8.2.2. Mobile Applications and Websites Launched to Ensure Accountability and Transparency

♤ Grameen Vidyutikaran (GARV) app to help citizens track rural electrification under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY).

♤ GARV – II App, launched on 20th December 2016, hosts the data in respect of about 6 lakh villages, with more than 15 lakh habitations having 17 crore people, that has been mapped for tracking progress on household electrification in each of the habitations of these villages.

♤ VIDYUT PRAVAH app created to provide real time information of electricity price and availability

♤ Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA) app to keep track of LED distribution under the Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme (DELP)

♤ URJA (Urban Jyoti Abhiyaan) MobileApp: The Consumer Dashboard of the URJA App, provides for Urban Power Distribution Sector to enhance Consumer Connect, Project Monitoring of Urban Distribution Sector projects and providing information on the monthly performance on parameters like Consumer complaints redressal, Release of New service connection, Average number of interruptions faced by consumer, Number of consumers making e-payments, Energy lost / power theft i.e. AT&C loss.

♤ E-Tarang app is for monitoring the real time Status of Transmission System.

♤ E-Trans app is a platform for better price discovery in respect of Inter State Transmission projects to be awarded through tariff based competitive bidding (TBCB) process.

♤ ‘DEEP (Discovery of Efficient Electricity Price) e-Bidding’ portal: The Portal will provide a common e-bidding platform with e-reverse auction facility to facilitate nation-wide power procurement through a wider network so as to bring uniformity and transparency in the process of power procurement.

♤ Mobile app for Star Labelled Appliances: BEE has developed a mobile app for Standards and Labelling Programme (S&L) for consumers, which is linked with S&L database of BEE and provides a platform to receive real-time feedback from consumers and other stakeholders.