Lok Sabha Question No. 1635 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-01
Subject: Hydro Potential in the Country
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Shri Dushyant Singh, Shri Rajkumar Chahar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1635

## ANSWERED ON 01.08.2024

## HYDRO POTENTIAL IN THE COUNTRY

1635  SHRI DUSHYANT SINGH: SHRI RAJKUMAR CHAHAR:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  Power  Purchase  Agreement  between  Ratle  Hydro Electric  Power  Corporation  Limited  (RHPCL)  and  Rajasthan  Urja  Vikas,  IT Services Limited;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  initiative  to  harness  the  hydro potential  including  the  hydro  pumped  storage  potential  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (c) the details of the hydro potential in the country, State-wise; and
- (d) the  number  of  hydro  projects  in  the  country  whose  Detailed  Project Reports (DPRs) have been concurred by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) during the last ten years for taking up construction along with the number of DPRs under preparation, State-wise?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

- (a) : The  Power  Purchase  Agreement  (PPA)  between  Ratle  Hydro  Electric Power  Corporation  Limited  (RHPCL)  and  Rajasthan  Urja  Vikas,  IT  Services Limited  has  been  signed  on  03.01.2024  for  purchase  of  power  from  Ratle Hydroelectric Project for a period of 40 years at a tariff to be determined by the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC).
- (b) : The  Government  of  India  has  taken  following  initiatives  to  harness  the hydro potential including the hydro pumped storage potential:
- i. Declaring large hydropower projects (capacity above 25 MW) as renewable energy source.
- ii. Hydro  Purchase  Obligation  (HPO)  as  a  separate  entity  within  Non-solar Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO).
- iii. Tariff rationalization measures for bringing down hydropower tariff.
- iv. Budgetary support for Flood Moderation/Storage hydroelectric projects.
- v. Budgetary support towards cost of enabling infrastructure, i.e. roads/bridges.
- vi. Guidelines to promote development of Pumped Storage Projects (PSPs) in the country was issued on 10 th  April, 2023.
- vii. Waiver of Inter State Transmission System (ISTS) charges for hydroelectric projects and PSPs.
- viii. Reduction of timeline by Central Electricity Authority (CEA) for concurrence of Detailed Project Report (DPR).

(c) : As per the reassessment study carried out by CEA during the period 20172023,  the  exploitable  large  hydro  potential  in  the  country  is  1,33,410  MW. Further, the identified pumped storage potential is 1,76,280 MW.  The State/UTwise details are attached at Annexure-I.

(d) : CEA  has  concurred  24  hydroelectric  schemes  including  PSPs  with  an aggregate installed capacity of 15,569 MW during the last ten years. Further, 17 hydroelectric  projects  aggregating  to  11,376  MW  and  38  PSPs  aggregating  to 55,330 MW are under Survey & Investigation (S&I) for preparation of DPR. The State/UT-wise details are attached at Annexure-II.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1635 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 01.08.2024

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## State/UT-wise details of Hydro Potential including Pumped Storage Potential (Installed capacity - above 25 MW)

As on 30.06.2024

| UT                | CONVENTIONAL              | PUMPED STORAGE             |
|-------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|
| Region/ State/    | Exploitable Potential(MW) | Exploitable Potential*(MW) |
| NORTHERN          |                           |                            |
| Jammu & Kashmir   | 12264                     |                            |
| Ladakh            | 707                       |                            |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 18305                     | 7260                       |
| Punjab            | 1301                      |                            |
| Haryana           |                           |                            |
| Rajasthan         | 411                       | 9200                       |
| Uttarakhand       | 13481                     | 1000                       |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 502                       | 13440                      |
| Sub Total (NR)    | 46971                     | 30900                      |
| WESTERN           |                           |                            |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 2819                      | 8560                       |
| Chhattisgarh      | 1311                      | 8925                       |
| Gujarat           | 550                       | 6140                       |
| Maharashtra       | 3144                      | 42955                      |
| Goa               |                           |                            |
| Sub Total (WR)    | 7824                      | 66580                      |
| SOUTHERN          |                           |                            |
| Andhra Pradesh    | 2596                      | 26420                      |
| Telangana         | 1302                      | 8755                       |
| Karnataka         | 4414                      | 7600                       |
| Kerala            | 2473                      | 1200                       |
| Tamil Nadu        | 1785                      | 16500                      |
| Sub Total (SR)    | 12570                     | 60475                      |
| EASTERN           |                           |                            |
| Jharkhand         | 300                       | 1500                       |
| Bihar             | 130                       |                            |
| Odisha            | 2825                      | 4795                       |
| West Bengal       | 809                       | 5500                       |
| Sikkim            | 6051                      |                            |
| Sub Total (ER)    | 10115                     | 11795                      |
| NORTH EASTERN     |                           |                            |
| Meghalaya         | 2026                      |                            |
| Tripura           |                           |                            |
| Manipur           | 615                       |                            |
| Assam             | 643                       | 320                        |
| Nagaland          | 325                       |                            |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 50394                     | 660                        |
| Mizoram           | 1927                      | 5550                       |
| Sub Total (NER)   | 55930                     | 6530                       |
| ALL INDIA         | 133410                    | 176280                     |

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ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1635 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 01.08.2024

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State/UT-wise number of Hydro Schemes including Pumped Storage Projects (PSPs) concurred by CEA during last ten years along with number of Projects under Survey & Investigation (S&I) for preparation of DPR

| Sl. No.          | State/ UT   | Number of Hydro Electric Schemes including PSPs concurred by CEA during last ten years   | Number of Hydro Projects under S&I for preparation of DPR   | Nos. of PSPs under S&I for preparation of DPR   |
|------------------|-------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| 1 Andhra         | Pradesh 2   | -                                                                                        | 16                                                          |                                                 |
| 2 Arunachal      | Pradesh 5   |                                                                                          | 8                                                           | -                                               |
| 3 Assam          | 1           |                                                                                          | -                                                           | -                                               |
| 4 Himachal       | Pradesh 5   |                                                                                          | 4                                                           | -                                               |
| 5 Jammu &        | Kashmir 6   | 1                                                                                        |                                                             | -                                               |
| 6 Manipur        | 1           |                                                                                          | -                                                           | -                                               |
| 7 Meghalaya      | 2           | 1                                                                                        |                                                             | -                                               |
| 8 West Bengal    | 1           |                                                                                          | 1                                                           | -                                               |
| 9 Odisha         | 1           | -                                                                                        |                                                             | -                                               |
| 10 Uttarakhand   | -           |                                                                                          | 1                                                           | -                                               |
| 11 Kerala        | -           |                                                                                          | 1                                                           | -                                               |
| 12 Rajasthan     | -           |                                                                                          | -                                                           | 3                                               |
| 13 Uttar Pradesh | -           |                                                                                          | -                                                           | 4                                               |
| 14 Madhya        | Pradesh     | -                                                                                        | -                                                           | 2                                               |
| 15               | Maharashtra | -                                                                                        | -                                                           | 10                                              |
| 16               | Karnataka   | -                                                                                        | -                                                           | 3                                               |
|                  | Total       | 24                                                                                       | 17                                                          | 38                                              |

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