Lok Sabha Question No. 3864 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-08
Subject: Projects for Power Generation
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: N.K. PREMACHANDRAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3864 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2016

PROJECTS FOR POWER GENERATION

3864. SHRI N.K. PREMACHANDRAN:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Union Government proposes to extend financial assistance to the State Governments for hydro electric projects, if so, the details thereof, State-wise;

(b) whether  the  Union  Government  is  implementing  programmes  in power sector with the aid of foreign agencies, if so the details thereof;

(c) the schemes and programmes introduced by the Union Government for  increasing  the  power  generation  and  the  projects  approved  for  the purpose, State-wise including Kerala;

(d) the  details  of  the  projects  approved  by  the  Union  Government  for reducing the transmission loss, State-wise; and

(e) whether the Union Government proposes to introduce any scheme for increasing the power generation using new and renewable energy, if so the action taken thereon?

A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL )

(a) : The Government of India has been extending financial support /  subsidy  to  the  developers  of  the  small  hydro  projects  up  to  25  MW installed capacity. Details of the same are given at Annex-I.

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(b) : As  far  as  hydro  power  sector  is  concerned,  a  number  of projects  like  Purulia  Pumped  Storage  (1000  MW),  Nathpa  Jhakri  (1500 MW), Vishnugad Pipalkoti (444 MW) etc. have been developed / are being developed with the financial assistance from International agencies like the World Bank, ADB (Asian Development Bank), JICA (Japan International Cooperation  Agency)  etc.  Further,  under  the  framework  of  cooperation between the Government of India and the Government of Germany, KfW Germany is providing soft loan to the tune of Euro 1 Billion for the funding of  Green  Energy  Corridors  in  both  intra  and  inter  State  transmission projects.

Also an investment approval for 'North Eastern Region Power System Improvement Project (NERPSIP) Tranche-I' scheme was given to strengthen the transmission and distribution infrastructure in Sikkim and Six states of North Eastern Region (Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura). The estimated cost of the scheme is Rs. 5111.33 crores (Feb, 2014 price level). The scheme is being funded by the Govt. of India through the budget of Ministry of Power and the World Bank on 50:50 basis.

(c) : Presently,  44  hydro  projects,  with  an  aggregate  capacity  of 13182 MW, are under construction in the country as per details given in Annex-II.

(d) : The UDAY (Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana) scheme announced by the Ministry of Power specifies targeted activities such as compulsory feeder and Distribution Transformer (DT) metering by States, Consumer  Indexing & GIS Mapping of losses, Upgrade or change transformers,  meters  alongwith  timelines  etc.  Smart  metering  of  all consumers, consuming above 200 units/ month, Demand Side Management (DSM), Quarterly tariff  revision,  campaign  to  check  power  theft,  assured increased  power  supply  in  areas  where  the  Aggregate  Technical  & Commercial (AT&C) losses are reduced etc. are some additional measure to reduce AT&C losses.

The Government of India has set a target for achieving a total Renewable  Capacity  of  175  GW  by  the  end  of  2022  for  increasing  the power generation in the country. This includes 100 GW from Solar, 60 GW from  Wind,  10  GW  from  Biomass  and  5  GW  from  Small  Hydro  Power capacity.

In addition, the revised Tariff Policy notified on 28.01.2016 has given thrust to promote generation of electricity from renewable sources by  introducing  Renewable  Power  Obligations,  Renewable  Generation Obligation, bundling of renewable power with power from thermal plants, compulsory procurement of 100% power produced from all the Waste-toEnergy  Plants  in  the  State  by  the  Distribution  Companies  and  no  interState Transmission charges and losses to be levied for renewable power (solar / wind) till such period as notified by the Government of India.

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