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Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Summary of Govt reform initiatives. Power, Digital India, PMJDY & GST done. Can track targets under various reforms.

eg. 24/7 Power for all
- has govt met targets for transmission, solar, wind?
- are all rural villages heading for electrification by Y-E?
- has the work on most stalled HE projects re-started?
- are AT & C losses benefiting from tough action on culprits?
- are all discoms returning to profits & buying more power?
- URJA app that works for everyone, likely by Y-E?
- are all discoms making large investments?
- has big procurement of smart meters started, under MII?
- is the percent of DT for 100% HH heading toward 100%?
- is Power Grid corp reporting orders for intra-state lines?
- how is underground cabling progressing- any new projects?
- have PSUs stopped importing coal this fiscal?
- is idle generation capacity falling and NPAs getting resolved?
- is power equipment procured mostly of Indian origin?
- is research sufficient to keep abreast of renewable equipment advances?
- report on EESL's big new ventures, like air conditioners?
- report on the successful launch of 500 MW PFBR in Oct?

eg. Digital India
- have common service centres come up in 250,000 gram panchayats?
- are Fab plants coming to India, will smart meters be MII?
- zero imports by 2020?
- 400k public Wifi (all cities with >1m, tourist centres & uni)?
- fall in villages still without mobile telephone connectivity?
- secure govt email?
- 300k IT service agents, 500k rural IT workers, 10m IT trained?
- completed Bharatnet by 2018?
- reports on take-off growth in telemedicine and e-education?
- report of a successful launch of GeM?
- reports of fewer personal enrichment stories about politicians and babus?

eg. PMJDY / Aadhar
- no. of duplicated ID detected, leakages stopped?
- reports on changes in social-economic condition?
- lower cash needed to be in circulation?
- large govt revenue (Rs >1.5lakh cr.) from demonetisation?
- 25 billion digital transactions for 2017-18?
- percent of wages paid by digital?
- step up in new tax filings from business classes?
- higher tax to GDP (not due to GST), higher corporate taxes?
- higher detection of income tax evasion?
- reports of large nos of case & seizures under Bemani act?
- reports on a large flux of money in funds, banks, businesses?
- reports that voter cash bribes are less prevalent?

eg. GST
- reduced export prices, higher exports?
- higher investment in manufacturing?
- higher indirect tax or lower inflation?
- higher detection of tax evaders?
- reports on trucks not being stopped at state border?
- higher km/day done by trucks?
- reports on feverish growth in central logistics?
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