Question : INCENTIVE FOR CAPACITY ADDITION OF POWER

(a) whether some States through their own initiatives trying to make capacity addition of power to meet the shortages by having private partnership;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government has provided incentives to such States;

(d) if so, the details thereof;

(e) whether the State Government of Odisha has requested to the Government to give priority in allocation of coal blocks and linkages to promote the efforts of the States particularly the State Government of Odisha for capacity addition to overcome the shortages; and

(f) if so, the details thereof and action taken by the Government thereon?

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER (SHRI BHARATSINH SOLANKI)

(a) to (c) : Joint Venture involving State Government of Tripura and Private company is building the following power plant:

Name of Joint Venture	Project	Capacity	Anticipated	Details	Commissioning	Schedule
ONGC Tripura Power	Tripura CCPP	Block-I - 363.3 MW	12/11
Company Ltd. (OTPC) –	(Palatana),
Joint Venture of ONGC,	Distt.Udaipur,	Block-II - 363.3 MW	03/12
Tripura State	Tripura.
and IL&FS.