the Bengaluru Smart Energy Efficient Power Distribution Project: Small-Scale Technical Assistance | Technical Assistance Reports | Oct 2019 |
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