Lok Sabha Question No. 1904 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-11
Subject: New Power Projects to increase Electricity Production
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Shri Ashok Kumar Rawat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1904 ANSWERED ON 11.12.2025

## NEW POWER PROJECTS TO INCREASE ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION

†1904.  SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the details and names of the projects for which funds have been given to increase the production and provide 24X7 supply of electricity in the country;
- (b) whether new projects have been announced and works on those is under progress;
- (c) if  so,  the  time  by  which  the  targets  are  likely  to  be  achieved  under  the projects;
- (d) whether the demand for electricity in megawatt is increasing in rural and urban areas of the country every year; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government to meet the said demand?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

(a) to (c): As  per  the  Electricity  Act  2003,  the  generation  of  electricity  is  a delicensed activity. Any Generating Company can establish Power Plant taking into account  its  techno-economic  and  commercial  requirement.  The  Government  of India do not provide funds for establishment of any Generating Station.

The present installed generation capacity of the country is 505.023 GW. In order to further augment the generation capacity to meet the future power demand in the country, Thermal Projects of total capacity of 40,345 MW, Hydro Projects of total  capacity  of  13,224  MW,  Pumped  Hydro  Storage  Projects  with  capacity  of 11,870  MW,    Battery  Energy  Storage  System  (BESS)  with  capacity  of  8,498.95 MW/24,582.20 MWh  and Nuclear Projects with capacity of 6,600 MW are under construction. In addition, 1,56,900 MW Renewable Capacity including 69,180 MW of Solar, 29,650 MW of Wind and 57,630 MW Hybrid power is also  under construction.

Electricity  being  a  concurrent  subject,  the  supply  and  distribution  of electricity  to  the  various  categories  of  consumers  in  a  State/UT  is  within  the jurisdiction of the respective State Government/Power Utility.  Government of India (GoI) has been supplementing the efforts of States/ distribution utilities through various  reform  measures/schemes  with  the  objective  of  improving  the  financial health of the DISCOMs and to reduce AT&C losses. Government of India (GoI) has been supporting the States/ UTs through schemes like Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana  (DDUGJY), Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS), Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (SAUBHAGYA) to improve access and quality of power supply to all consumers. Under these schemes, projects worth Rs. 1.85 lakh Cr.  were  executed  for  strengthening  of  power  distribution  infrastructure.  These schemes have been closed as on 31.03.2022.

Further,  Government  of  India,  in  July  2021,  launched  the  Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) with the objective of improving the quality and reliability  of  power  supply  to  consumers  through  a  financially  sustainable  and operationally efficient Distribution Sector in the country. The scheme has an outlay of Rs. 3,03,758 Crore with an estimated Government Budgetary Support (GBS) of Rs.  97,631  Crore.  The  scheme  aims  to  reduce  the  Aggregate  Technical  and Commercial (AT&C) losses to pan-India levels of 12-15% and the Average Cost of Supply and Average Revenue Realized (ACS-ARR) Gap to zero. Under the scheme, projects  worth  Rs.  1.53  lakh  crore  and  Rs  1.31  lakh  crores  for  distribution infrastructure and smart metering works respectively have been sanctioned which will facilitate to improve the reliability of power supply in the country. These works are under various stages of implementation and would be completed before the timeline of RDSS i.e. March 2028.

(d) & (e): There has been consistent growth in peak demand in the country. The peak demand in the country during the last five years is given at Annexure.  Despite consistent  growth  in  power  demand  over  the  past  years,  the  gap  between  the power  demand  and  availability  has  declined  due  to  significant  increase  in  the generation capacity in the country.

Government of India has taken following steps to meet the future increasing demand of the country:

1. Generation Planning:
2. (i) As per National Electricity Plan (NEP), installed generation capacity in 2031-32 is likely to be 874 GW. This includes capacity from conventional sources- Coal, Lignite etc., renewable sources- Solar, Wind and Hydro.
3. (ii) With a view to ensure generation capacity remains ahead of projected peak demand,  all  the  States,  in  consultation  with  CEA,  have  prepared  their  ' Resource Adequacy Plans (RAPs)', which are dynamic 10 year rolling plans and includes power generation as well as power procurement planning.
4. (iii) All  the  States  were  advised  to  initiate  process  for  creating/  contracting generation capacities; from all generation sources, as per their Resource Adequacy Plans.

- (iv) In order to augment the power generation capacity, the Government of India has initiated following capacity addition programme:

(A) The projected thermal (coal and lignite) capacity requirement by the year  2034-35  is  estimated  at  approximately  3,07,000  MW  as  against  the 2,11,855 MW installed capacity as on 31.03.2023. To meet this requirement, Ministry of Power has envisaged to set up an additional minimum 97,000 MW coal and lignite based thermal capacity.

To  meet  this  requirement,  several  initiatives  have  already  been undertaken.  Thermal  capacities  of  around  16,560  MW  have  already  been commissioned since April 2023 till November 2025. In addition, 40,345 MW of thermal capacity (including 4,845 MW of stressed thermal power projects) is  currently  under  construction.  The  contracts  of    22,920  MW  have  been awarded and is due for construction. Further, 24,020 MW of coal and lignitebased candidate capacity has been identified which is at various stages of planning in the country.

(B) 13,223.5  MW  of  Hydro  Electric  Projects  are  under  construction. Further,  4,274  MW  of  Hydro  Electric  Projects  are  under  various  stage  of planning and targeted to be completed by 2031-32.

- (C) 6,600 MW of Nuclear Capacity is under construction and targeted to be completed by 2029-30.  7,000 MW of Nuclear Capacity is under various stages of planning and approval.

(D)  1,56,900 MW Renewable Capacity including 69,180 MW of Solar, 29,650 MW of Wind and 57,630 MW Hybrid power is under construction while 51,420 MW of Renewable Capacity including 36,530 MW of Solar and 13,090 MW Hybrid Power is at various stages of planning and targeted to be completed by 2029-30.

(E)      In  energy  storage  systems,  11870  MW/71220  MWh  Pumped  Storage Projects (PSPs) are under construction. Further, a total of 6580 MW/39480 MWh capacity of Pumped Storage Projects (PSPs) are concurred and yet to be taken up for construction. 25,407.54 MW/77,092.52 MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) are currently under various stages of construction/bidding,

2. Transmission  Planning:  Inter  and  Intra-State  Transmission  System has been planned and implementation of the same is taken up in matching time frame of generation capacity addition. As per the National Electricity Plan, about 1,91,474 ckm of transmission lines and 1,274 GVA of transformation capacity is planned to be added (at 220 kV and above voltage level) during the ten year period from 2022-23 to 2031-32.

## 3.  Promotion of Renewable Energy Generation:

- (i) Inter  State  Transmission  System  (ISTS)  charges  have  been  waived  for inter-state sale of solar and wind power for projects to be commissioned by 30th June 2025, for Green Hydrogen Projects till December 2030 and for offshore wind projects till December 2032.
- (ii) Standard Bidding Guidelines for tariff based competitive bidding process for  procurement  of  Power from Grid Connected Solar, Wind, Wind-Solar Hybrid and Firm & Dispatchable RE (FDRE) projects have been issued.
- (iii) Renewable Energy Implementing Agencies (REIAs) are regularly inviting bids for procurement of RE power.
- (iv) Foreign  Direct  Investment  (FDI)  has  been  permitted  up  to  100  percent under the automatic route.
- (v) To augment transmission infrastructure needed for steep RE trajectory, transmission plan has been prepared till 2032.
- (vi) Laying of new intrastate transmission lines and creating new sub-station capacity has been funded under the Green Energy Corridor Scheme for evacuation of renewable power.
- (vii) Scheme for setting up of Solar Parks and Ultra Mega Solar Power projects is being implemented to provide land and transmission to RE developers for installation of RE projects at large scale
- (viii) Schemes  such  as  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  Urja  Suraksha  evam  Utthaan Mahabhiyan  (PM-KUSUM),  PM  Surya  Ghar  Muft  Bijli  Yojana,  National Programme  on  High  Efficiency  Solar  PV  Modules,  New  Solar  Power Scheme (for Tribal and PVTG Habitations/Villages) under Pradhan Mantri Janjati  Adivasi  Nyaya  Maha  Abhiyan  (PM  JANMAN)  and  Dharti  Aabha Janjatiya  Gram  Utkarsh  Abhiyan  (DA  JGUA),  National  Green  Hydrogen Mission, Viability  Gap  Funding  (VGF)  Scheme for Offshore  Wind  Energy Projects have been launched
- (ix) To  encourage  RE  consumption,  Renewable  Purchase  Obligation  (RPO) followed by Renewable Consumption Obligation (RCO) trajectory has been notified  till  2029-30.  The  RCO  which  is  applicable  to  all  designated consumers under the Energy Conservation Act, 2001 will attract penalties on non-compliance.
- (x) 'Strategy for Establishment of Offshore Wind Energy Projects' has been issued.
- (xi) Green Term Ahead Market (GTAM) has been launched to facilitate sale of Renewable Energy Power through exchanges.
- (xii) Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme has been launched to achieve the objective of localisation of supply chain for solar PV Modules.

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ANNEXURE ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTs (d) & (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. -1904 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 11.12.2025. The details of growth in peak demand of the country for the last five years:

|         | Peak Demand   | Peak Demand   | Peak Met   | Peak Met   | Demand not Met   | Demand not Met   |
|---------|---------------|---------------|------------|------------|------------------|------------------|
| Year    | (MW)          | % Growth      | (MW)       | % Growth   | (MW              | (%)              |
| 2020-21 | 1,90,198      | 3.5           | 1,89,395   | 3.8        | 802              | 0.4              |
| 2021-22 | 2,03,014      | 6.7           | 2,00,539   | 5.9        | 2,475            | 1.2              |
| 2022-23 | 2,15,888      | 6.3           | 2,07,231   | 3.3        | 8,657            | 4.0              |
| 2023-24 | 2,43,271      | 12.7          | 2,39,931   | 15.8       | 3,340            | 1.4              |
| 2024-25 | 2,49,856      | 2.7           | 2,49,854   | 4.1        | 2                | 0.001            |

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