Question : SETTING UP OF HYDEL POWER PROJECTS



(a) names of national and regional level Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) engaged in operation and Commissioning of Hydel power projects in the country showing location-wise projects assigned to each of them;

(b) the economic profile of each PSU and their rating, installed capacity and present execution status of each project under them with target set for completion;

(c) capacity of projects assigned to them for future commissioning within India and abroad;

(d) whether merger of some small PSUs with giant National Level PSUs are under consideration of the Government; and

(e) if so, the details thereof?

Answer given by the minister

THE MINISTER OF POWER ( SHRI P.M. SAYEED )

(a) & (b) : The details of the National and Regional level Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) engaged in operation and commissioning / construction of hydro power projects in the country along with their economic profile, rating and installed capacity of operating projects are given in Annexure-I. The status of each project under execution by these PSUs with targets set for completion is given in Annexure-II.

(c) : The details of the projects tentatively assigned to them for future development in India are given in Annexure-III. In addition, allocation of some of the selected low tariff hydroelectric schemes identified under 50,000 MW Hydroelectric Initiative, to these PSUs for implementation, is under process in consultation with the State Governments. Besides, consultations are also being held with the concerned State Governments for allocation of four projects in the Cauvery Basin to National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Limited for execution.

(d) : No such proposal is under consideration of the Government.

(e) : Question does not arise.

ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 7279 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 13.05.2005.

Statement indicating the names of National and Regional level Power Sector Undertakings (PSUs) engaged in operation and commissioning of hydro power projects in the country with economic profile, rating etc.

Sl. Name of the	Paid up	Audited Category#	Install	Credit
No. PSUs	Capital	profit	ed	Rating##	(as on	after	Capacity	31.03.2004) tax	(Hydro)	(Rs. in	during	(MW)	Crs.)	2003-04	(Rs. in	Crs.)
1. National	8,269.03	621.38 A	2,475	AAA Hydroelectric Power Corporation Ltd. (NHPC)
2. Narmada Hydro-	1,932.42	12.37 @@	1,000	Not electric	rated Development Corporation Ltd. (NHDC)
3. North Eastern	1,953.26	197.58 B	755	Not Electric Power	rated Corporation Ltd. (NEEPCO)
4. Satluj Jal	3,081.00	218.00 B	1,500	Not Vidyut Nigam	rated Limited (SJVNL)
5. Tehri Hydro	2,968.43	@ B	Under	Not Development	Constru-	rated Corporation	ction Ltd. (THDC)
6. National	7,812.55	5,260.80 Nav	Under	AAA Thermal Power Ratna	Constru- Corporation	ction (NTPC)
@	No project is currently under operation.
@@	NHDC is still to be categorized.
#	Categorization as per schedule of Department of Public Enterprises.
##	The credit rating for domestic capital market borrowing has been indicated.
ANNEXURE-II
ANNEXURE-II REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 7279
TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 13.05.2005.
Statement indicating the status of the projects under construction with installed capacity,
location and targets set for completion Sl. Name of the	Name of the	Installed	Targeted No. PSUs / Name of	State/ District	Capacity	year of the Project	(MW)	commissioning National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Ltd. 1. Dhauliganga	Uttaranchal/Pitho	280	2005-06	ragarh 2. Dulhasti	J&K / Doda	390	2005-06 3. Teesta Stage-V	Sikkim / East	510	2006-07	Sikkim 4. Sewa-II	J&K / Kathua	120	2007-08 5. Teesta Low Dam-	West Bengal /	132	2007-08 III	Darjeeling 6. Parbati Stage-	H.P./ Kullu 800	2009-10 II 7. Subansiri	Ar. Pr. / L.	2,000	2010-11 Lower	Subansiri /	Dhemaji	Total	4232 Narmada Hydroelectric Power Corporation Ltd. 8. Omkareshwar	M.P./ Khandwa	520	2006-08 Tehri Hydro Development Corporation Ltd. 9. Tehri Stage-I	Uttaranchal /	1000	2005-06	Tehri Garhwal 10. Koteshwar	Uttaranchal /	400	2006-07	Tehri Garhwal	Total	1400 North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Ltd. 11. Tuirial	Mizoram / Aizwal	60	# 12. Kameng	Ar. Pr. / Kameng	600	2009-10	Total	660 National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd. 13. Kol Dam	H.P. / Bilaspur	800	2008-10
#	=	Work on the projects is held up.
ANNEXURE-III
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 7279 TO BE ANSWERED
IN THE LOK SABHA ON 13.05.2005.
The details of the projects tentatively assigned to PSUs for future development in India# Sl. Name of the PSUs / Name	Installed No. of the Project	Capacity	(MW) National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Ltd. 1. Chamera-III 231 2. Parbati Stage-III 520 3. Kishanganga 330 4. Uri-II 240 5 Nimoo Bazgo 45 6. Chutak 44 7. Teesta Low Dam-IV 160 8. Siang (Upper) / Siang To be decided (Intermediate) 9. Devade 6 10. Bav HEP Stage-II 20 11. Siang Lower 1600 12. Kotli Bhel Stage-IB 280 13. Kotli Bhel Stage-1A 240 14. Kotli Bhel St-II 440 15. Pakal Dul 1000 16. Bursar 1020 17. Subansiri Middle 1600 18. Subansiri Upper 2000 19. Siyom(Siang Middle) 1000 20. Dibang 3000 Tehri Hydro Development Corporation Ltd. 21. Tehri-PSS 1000 22. Vishnugad Pipalkoti 440 National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd. 23. Loharinagpala 600 24. Tapovan Vishnugad 520 25. Lata Tapovan 125 North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Ltd. 26. Tuivai 210 27. Tipaimukh 1500 28. Hirit 50 29. Papumpam 60 30. Bhareli Lift Dam 330 31. Ranganadi Stage-II 130 32. Lower Kopili 150 33. Dikrong 110 Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited 34. Rampur 434
#	The above list is tentative and is subject to the PSU obtaining various clearances	from Central/State agencies.