Lok Sabha Question No. 961 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-05
Subject: Cross-Border Power Trade
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Smt. Bijuli Kalita Medhi, Shri Jashubhai Bhilubhai Rathva, Shri P P Chaudhary, Smt. Kamaljeet Sehrawat, Shri Vijay Kumar Dubey, Smt. Lovely Anand

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.961 ANSWERED ON 05.02.2026

## CROSS-BORDER POWER TRADE

## 961.   SHRI JASHUBHAI BHILUBHAI RATHVA:

SHRI P P CHAUDHARY:

SHRI VIJAY KUMAR DUBEY:

SMT. KAMALJEET SEHRAWAT:

SMT. LOVELY ANAND:

SMT. BIJULI KALITA MEDHI:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the transmission lines and substations commissioned during the last five years including the State of Rajasthan, particularly in Pali Parliamentary Constituency;
- (b) the manner in which inter-State bottlenecks are being resolved;
- (c) whether delays in right-of-way or clearances have affected project timelines;
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof, particularly  pertaining to the delays in right-of-way clearance in the country including the State of Rajasthan;
- (e) the progress made in cross-border power trade with neighbouring countries; and
- (f) the roadmap for strengthening the national transmission grid?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

- (a) : During the last 5 years [from Financial Year (FY) 2021-22 to December 2025] in the transmission system network (220 kV and above), 57,630 circuit kilometres (ckm) of  transmission  lines  and  3,81,523  Mega  Volt  Amperes  (MVA)  of  transformation capacity have been commissioned in the country. For the State of Rajasthan in the transmission system network (220 kV and above), 6,433 ckm of transmission lines and 19,145 MVA transformation capacity have been commissioned during the last 5 years. However, details of transmission projects in the Pali Parliamentary Constituency of Rajasthan is not centrally maintained.
- (b) : India's national transmission infrastructure is adequately developed to ensure reliable  power  flow  across  regions.  Presently,  there  is  no  transmission  constraint/ bottleneck existing at the national level affecting the overall transfer of power across regions in the country. A robust National Grid has been established to facilitate the transfer of power from power surplus regions to power deficit regions. The capacity of

National Grid is expanded on a continuous basis commensurate with the growth in electricity generation and electricity demand.  The inter-regional transmission capacity is planned to increase from 120 Giga Watt (GW) as on December 2025 to 143 GW by the year 2027 and further to 168 GW by the year 2032.

- (c) & (d) : Delays due to Right-of-Way (RoW) issues have affected project timelines. The details of under implementation Inter-State Transmission System (ISTS) projects in the country with Scheduled Commissioning Date (SCOD) upto March 2026, which are facing RoW issues or clearances is attached as Annexure.

(e)  :  Import/Export  of  Electricity  with  neighbouring  countries  includes  transactions through Indian power exchange(s) and bilateral mode, the progress made in CrossBorder power trade in terms of energy imported/exported to neighbouring countries for past 5 FYs are as under:

|          | Import (MUs) by India   | Import (MUs) by India   | Import (MUs) by India   | Import (MUs) by India   | Export (MUs) by India   | Export (MUs) by India   | Export (MUs) by India   | Export (MUs) by India   |
|----------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| Year     | Bhutan                  | Bangladesh              | Nepal                   | Myanmar                 | Bhutan                  | Bangladesh              | Nepal                   | Myanmar                 |
| 2025-26* | 7796 0                  |                         | 3252                    | 0                       | 580                     | 6342                    | 662                     | 6.41                    |
| 2024-25  | 6281                    | 0                       | 2150                    | 0                       | 1764                    | 8084                    | 1686                    | 9.08                    |
| 2023-24  | 5730                    | 0                       | 1725                    | 0                       | 1868                    | 8394                    | 1850                    | 8.78                    |
| 2022-23  | 7253                    | 0                       | 1385                    | 0                       | 522                     | 8581                    | 1552                    | 9.80                    |
| 2021-22  | 7995                    | 0                       | 179                     | 0                       | 322                     | 7327                    | 2127                    | 8.81                    |

(*Upto December 2025) MUs- Million Units

- (f) : To  strengthen  the  transmission  infrastructure in line  with  the  growing electricity demand, the Government of India published the National Electricity Plan (NEP) (Volume-II Transmission) in 2024. The plan outlines the transmission system requirements  for  the  period  from  2023  to  2032,  commensurate  with  projected generation  capacity  additions  to  meet  the  projected electricity  demand.  The transmission plan includes the addition of central and state transmission systems to meet the projected peak electricity demand of 388 GW by the year 2032. Under the NEP (Volume II Transmission), transmission network in the country (220 kV and above) is  planned  to  expand  to  6.48  lakh  ckm  by  the  year  2032  and  the  transformation capacity is to increase to 2,345 Giga Volt Ampere (GVA).

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ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (c) & (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 961 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 05.02.2026

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The details of under implementation ISTS projects in the country (including Rajasthan) with SCOD upto March 2026, which are facing RoW issues and having delays in timelines

LILO- Line In Line Out ; D/c- Double Circuit; S/s- Substation

|   Sl. No. | Transmission Line (TL)                                                                          | SCOD   | Anticipated SCOD   |
|-----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------------------|
|         1 | Ananthpuram PS-Cuddapah-400kV (Quad moose) D/c Line                                             | Sep-25 | Mar-26             |
|         2 | Bhadla-III PS - Sikar-II S/s 765 kV D/c line                                                    | Mar-25 | Feb-26             |
|         3 | Beawar-Dausa 765kV D/C line                                                                     | Apr-25 | Mar-26             |
|         4 | Koppal-II PS - Narendra (New) 765 kV D/c line                                                   | Dec-25 | Jun-26             |
|         5 | Gadag-II PS - Koppal-II PS 400 kV (Quad Moose) D/c line                                         | Dec-25 | Jun-26             |
|         6 | Koppal-II PS - Raichur 765 kV D/c line                                                          | Dec-25 | Jun-26             |
|         7 | Bikaner-III - Neemrana-II 765 kV D/c line                                                       | Dec-25 | Jun-26             |
|         8 | Neemrana-II- Bareilly (PG) 765 kV D/c line                                                      | Dec-25 | Jun-26             |
|         9 | Bidar PS-Maheshwaram (PG) 765KV D/C line                                                        | Feb-26 | Jun-26             |
|        10 | Sikar-II -Narela 765 kV D/C line                                                                | Aug-25 | Jul-26             |
|        11 | Sikar-II -Khetri765 kV D/C line                                                                 | Aug-25 | Jul-26             |
|        12 | Fatehgarh3- Beawar 765kV D/c                                                                    | Mar-25 | Mar-26             |
|        13 | LILO of both circuits of Ajmer - Chittorgarh 765 kV D/c at Beawar                               | Mar-25 | Mar-26             |
|        14 | Neemrana-II -Kotputli 400 kV D/c line (Quad)                                                    | Dec-25 | Dec-26             |
|        15 | LILO of both ckts of 400 kV Gurgaon (PG) - Sohna Road (GPTL) D/c line (Quad) at Neemrana-II S/s | Dec-25 | Dec-26             |
|        16 | Narendra New (GIS) - Pune (GIS) 765 D/c Line                                                    | Jul-24 | Jun-26             |
|        17 | KPS2(GIS) - Halvad 765 kV D/c line                                                              | Dec-25 | Jun-26             |
|        18 | LILO of Lakadia - Ahmedabad 765 kV D/c line at Halvad                                           | Dec-25 | Jun-26             |
|        19 | Bikaner-III - Neemrana-II 765 kV D/C line (2nd)                                                 | Dec-25 | Aug-26             |
|        20 | Gadag Pooling station - Koppal PS 400 kV D/C line                                               | May-24 | Mar-26             |
|        21 | Dhule PS - Dhule (BDTCL) 400 kV D/c line                                                        | Feb-26 | Jun-26             |
|        22 | Pachora PS - Ujjain (MPPTCL) 400 kV D/c line                                                    | Feb-26 | Mar-26             |
|        23 | 400 kV D/c Khandukhal (Srinagar) - Rampura (Kashipur) line                                      | Sep-24 | May-26             |
|        24 | Fatehgarh 3- Bhadla-3 400kV D/C line                                                            | Feb-25 | Jun-26             |
|        25 | Solapur PS - Solapur (PG) 400 kV D/c line                                                       | Mar-26 | Jun-26             |

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