Lok Sabha Question No. 3959 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-10
Subject: Research in Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3959 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2017

## RESEARCH IN POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION

3959. SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO: SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has made any investment to promote research in power generation, transmission and distribution equipment;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the objectives thereof;

(c) the challenges faced by the Government in this regard and the steps taken by the Government to overcome those difficulties/challenges;

(d) whether  there is any  improvement  in the related indices like reduction in transmission losses after the said initiative of the Government;

(e) if so, the State-wise distribution of the related indices since 2010; and

(f) whether the Government is undertaking any other policies for promoting development of generation, distribution and transmission related infrastructure and if so, the details thereof?

## A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL )

(a) & (b) : Ministry of Power through its nodal research body Central Power Research Institute (CPRI) coordinates the research activities in the Power Sector. These research activities  are  directed  towards  generation,  transmission  and  distribution  areas  in  the Power Sector, including the equipment used in these areas.

Besides,  Ministry  of  Power  also  participates  in  research  projects  under Uchhatar  Avishkar  Yojana  (UAY)  and  Impacting  Research  Innovation  and  Technology (IMPRINT) schemes of Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD).

An  outlay  of  Rs.80  Crore  was  approved  for  'Research  &  Development Schemes of CPRI' in June, 2014, out of which Rs. 35.01 crore has been released upto 31.03.2017.

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In addition, various Public Sector Undertakings of Ministry of Power, Ministry of  New  and  Renewable  Energy,  Department  of  Heavy  Industry  are  also  involved  in  R&D activities in Power Sector.

Details  of  the  major  research  projects  taken  up  under  the  Research  & Development Schemes of CPRI as well as by a consortium comprising of NTPC, IGCAR and BHEL are given in Annexure-I.

(c) : No specific difficulties/challenges have come to the notice of the Ministry of Power.

- (d) & (e) : There  has  been  a  gradual  decrease  in  Transmission  and  Distribution  (T&D) losses. State-wise T&D losses since 2009-2010 are indicated at Annexure-II.

(f) : Government  has  taken  several  measures  for  promoting  development  of generation,  distribution  and  transmission  related  infrastructure,  which  inter-alia,  include the following:

- (i) Preparation  of  State  specific  action  plans  for  '24X7  Power  for  All'  covering adequacy of generation, transmission capacity and distribution system.
- (ii) Launching of Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) for rural areas.
- (iii) Launching of Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS) for urban areas.
- (iv) Operationalization of Power System Development Fund (PSDF)
- (v) Launching of Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY).
- (vi) Reduction on the generation cost of coal based power projects.
- (vii) Implementation of Green Energy Corridor for transmission of renewable energy.
- (viii) Amendment in Tariff Policy for increasing procurement of power from expansion of existing private power plants on regulated tariff from 50% to 100% of existing capacity.
- (ix) Approval of new Coal Allocation Policy, 2017, for power sector, namely, SHAKTI (Scheme for Harnessing and Allocating Koyala Transparently in India).
- (x) Amendment  in  Mega  Power  Policy  2009  for  extending  the  time  period  for furnishing  the  final  Mega  certificates  to  120  months  from  60  months  for  the provisional Mega projects (25 projects).

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  &  (b)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3959 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 10.08.2017.

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Major research projects taken up under the Research & Development Schemes of CPRI as well as by a consortium comprising of NTPC, IGCAR and BHEL

-  Technology for  design,  development  and  engineering  of  High  Temperature Superconductors (HTS) power  apparatus, HTS  transformer and Super Conducting Fault Current Limiter (SFCL).
-  Integrated sustainable power generation from short rotation forestry enhanced biomass in rural and semi urban areas within clean development mechanism  (CO2  mitigation)  -  R&D  initiative  for  National  biomass  action plan.
-  Development of Dynamic Voltage Regulator based Voltage source stabilizers for process industry.
-  Feasibility Studies / Design criteria for HTS Power Transmission Cables and demonstration of a simple Laboratory scale single phase HTS.
-  Development of on-line Dissolved Gas Analysis system for power transformers.
-  Hydrogen  Fuel  Generation  by  Splitting  of  Water  using  Nano  sized  Metal Doped Layered Titanates for Fuel Cell Applications.
-  Development of low cost silicon rubber insulator
-  Development of gasification reactor system for conversion of multi fuel to syngas.
-  Power Conversion, Control and Protection Technologies for Micro-Grid.
-  Advanced Ultra Super Critical Technology Development (Adv-USC) has been initiated under the National Mission for Clean Coal (Carbon) Technologies by the  Government,  to  be  implemented  by  a  consortium  comprising  of  NTPC, IGCAR and BHEL under the guidance of Principal Scientific Adviser to Govt. of India.

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## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (d) & (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3959 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 10.08.2017.

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(In percentage)

| State-wise Transmission and Distribution losses (T&D Losses)   | State-wise Transmission and Distribution losses (T&D Losses)   | State-wise Transmission and Distribution losses (T&D Losses)   | State-wise Transmission and Distribution losses (T&D Losses)   | State-wise Transmission and Distribution losses (T&D Losses)   | State-wise Transmission and Distribution losses (T&D Losses)   | State-wise Transmission and Distribution losses (T&D Losses)   | State-wise Transmission and Distribution losses (T&D Losses)   |
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| States/UTs                                                     | 2009-10                                                        | 2010-11                                                        | 2011-12                                                        | T&D Losses 2012-13                                             | 2013-14                                                        | 2014-15                                                        | 2015-16                                                        |
| NORTHERN REGION                                                | NORTHERN REGION                                                | NORTHERN REGION                                                | NORTHERN REGION                                                | NORTHERN REGION                                                | NORTHERN REGION                                                | NORTHERN REGION                                                | NORTHERN REGION                                                |
| Chandigarh                                                     | 23.19                                                          | 20.25                                                          | 23.67                                                          | 19.32                                                          | 19.12                                                          | 19.10                                                          | 18.74                                                          |
| Delhi                                                          | 22.09                                                          | 20.04                                                          | 19.32                                                          | 22.11                                                          | 19.86                                                          | 21.49                                                          | 19.58                                                          |
| Haryana                                                        | 31.00                                                          | 29.66                                                          | 28.58                                                          | 35.95                                                          | 35.83                                                          | 34.05                                                          | 31.61                                                          |
| Himachal                                                       | 20.52                                                          | 22.22                                                          | 18.62                                                          | 19.14                                                          | 21.03                                                          | 20.81                                                          | 18.75                                                          |
| J & K                                                          | 67.35                                                          | 63.27                                                          | 61.78                                                          | 56.63                                                          | 54.68                                                          | 53.06                                                          | 50.06                                                          |
| Punjab                                                         | 23.39                                                          | 25.10                                                          | 23.08                                                          | 20.30                                                          | 20.67                                                          | 18.45                                                          | 18.55                                                          |
| Rajasthan                                                      | 29.99                                                          | 27.87                                                          | 27.94                                                          | 24.93                                                          | 26.92                                                          | 27.51                                                          | 29.13                                                          |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                  | 33.15                                                          | 34.01                                                          | 32.35                                                          | 26.88                                                          | 29.07                                                          | 27.19                                                          | 24.51                                                          |
| Uttarakhand                                                    | 25.27                                                          | 29.97                                                          | 28.67                                                          | 26.93                                                          | 21.82                                                          | 24.53                                                          | 25.60                                                          |
| NR                                                             | 30.21                                                          | 29.87                                                          | 28.66                                                          | 27.22                                                          | 27.90                                                          | 27.17                                                          | 26.14                                                          |
| WESTERN REGION                                                 | WESTERN REGION                                                 | WESTERN REGION                                                 | WESTERN REGION                                                 | WESTERN REGION                                                 | WESTERN REGION                                                 | WESTERN REGION                                                 | WESTERN REGION                                                 |
| Chhattisgarh                                                   | 18.62                                                          | 15.06                                                          | 16.45                                                          | 28.83                                                          | 28.38                                                          | 29.21                                                          | 30.78                                                          |
| Gujarat                                                        | 22.77                                                          | 19.24                                                          | 21.81                                                          | 18.48                                                          | 18.11                                                          | 19.28                                                          | 19.10                                                          |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                 | 38.32                                                          | 37.62                                                          | 34.47                                                          | 31.45                                                          | 31.47                                                          | 32.26                                                          | 28.61                                                          |
| Maharashtra                                                    | 25.16                                                          | 20.68                                                          | 19.99                                                          | 21.82                                                          | 21.80                                                          | 20.39                                                          | 19.89                                                          |
| Daman & Diu                                                    | 17.19                                                          | 16.83                                                          | 14.50                                                          | 15.61                                                          | 13.77                                                          | 29.63                                                          | 31.85                                                          |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli                                           | 11.21                                                          | 10.14                                                          | 12.07                                                          | 9.86                                                           | 8.55                                                           | 10.33                                                          | 10.06                                                          |
| Goa                                                            | 16.99                                                          | 15.27                                                          | 12.43                                                          | 13.35                                                          | 12.67                                                          | 14.97                                                          | 18.04                                                          |
| WR                                                             | 25.77                                                          | 22.50                                                          | 22.39                                                          | 22.66                                                          | 22.58                                                          | 22.81                                                          | 22.07                                                          |
| SOUTHERN REGION                                                | SOUTHERN REGION                                                | SOUTHERN REGION                                                | SOUTHERN REGION                                                | SOUTHERN REGION                                                | SOUTHERN REGION                                                | SOUTHERN REGION                                                | SOUTHERN REGION                                                |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                 | 18.37                                                          | 16.59                                                          | 17.46                                                          | 19.30                                                          | 20.06                                                          | 17.94                                                          | 16.16                                                          |
| Telangana                                                      |                                                                |                                                                |                                                                |                                                                |                                                                | 15.72                                                          | 16.48                                                          |
| Karnataka                                                      | 18.76                                                          | 17.34                                                          | 12.66                                                          | 11.14                                                          | 10.18                                                          | 11.50                                                          | 10.51                                                          |
| Kerala                                                         | 19.59                                                          | 18.29                                                          | 17.23                                                          | 17.73                                                          | 14.99                                                          | 15.40                                                          | 11.58                                                          |
| Tamil Nadu                                                     | 18.41                                                          | 13.47                                                          | 16.34                                                          | 14.51                                                          | 10.84                                                          | 11.07                                                          | 10.85                                                          |
| Puducherry                                                     | 11.84                                                          | 12.41                                                          | 14.66                                                          | 13.53                                                          | 14.83                                                          | 14.90                                                          | 14.01                                                          |
| Lakshadweep                                                    | 11.59                                                          | 25.65                                                          | 22.47                                                          | 18.60                                                          | 11.20                                                          | 3.63                                                           | 9.81                                                           |
| SR                                                             | 18.50                                                          | 15.81                                                          | 15.81                                                          | 15.66                                                          | 14.37                                                          | 13.65                                                          | 12.85                                                          |
| EASTERN REGION                                                 | EASTERN REGION                                                 | EASTERN REGION                                                 | EASTERN REGION                                                 | EASTERN REGION                                                 | EASTERN REGION                                                 | EASTERN REGION                                                 | EASTERN REGION                                                 |
| Bihar                                                          | 43.58                                                          | 50.77                                                          | 50.89                                                          | 49.42                                                          | 47.26                                                          | 46.27                                                          | 42.82                                                          |
| Jharkhand                                                      | 22.24                                                          | 17.07                                                          | 14.34                                                          | 13.58                                                          | 13.06                                                          | 17.20                                                          | 16.99                                                          |
| Odisha                                                         | 37.00                                                          | 42.47                                                          | 44.63                                                          | 39.84                                                          | 38.86                                                          | 41.96                                                          | 39.10                                                          |
| West Bengal                                                    | 18.33                                                          | 22.40                                                          | 23.19                                                          | 24.07                                                          | 24.05                                                          | 24.66                                                          | 22.16                                                          |
| Sikkim                                                         | 39.01                                                          | 33.67                                                          | 31.12                                                          | 28.14                                                          | 23.11                                                          | 24.97                                                          | 26.52                                                          |
| A.& N. Islands                                                 | 19.76                                                          | 20.68                                                          | 18.16                                                          | 18.14                                                          | 19.79                                                          | 20.50                                                          | 14.47                                                          |
| ER                                                             | 26.57                                                          | 29.70                                                          | 30.20                                                          | 28.72                                                          | 28.37                                                          | 30.66                                                          | 28.63                                                          |
| NORTH EASTERN REGION                                           | NORTH EASTERN REGION                                           | NORTH EASTERN REGION                                           | NORTH EASTERN REGION                                           | NORTH EASTERN REGION                                           | NORTH EASTERN REGION                                           | NORTH EASTERN REGION                                           | NORTH EASTERN REGION                                           |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                              | 48.04                                                          | 47.12                                                          | 46.25                                                          | 46.00                                                          | 46.30                                                          | 46.24                                                          | 50.60                                                          |
| Assam                                                          | 32.82                                                          | 34.17                                                          | 33.48                                                          | 30.68                                                          | 31.08                                                          | 27.57                                                          | 25.20                                                          |
| Manipur                                                        | 54.66                                                          | 50.87                                                          | 40.45                                                          | 35.12                                                          | 38.51                                                          | 40.95                                                          | 44.45                                                          |
| Meghalaya                                                      | 39.06                                                          | 35.77                                                          | 30.97                                                          | 23.64                                                          | 21.38                                                          | 33.14                                                          | 32.32                                                          |
| Mizoram                                                        | 53.80                                                          | 45.63                                                          | 47.73                                                          | 37.79                                                          | 41.54                                                          | 42.05                                                          | 36.11                                                          |
| Nagaland                                                       | 56.91                                                          | 48.24                                                          | 41.53                                                          | 40.16                                                          | 35.79                                                          | 26.51                                                          | 29.89                                                          |
| Tripura                                                        | 35.55                                                          | 27.36                                                          | 39.07                                                          | 31.73                                                          | 35.35                                                          | 35.93                                                          | 30.56                                                          |
| NER                                                            | 25.39                                                          | 37.03                                                          | 35.94                                                          | 31.92                                                          | 32.31                                                          | 31.74                                                          | 29.75                                                          |
| All India                                                      | 25.47                                                          | 23.97                                                          | 23.65                                                          | 23.04                                                          | 22.84                                                          | 22.77                                                          | 21.81                                                          |

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