Lok Sabha Question No. 3179 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-04
Subject: Power Crisis
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Kunwar Danish Ali, Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3179

## ANSWERED ON 04.08.2022

## POWER CRISIS

†3179. KUNWAR DANISH ALI:

## SHRI RAJIV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there is power crisis in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government has identified the States facing severe power crisis and if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (d) the assessment related to actual power generation from different sources along with the requirement of electricity, State-wise;
- (e) whether currently all the power plants have coal storage as per stipulated norms or not and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) the steps being taken by the Union Government to increase power generation to meet the demand of the said States?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) to (d) : At present, there is adequate installed capacity in the country to meet the demand. As on 30.06.2022, the installed generation capacity of the country was 403.76 Giga Watt (GW) as against the Peak Power Demand of the country of around 215.89 Giga Watt (GW) which had occurred in the month of April, 2022. The details of actual All India Power Supply Position during the current year i.e. 2022-23 (April, 2022 to June, 2022), are given at Annexure-I.  There was a gap of 1% between the energy requirement and energy  supplied  during  this  period  and  this  gap  between  Energy  Requirement  and Energy  Supplied  was  generally  on  account  of  factors,  other  than  adequacy  of  power availability in the country e.g. constraints in distribution network, financial constraints, commercial reasons, outages of generating units etc.

The details of State/UT wise power supply position in the country during the  current  year  i.e.  2022-23  (April,  2022  to  June,  2022),  are  given  at  Annexure-II. Further,  the  details  of  source-wise  power  generation  (Program  &  Actual)  from  all sources  fossil  and  non  fossil  during  the  current  year  2022-23  (upto  June,  2022),  are given at Annexure-III.

……..2.

(e) : As on 30.07.2022, the coal stock available with the thermal power plants monitored  on  daily  basis  by  CEA  was  about  29.6  MT,  which  was  about  52%  of  the normative coal stock required to be maintained by the Thermal Power Plants (TPPs).

(f) : In  order  to  meet  the  consistent  increase  in  demand  of  electricity  in  the country,  Thermal  Power  Projects  (39  units)  of  an  aggregate  capacity  27,550  MW  are under  construction  in  the  country.  Further,  36  Hydro  Electric  Projects  (above  25  MW capacity)  totalling  to  14,103.5  MW  are  also  under  construction  in  the  country.  Apart from this, Nuclear Power Plants of 8,700 MW capacity are under construction and 7,000 MW of Nuclear Power Plants have been accorded Administrative Approval and Financial Sanction.

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ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3179 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 04.08.2022

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The details of actual All India Power Supply Position during the current year i.e. 2022-23 (April, 2022 to June, 2022)

|         | ENERGY [in Million Units (MU)]   | ENERGY [in Million Units (MU)]   | ENERGY [in Million Units (MU)]   | ENERGY [in Million Units (MU)]   |
|---------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| Year    | Energy Requirement               | Energy Supplied                  | Energy not Supplied              | Energy not Supplied              |
|         | (MU)                             | (MU)                             | (MU)                             | (%)                              |
| 2022-23 | 404,761                          | 400,654                          | 4,107                            | 1.0                              |

(*)  Provisional

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3179 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 04.08.2022 **************

## The details of State/UT wise power supply position in the country during the current year i.e. 2022-23 (April, 2022 to June, 2022)

| Power Supply Position (Energy) during the period April, 2022 - June, 2022 (Provisional)   | Power Supply Position (Energy) during the period April, 2022 - June, 2022 (Provisional)   | Power Supply Position (Energy) during the period April, 2022 - June, 2022 (Provisional)   | Power Supply Position (Energy) during the period April, 2022 - June, 2022 (Provisional)   | Power Supply Position (Energy) during the period April, 2022 - June, 2022 (Provisional)   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| State / System / Region                                                                   | April, Energy Requirement ( MU )                                                          | 2022 - June, 2022 Energy Supplied ( MU )                                                  | Energy not Supplied MU )                                                                  | %)                                                                                        |
| Chandigarh                                                                                | 527                                                                                       | 527                                                                                       | 0                                                                                         | 0.0                                                                                       |
| Delhi                                                                                     | 10,895                                                                                    | 10,892                                                                                    | 3                                                                                         | 0.0                                                                                       |
| Haryana                                                                                   | 16,967                                                                                    | 16,598                                                                                    | 369                                                                                       | 2.2                                                                                       |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                                          | 3,112                                                                                     | 3,048                                                                                     | 63                                                                                        | 2.0                                                                                       |
| UT of J&K and Ladakh                                                                      | 4,665                                                                                     | 4,441                                                                                     | 224                                                                                       | 4.8                                                                                       |
| Punjab                                                                                    | 18,730                                                                                    | 18,564                                                                                    | 166                                                                                       | 0.9                                                                                       |
| Rajasthan                                                                                 | 26,152                                                                                    | 25,430                                                                                    | 722                                                                                       | 2.8                                                                                       |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                                             | 42,423                                                                                    |                                                                                           | 757                                                                                       | 1.8                                                                                       |
| Uttarakhand                                                                               | 4,355                                                                                     | 41,666                                                                                    | 102                                                                                       | 2.3                                                                                       |
|                                                                                           |                                                                                           | 4,254                                                                                     |                                                                                           |                                                                                           |
| Northern Region                                                                           | 128,112                                                                                   | 125,706                                                                                   | 2,405                                                                                     | 1.9                                                                                       |
| Chhattisgarh                                                                              | 9,697                                                                                     | 9,643                                                                                     | 54                                                                                        | 0.6                                                                                       |
| Gujarat                                                                                   | 38,693                                                                                    | 38,689                                                                                    | 4                                                                                         | 0.0                                                                                       |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                                            | 23,469                                                                                    | 23,167 51,412                                                                             | 302                                                                                       | 1.3                                                                                       |
| Maharashtra                                                                               | 51,522                                                                                    |                                                                                           | 109                                                                                       | 0.2                                                                                       |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu                                                      | 2,514                                                                                     | 2,514                                                                                     | 0                                                                                         | 0.0                                                                                       |
| Goa                                                                                       | 1,279                                                                                     | 1,278                                                                                     | 0                                                                                         | 0.0                                                                                       |
| Western Region                                                                            | 128,545                                                                                   | 128,075                                                                                   | 470                                                                                       | 0.4                                                                                       |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                                            | 12,770                                                                                    | 18,530                                                                                    | 403                                                                                       | 2.1                                                                                       |
| Telangana                                                                                 | 18,307                                                                                    | 18,284                                                                                    | 22                                                                                        | 0.1                                                                                       |
| Karnataka                                                                                 | 19,006                                                                                    | 18,983                                                                                    | 23                                                                                        | 0.1                                                                                       |
| Kerala                                                                                    | 7,090                                                                                     | 7,075                                                                                     | 15                                                                                        | 0.2                                                                                       |
| Tamil Nadu                                                                                | 30,967                                                                                    | 30,894                                                                                    | 73                                                                                        | 0.2                                                                                       |
| Puducherry                                                                                | 846                                                                                       | 845                                                                                       | 1                                                                                         | 0.1                                                                                       |
| Lakshadweep                                                                               | 17                                                                                        | 17                                                                                        | 0                                                                                         | 0.0                                                                                       |
| Bihar                                                                                     | 10,826                                                                                    | 10,568                                                                                    | 258                                                                                       | 2.4                                                                                       |
| DVC                                                                                       | 6,561                                                                                     | 6,554                                                                                     | 7                                                                                         | 0.1                                                                                       |
| Jharkhand                                                                                 | 3,217                                                                                     | 2,901                                                                                     | 316                                                                                       | 9.8                                                                                       |
| Odisha                                                                                    | 11,140                                                                                    | 11,095                                                                                    | 45                                                                                        | 0.4                                                                                       |
| West Bengal                                                                               | 16,569                                                                                    | 16,524                                                                                    | 45                                                                                        | 0.3                                                                                       |
| Sikkim                                                                                    | 140                                                                                       | 140                                                                                       | 0                                                                                         | 0.0                                                                                       |
| Andaman- Nicobar                                                                          |                                                                                           |                                                                                           | 0                                                                                         | 0.0                                                                                       |
|                                                                                           | 89                                                                                        | 89                                                                                        |                                                                                           |                                                                                           |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                                         | 224                                                                                       | 219                                                                                       | 5                                                                                         | 2.1                                                                                       |
| Assam                                                                                     | 2,725                                                                                     |                                                                                           | 0                                                                                         | 0.0                                                                                       |
| Manipur                                                                                   | 226                                                                                       | 2,725                                                                                     | 1                                                                                         | 0.3                                                                                       |
|                                                                                           |                                                                                           | 225                                                                                       |                                                                                           |                                                                                           |
| Meghalaya                                                                                 | 496                                                                                       | 488                                                                                       | 8                                                                                         | 1.6                                                                                       |
| Nagaland                                                                                  | 224                                                                                       | 213                                                                                       | 11                                                                                        | 4.8                                                                                       |
| Tripura                                                                                   |                                                                                           |                                                                                           |                                                                                           |                                                                                           |
|                                                                                           | 418                                                                                       | 418                                                                                       | 0                                                                                         | 0.0                                                                                       |
| North-Eastern Region                                                                      | 4,477                                                                                     | 4,452                                                                                     | 25                                                                                        | 0.6                                                                                       |
| All India                                                                                 | 404,761                                                                                   | 400,654                                                                                   | 4,107                                                                                     | 1.0                                                                                       |

(*) Provisional

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## ANNEXURE-III

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3179 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 04.08.2022

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The details of source-wise power generated (Program & Actual) from Fossil Fuel during the current year 2022-23 (upto June, 2022)

|                       |                   |         | Fuel              | Monitored                         | 2022-23 (upto June-2022)   | 2022-23 (upto June-2022)   |
|-----------------------|-------------------|---------|-------------------|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| Region                | State             | Source  |                   | Capacity (in MW) as on 30.06.2022 | Program (in MU)            | Generation (in MU)         |
| Northern Region       | DELHI             |         | NATURAL GAS       | 2208.40                           | 1637.00                    | 1415.86                    |
| Northern Region       | HARYANA           | THERMAL | COAL              | 5330.00                           | 6335.00                    | 8807.94                    |
| Northern Region       | HARYANA           |         | NATURAL GAS       | 431.59                            | 80.00                      | 2.55                       |
| Northern Region       | JAMMU AND KASHMIR | THERMAL | HIGH SPEED DIESEL | 175.00                            | 0.00                       | 0.00                       |
| Northern Region       | PUNJAB            | THERMAL | COAL              | 5680.00                           | 7531.00                    | 8358.67                    |
| Northern Region       | RAJASTHAN         | THERMAL | COAL              | 8900.00                           | 13808.00                   | 12384.86                   |
| Northern Region       | RAJASTHAN         |         | LIGNITE           | 1580.00                           | 2142.00                    | 2059.90                    |
| Northern Region       | RAJASTHAN         |         | NATURAL GAS       | 1022.83                           | 314.00                     | 341.68                     |
| Northern Region       | UTTAR PRADESH     | THERMAL | COAL              | 24389.00                          | 36552.00                   | 41080.57                   |
| Northern Region       |                   |         | LIGNITE           | 0.00                              | 447.00                     | 0.00                       |
| Northern Region       |                   |         | NATURAL GAS       | 1493.14                           | 438.00                     | 574.34                     |
| Northern Region       | UTTARAKHAND       | THERMAL | NATURAL GAS       | 450.00                            | 263.00                     | 0.00                       |
| Western Region        | CHHATTISGARH      | THERMAL | COAL              | 23688.00                          | 37723.00                   | 35257.83                   |
| Western Region        | GOA               | THERMAL | NAPTHA            | 48.00                             | 0.00                       | 0.00                       |
| Western Region        | GUJARAT           | THERMAL | COAL              | 14692.00                          | 16928.00                   | 15913.37                   |
| Western Region        |                   |         | LIGNITE           | 1400.00                           | 1277.00                    | 1548.40                    |
| Western Region        |                   |         | NATURAL GAS       | 7551.41                           | 2716.00                    | 844.34                     |
| Western Region        | MADHYA PRADESH    | THERMAL | COAL              | 21950.00                          | 36570.00                   | 37979.05                   |
| Western Region        | MAHARASHTRA       | THERMAL | COAL              | 23856.00                          | 32738.00                   | 34428.49                   |
| Western Region        |                   |         | NATURAL GAS       | 3207.08                           | 1710.00                    | 985.37                     |
| Southern Region       | ANDHRA PRADESH    | THERMAL | COAL              | 11590.00                          | 17658.00                   | 15843.56                   |
| Southern Region       |                   |         | DIESEL            | 36.80                             | 0.00                       | 0.00                       |
| Southern Region       |                   |         | NATURAL GAS       | 4898.54                           | 616.00                     | 338.27                     |
| Southern Region       | KARNATAKA         | THERMAL | COAL              | 9480.00                           | 10657.00                   | 10931.86                   |
| Southern Region       |                   |         | DIESEL            | 25.20                             | 0.00                       | 0.00                       |
| Southern Region       |                   |         | NATURAL GAS       | 0.00                              | 124.00                     | 0.00                       |
| Southern Region       | KERALA            | THERMAL | DIESEL            | 159.96                            | 0.00                       | 0.12                       |
| Southern Region       |                   |         | NAPTHA            | 533.58                            | 0.00                       | 0.00                       |
| Southern Region       | PUDUCHERRY        | THERMAL | NATURAL GAS       | 32.50                             | 58.00                      | 56.43                      |
| Southern Region       | TAMIL NADU        | THERMAL | COAL              | 10045.00                          | 14346.00                   | 11560.52                   |
| Southern Region       |                   |         | DIESEL            | 211.70                            | 0.00                       | 0.00                       |
| Southern Region       |                   |         | LIGNITE           | 3640.00                           | 4836.00                    | 6524.19                    |
| Southern Region       |                   |         | NAPTHA            | 120.00                            | 0.00                       | 0.83                       |
| Southern Region       |                   |         | NATURAL GAS       | 897.18                            | 508.00                     | 511.02                     |
| Southern Region       | TELANGANA         | THERMAL | COAL              | 7842.50                           | 14274.00                   | 13573.89                   |
| Eastern Region        | ANDAMAN NICOBAR   | THERMAL | DIESEL            | 40.05                             | 37.00                      | 30.59                      |
| Eastern Region        | BIHAR             | THERMAL | COAL              | 8400.00                           | 13031.00                   | 14383.62                   |
| Eastern Region        | JHARKHAND         | THERMAL | COAL              | 4250.00                           | 7359.00                    | 7876.63                    |
| Eastern Region        | ODISHA            | THERMAL | COAL              | 9540.00                           | 16442.00                   | 15820.61                   |
| Eastern Region        | WEST BENGAL       | THERMAL | COAL              | 13697.00                          | 21848.00                   | 22331.80                   |
| Eastern Region        |                   |         | HIGH SPEED DIESEL | 80.00                             | 0.00                       | 0.00                       |
| North- Eastern Region | ASSAM             | THERMAL | COAL              | 750.00                            | 889.00                     | 1419.76                    |
| North- Eastern Region |                   |         | NATURAL GAS       | 620.36                            | 698.00                     | 873.34                     |
| North- Eastern Region | MANIPUR           | THERMAL | DIESEL            | 36.00                             | 0.00                       | 0.00                       |
| North- Eastern Region | TRIPURA           | THERMAL | NATURAL GAS       | 1099.60                           | 1468.00                    | 1556.91                    |
|                       | Grand Total:      |         |                   | 236078.42                         | 324058.00                  | 325617.17                  |

## The details  of  source-wise  power  generated  (Program  &  Actual)  from  Non-Fossil  Fuel  during  the current year 2022-23 (upto June, 2022)

|                       |                   |         |         | Monitored Capacity (in   | 2022-23 (upto June-2022)   | 2022-23 (upto June-2022)   |
|-----------------------|-------------------|---------|---------|--------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| Region                | State             | Source  | Fuel    | MW) as on 30.06.2022     | Program (in MU)            | Generation (in MU)         |
| Northern Region       | HIMACHAL PRADESH  | HYDRO   | HYDRO   | 10263.02                 | 11155.00                   | 10325.19                   |
| Northern Region       | JAMMU AND KASHMIR | HYDRO   | HYDRO   | 3360.00                  | 5919.00                    | 5942.96                    |
| Northern Region       | LADAKH            | HYDRO   | HYDRO   | 89.00                    | 114.00                     | 108.64                     |
| Northern Region       | PUNJAB            | HYDRO   | HYDRO   | 1096.30                  | 1017.00                    | 956.32                     |
| Northern Region       | RAJASTHAN         | NUCLEAR | NUCLEAR | 1180.00                  | 1708.00                    | 1930.41                    |
| Northern Region       |                   | HYDRO   | HYDRO   | 411.00                   | 4.00                       | 65.19                      |
| Northern Region       | UTTAR PRADESH     | NUCLEAR | NUCLEAR | 440.00                   | 615.00                     | 503.79                     |
| Northern Region       |                   | HYDRO   | HYDRO   | 501.60                   | 376.00                     | 194.47                     |
| Northern Region       | UTTARAKHAND       | HYDRO   | HYDRO   | 3975.35                  | 3404.00                    | 3833.33                    |
| Western Region        | CHHATTISGARH      | HYDRO   | HYDRO   | 120.00                   | 40.00                      | 59.17                      |
| Western Region        | GUJARAT           | NUCLEAR | NUCLEAR | 440.00                   | 1578.00                    | 939.92                     |
| Western Region        |                   | HYDRO   | HYDRO   | 1990.00                  | 762.00                     | 530.95                     |
| Western Region        | MADHYA PRADESH    | HYDRO   | HYDRO   | 2235.00                  | 853.00                     | 764.35                     |
| Western Region        | MAHARASHTRA       | NUCLEAR | NUCLEAR | 1400.00                  | 2199.00                    | 2371.16                    |
| Western Region        |                   | HYDRO   | HYDRO   | 3047.00                  | 1798.00                    | 1912.08                    |
| Southern Region       | ANDHRA PRADESH    | HYDRO   | HYDRO   | 1610.00                  | 451.00                     | 358.44                     |
| Southern Region       | KARNATAKA         | NUCLEAR | NUCLEAR | 880.00                   | 1443.00                    | 1934.04                    |
| Southern Region       |                   | HYDRO   | HYDRO   | 3689.20                  | 3059.00                    | 3074.98                    |
| Southern Region       | KERALA            | HYDRO   | HYDRO   | 1856.50                  | 2053.00                    | 1879.00                    |
| Southern Region       | TAMIL NADU        | NUCLEAR | NUCLEAR | 2440.00                  | 2987.00                    | 3233.97                    |
| Southern Region       |                   | HYDRO   | HYDRO   | 2178.20                  | 595.00                     | 877.13                     |
| Southern Region       | TELANGANA         | HYDRO   | HYDRO   | 2405.60                  | 229.00                     | 193.10                     |
| Eastern Region        | JHARKHAND         | HYDRO   | HYDRO   | 210.00                   | 20.00                      | 23.77                      |
| Eastern Region        | ODISHA            | HYDRO   | HYDRO   | 2154.55                  | 1117.00                    | 1037.54                    |
| Eastern Region        | SIKKIM            | HYDRO   | HYDRO   | 2282.00                  | 2892.00                    | 3462.28                    |
| Eastern Region        | WEST BENGAL       | HYDRO   | HYDRO   | 1341.20                  | 701.00                     | 872.96                     |
| North- Eastern Region | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | HYDRO   | HYDRO   | 1115.00                  | 1129.00                    | 1279.76                    |
| North- Eastern Region | ASSAM             | HYDRO   | HYDRO   | 350.00                   | 139.00                     | 107.37                     |
| North- Eastern Region | MANIPUR           | HYDRO   | HYDRO   | 105.00                   | 140.00                     | 146.75                     |
| North- Eastern Region | MEGHALAYA         | HYDRO   | HYDRO   | 322.00                   | 211.00                     | 307.85                     |
| North- Eastern Region | MIZORAM           | HYDRO   | HYDRO   | 60.00                    | 12.00                      | 13.40                      |
| North- Eastern Region | NAGALAND          | HYDRO   | HYDRO   | 75.00                    | 31.00                      | 41.01                      |
| Bhutan (IMPORT)       | Bhutan (IMPORT)   |         | HYDRO   | 0.00                     | 2036.00                    | 1772.80                    |
| Grand Total:          | Grand Total:      |         |         | 53622.52                 | 50787.00                   | 51054.08                   |

|          | Name of State/UT     |   RE Generation April'2022-June'2022 |
|----------|----------------------|--------------------------------------|
| Northern | Chandigarh           |                                 3.27 |
| Region   | Delhi                |                               131.49 |
|          | Haryana              |                               421.23 |
|          | Himachal Pradesh     |                               600.91 |
|          | Jammu & Kashmir      |                               123.97 |
|          | Ladakh               |                                 0    |
|          | Punjab               |                               902.4  |
|          | Rajasthan            |                             11076.5  |
|          | Uttar Pradesh        |                              1603.16 |
|          | Uttarakhand          |                               233.43 |
|          | Sub Total            |                             15096.4  |
| Western  | Chhattisgarh         |                               507.63 |
| Region   | Gujarat              |                              9323.99 |
|          | Madhya Pradesh       |                              3045.5  |
|          | Maharashtra          |                              4557.6  |
|          | Daman & Diu          |                                12.49 |
|          | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |                                 6.94 |
|          | Goa                  |                                 2.53 |
|          | Sub Total            |                             17456.7  |

| Southern   | Andhra Pradesh    |   4638.63 |
|------------|-------------------|-----------|
| Region     | Telangana         |   1931.29 |
|            | Karnataka         |   7222.48 |
|            | Kerala            |    383.93 |
|            | Tamil Nadu        |   7849.94 |
|            | Lakshadweep       |      0.03 |
|            | Puducherry        |      3.06 |
|            | Sub Total         |  22029.4  |
| Eastern    | Andaman Nicobar   |      9.87 |
| Region     | Bihar             |     46.67 |
|            | Jharkhand         |      5.59 |
|            | Odisha            |    238.61 |
|            | Sikkim            |      3.09 |
|            | West Bengal       |    488.44 |
|            | Sub Total         |    792.27 |
| North-     | Arunachal Pradesh |     13.82 |
| Eastern    | Assam             |     53.54 |
| Region     | Manipur           |      2.05 |
|            | Meghalaya         |     20.47 |
|            | Mizoram           |      1.92 |
|            | Nagaland          |     18.79 |
|            | Tripura           |      1.49 |
|            | Sub Total         |    112.08 |
|            | Grand Total       |  55486.8  |

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