Lok Sabha Question No. 1019 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-21
Subject: Pending Power Projects
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: RAMCHARAN BOHARA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1019 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2017

## PENDING POWER PROJECTS

†1019.  SHRI RAM CHARAN BOHRA:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  power  projects  from  various  States  including  Rajasthan  are pending for approval with the Government, if so, the details thereof along with the reasons for delay in sanctioning of the above projects, State-wise;
- (b) whether any time-frame has been fixed for sanctioning of these projects;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the time by which the country is likely to become fully self-reliant in the power sector; and
- (e) the reformative steps being taken by the Union Government in this regard?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

( SHRI  R. K. SINGH )

(a) : As per Section 7 of the Electricity Act 2003, any generating company may  establish,  operate  and  maintain  a  generating  station  without  obtaining  a license/permission  under  this  Act,  if  it  complies  with  the  technical  standards relating to connectivity with the grid. Accordingly, sanction of the Government is not required for setting up of thermal power projects. However, for setting up of Hydroelectric Power Projects, the Detailed Project Reports (DPR) are required to be submitted for concurrence of the Central Electricity Authority (CEA).

No  DPR  of  Hydroelectric  Project  (HEP)  in  state  of  Rajasthan  has been received in the CEA.  However, the DPRs of 11 Hydro Electric Projects, with an aggregate installed capacity of 4,439 MW, are with various appraising group of CEA/Central Water Commission/Geological Survey of India (GSI)/Central Soil and Materials Research Station (CSMRS)/Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation (MoWR, RD&GR). The details of the same are given at Annex.

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The main reasons for delay in concurrence of the DPRs is delay on the part of the Developers to make a bankable DPR, not carrying out the requisite studies  including  geological  investigations,  Mathematical  Model  Studies,  hydro fracture  tests,  Micro  Earthquake  Studies  (MEQ)  etc.  and  not  furnishing  timely clarifications to the comments raised by the various appraising groups.

(b) & (c) : The CEA endeavors to accord concurrence to Hydroelectric Schemes, as far as practicable, within a period of 150 working days (excluding time taken by the developer for compliance of observations of various appraising Groups) from the date of submission of DPR complete in all respects/acceptance of complete DPR by the CEA from the Developer.

(d) : Presently, the country is self-reliant in Power sector in  generation. Further, conventional capacity which is likely to yield benefits during the period 2017-2022  comprises  48,261  MW  of  Thermal,  6823  MW  Hydro  and  3300  MW Nuclear Power along with 175 GW of Renewable Energy Sources (RES).  This will be  able  to  meet  the  Peak  and  Energy  Demand  of  2021-22  as  projected  by  19 th Electric Power Survey on All India basis.

(e) : The following monitoring mechanism is in place in Ministry of Power (MOP)  to  coordinate  the  country's  capacity  addition  programme  and  to  ensure that it proceeds smoothly:

-  The  Central  Electricity Authority  (CEA)  monitors  the progress  of  under construction power projects through frequent site visits and interaction with the  developers,  equipment  suppliers  and  other  stakeholders  to  identify  the issues critical for commissioning of projects and help in resolving them.
-  MOP also reviews the progress of ongoing power projects regularly with the concerned officers of CEA, equipment manufacturers, State Utilities/ CPSUs/ Project developers, etc.
-  A  Power  Project  Monitoring  Panel  (PPMP)  has  been  set  up  by  the  MOP  for monitoring of on-going power projects.
-  Issues  are  also  raised  in  PRAGATI,  for  proactive  governance  and  timely implementation, as and when required.
-  The Project Monitoring Group (PMG) in the Prime Minister's Office also reviews the  issues  relating  to  pending  projects.  The  developers  of  the  projects  can raise  the  project  specific  issues  on  PMG  portal  for  their  resolution  with  the concerned agencies/ departments.
-  Time  bound  appraisal  norms  have  been  evolved  in  CEA  for  examination  of DPRs of Hydroelectric projects.
-  A  number  of  projects  have  been  prioritized  for  focus  monitoring  and  their expeditious implementation.
-  Guidelines for examination of DPRs of HEPs have been simplified in January, 2015. Further, an Online system for submission and examination of DPRs has been  made  operational  recently  to  cut  short  the  time  consumed  in  sending comments and their replies.

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ANNEX ANNEX  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO. 1019 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 21.12.2017.

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List of DPRs of Hydro-Electric Schemes with CEA/CWC/GSI/CSMRS/MoWR, RD&GR

| S. No.            | Name of Scheme           | Sector   | Installed Capacity (MW)   |
|-------------------|--------------------------|----------|---------------------------|
| Uttarakhand       | Uttarakhand              |          |                           |
| 1.                | Jelam Tamak              | Central  | 108                       |
| 2.                | Bowala Nand Paryag       | State    | 300                       |
| Jammu & Kashmir   | Jammu & Kashmir          |          |                           |
| 3.                | Kirthai-I                | State    | 390                       |
| Himachal Pradesh  | Himachal Pradesh         |          |                           |
| 4.                | Luhri Stage-I            | Central  | 210                       |
| 5.                | Reoli Dugli              | Private  | 430                       |
| Bihar             | Bihar                    |          |                           |
| 6.                | Dagamara                 | State    | 130                       |
| Meghalaya         | Meghalaya                |          |                           |
| 7.                | Umngot                   | State    | 210                       |
| 8.                | Mawphu Stage-II          | Central  | 85                        |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Arunachal Pradesh        |          |                           |
| 9.                | Subansiri Middle (Kamla) | Private  | 1800                      |
| 10.               | Attunli                  | Private  | 680                       |
| 11.               | Magochu                  | Private  | 96                        |
|                   | Total                    |          | 4439                      |

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