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Statistics on Energy Infrastructure. Dr. Sunita Chitkara Deputy Director General Central Statistics Office India. What is Infrastructure ?. The Dictionary defines infrastructure as
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Statistics on Energy Infrastructure Dr. Sunita Chitkara Deputy Director General Central Statistics Office India
What is Infrastructure ? The Dictionary defines infrastructure as “ the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g. buildings, roads, power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise”
What is Infrastructure ? • Infrastructure helps to deliver essential services for the functioning of an organization or society • Infrastructure helps achieve economic and social objectives • Infrastructure is the base upon which society and its activities rest
Role of infrastructure • Infrastructure is instrumental in promoting economic growth • Infrastructure also plays a role in alleviating poverty
How Infrastructure Contribute to Development Infrastructure Benefit enterprises Benefit households Improve welfare Enlarge markets Lower costs Growth
How To Define Infrastructure ? • Describe infrastructure through a set of characteristics that are attributed to it.
Natural monopoly • Single provider • High entry barriers
High sunk cost • Huge initial investment • No alternative use
Asset specificity • Network is specific to one type of use only • Road network , pipelines, electricity transmission cables
Non tradability • Can only be used in the economy where produced • Can not be imported or exported
Non rival-ness in consumption • Consumption of one individual does not effect the consumption of other
Possibility of price exclusion • Prices not regulated by market forces
Presence of externalities • External benefits
Harmonization of Definition and Coverage • Rangarajan Commission • Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure , Planning Commission • Ministry of Finance, Department of Economic Affairs • Standing Committee on Infrastructure Statistics (SCINS)
Coverage of Infrastructure Sector • Economic Infrastructure • Transport • Communication • Energy • Water & Sanitation • Storage • Social and Commercial Infrastructure • Health • Education
Infrastructure Statisticswhy ? • Assess the condition of the existing assets • Evaluate the extent to which the infrastructure meets current demand • Assess whether infrastructure is likely to be able to meet demand in the future • Benchmarking: to compare our infrastructure availability with others
Infrastructure Statistics • Access indicators • Quality indicators • Fiscal costs & revenue indicators • Utilization indicators. • Affordability indicators.
Access indicators Availability of infrastructure over • Geographic area • To the proportion of population
Quality indicators • Quantitative indicators like surfaced road, number of lanes etc • Qualitative indicators through surveys
Fiscal cost and revenue indicators • Budget outlay • Expenditure • Investment • Revenue generated
Utilization indicators • Freight carried • Passengers carried
Affordability indicators • people’s ability to make use of infrastructure item
ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE Coal Mining and Quarrying Infrastructure
ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE Petroleum and Natural gas
ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE • Electricity