Lok Sabha Question No. 1602 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-26
Subject: Capacity Addition by NTPC
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: RAM CHARITRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1602 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2018

## CAPACITY ADDITION BY NTPC

1602. SHRI RAM CHARITRA NISHAD:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) whether NTPC is planning to invest Rs.16,000 crore for adding 6,900 MW of fresh electricity generation capacity by March, 2019 and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether the NTPC is currently working on adding 21,000 MW capacity and the projects are at different stages of execution and if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether  NTPC  has  planned  capital  expenditure  of  Rs.  23,000  crore  for 2018-19  which  includes  both  debt  and  equity  essentially  for  capacity  addition through the Greenfield route; and

(d) if so, the details thereof?

## A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  R. K. SINGH )

(a) : NTPC is planning to add 5680 MW of fresh capacity in 2018-19 with a budgeted expenditure of Rs.9881.27 Crore.  The details are given at Annexure-I.

(b) : At present, 21,071 MW  of NTPC projects (including JVs & subsidiaries)  are  under  various  stages  of  execution.  Details  are  as  given  at Annexure-II.

(c) & (d) : For  FY  2018-19,  NTPC  has  planned  capital  expenditure  of ` 22,300 crore  (which  includes  Greenfield  projects  as  well  as  expansion  projects)  which will  be  funded  through  mix  of  debt  and  equity  of ` 12,467.83 crore and ` 9,832.17 crore, respectively.

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ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1602 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 26.07.2018. ***************

| Sl. No.   | Project                 |   Capacity (MW) |   BE 2018-19 ( ` Crore) |
|-----------|-------------------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
| 1         | Kudgi-I Unit#3          |             800 |                  844.9  |
| 2         | MUNPL-Meja Unit#1       |             660 |                 1062.35 |
| 3         | Lara-I Unit#1           |             800 |                 1323.41 |
| 4         | Bongaigaon Unit#3       |             250 |                  346.54 |
| 5         | Gadarwara Unit#1        |             800 |                 1157.9  |
| 6         | BRBCL-Nabinagar Unit#3  |             250 |                  624.14 |
| 7         | NPGCPL-Nabinagar Unit#1 |             660 |                 2148.54 |
| 8         | Darlipalli Unit#1       |             800 |                 1691.89 |
| 9         | Solapur Unit#2          |             660 |                  681.6  |
|           | Total                   |            5680 |                 9881.27 |

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ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1602 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 26.07.2018.

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| Sl. No.                           | State/Union Territory             | Project                           | Fuel Type                         | Capacity (MW)                     |
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| NTPC owned Projects               | NTPC owned Projects               | NTPC owned Projects               | NTPC owned Projects               | NTPC owned Projects               |
| 1.                                | Assam                             | Bongaigaon                        | Coal                              | 250                               |
| 2.                                | Bihar                             | Barh-I                            | Coal                              | 1980                              |
| 3.                                | Chhattisgarh                      | Lara-I                            | Coal                              | 800                               |
| 4.                                | Jharkhand                         | North Karanpura                   | Coal                              | 1980                              |
| 5.                                | M.P.                              | Khargone                          | Coal                              | 1320                              |
| 6.                                | M.P.                              | Gadarwara-I                       | Coal                              | 1600                              |
| 7.                                | Maharashtra                       | Solapur                           | Coal                              | 660                               |
| 8.                                | Odisha                            | Darlipalli-I                      | Coal                              | 1600                              |
| 9.                                | U.P.                              | Tanda-II                          | Coal                              | 1320                              |
| 10.                               | Uttarakhand                       | Tapovan Vishnugad                 | Hydro                             | 520                               |
| 11.                               | Uttarakhand                       | Lata Tapovan                      | Hydro                             | 171                               |
| 12.                               | West Bengal                       | Rammam-III                        | Hydro                             | 120                               |
| 13.                               | Telangana                         | Telangana                         | Coal                              | 1600                              |
|                                   |                                   |                                   | Sub Total                         | 13921                             |
| Subsidiary/Joint Venture Projects | Subsidiary/Joint Venture Projects | Subsidiary/Joint Venture Projects | Subsidiary/Joint Venture Projects | Subsidiary/Joint Venture Projects |
| 14.                               | Jharkhand                         | Patratu, PVUNL                    | Coal                              | 2400                              |
| 15.                               | Bihar                             | Nabinagar, BRBCL                  | Coal                              | 500                               |
| 16.                               | Bihar                             | Nabinagar, NPGCPL                 | Coal                              | 1980                              |
| 17.                               | U.P.                              | Meja, MUNPL                       | Coal                              | 660                               |
| 18.                               | Odisha                            | Rourkela PP-II                    | Coal                              | 250                               |
| 19.                               | West Bengal                       | Durgapur Power Project III        | Coal                              | 40                                |
| 20.                               | Bangladesh                        | Khulna JV(BIFPCL)                 | Coal                              | 1320                              |
| Sub Total                         | Sub Total                         | Sub Total                         | Sub Total                         | 7150                              |
| Grand Total (MW)                  | Grand Total (MW)                  | Grand Total (MW)                  | Grand Total (MW)                  | 21,071                            |

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