Question : SETTING UP OF POWER PLANTS



(a) the details of Thermal, Hydro-electric and mini Hydro-Electric power plants set up during each of the last three years and upto 30th November, 2001;

(b) the cost incurred on each power plant;

(c) the target fixed for setting up of such power plants;

(d) the funds likely to be spent on each power plant during the Ninth Five Year Plan, State-wise;

(e) the number of proposals for setting up of power plants from each State pending with the Union Government, State-wise; and

(f) the time by which these projects are likely to be sanctioned?

Answer given by the minister

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER ( SHRIMATI JAYAWANTI MEHTA )


(a) to (c) : A statement showing the names, capacity, commissioning schedule and expenditure in respect of power projects commissioned during the last three years is given at Annexe-I.

In so far as mini hydro projects is concerned, following are the targets and achievements in the last three years:

Year	Target	Achievements
1998-1999 15 MW 28.7 MW+ 1999-2000 15 MW 65.66 MW++ 2000-2001 40 MW 89.10 MW++ 2001-2002 50 MW 43.85 MW++
+ Upto 3 MW station capacity ++ Projects upto 25 MW capacity installed after 30.11.99 included.


The average cost of Small hydro projects is from Rs 4 crores to 5 crores per MW. State-wise targets are not fixed under the Small Hydro Project programme of Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources (MNES). MNES do not directly undertake execution of SHP projects. It provides financial help as capital subsidy to State Governments and interest subsidy to private sector projects Hence expenditure details of small hydro projects are not available.


(d) : The details of Power Sector outlay for the 9th Plan (1997-2002), State-wise are given at Annexe-II.

(e) & (f) : The number of proposals for setting up of power projects in various States which are under examination in CEA for grant of Techno -economic Clearance is given below:

State	Hydro	Thermal	Total
Himachal Pradesh 2 0 2 Rajasthan 0 1 1 Madhya Pradesh 0 1 1 Tamil Nadu 0 1 1 Jharkhand 0 0 0 West Bengal 0 2 2 Tripura 0 1 1
Total 2 6 8


These scheme would be cleared as soon as essential inputs/ clearances are obtained and furnished by the concerned implementing agencies.


ANNEXE-II

ANNEXE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3838 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 13.12.2001 REGARDING SETTING UP OF POWER PLANTS

Power Sector outlay for the 9th Plan (1997-2002)
State/UTs	Rs. in crore
Andhra Pradesh 5749.37 Arunchal Pradesh 451.00 Assam 850.00 Bihar 2300.00 Goa 128.97 Gujarat 4000.00 Haryana 2648.00 Himachal Pradesh 1019.65 J & K 2387.00 Karnataka 3650.00 Kerala 2531.00 Madhya Pradesh 3463.81 Maharashtra 5579.82 Manipur 333.00 Meghalaya 312.00 Mizoram 221.59 Nagaland 115.00 Orissa 4622.79 Punjab 2927.27 Rajasthan 4488.89 Sikkim 341.00 Tamil Nadu 6000.00 Tripura 171.79 Uttar Pradesh 7468.15 West Bengal 5631.98 A& N Islands 140.00 Chandigarh 85.90 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 48.46 Daman & Diu 29.72 Delhi 2985.00 Lakshadweep 15.01 Pondicherry 229.50 Central Sector 53299.41