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MINISTRY OF POWER
Capacity addition (last five years)
In the last five years including 2005-06 (April 2005 – December, 2005), the following new capacities have been added:
(MW)
Year Centre State Private Total
2000-01 659.00 2375.77 864.20 3898.97
2001-02 905.00 1393.9 816.3 3115.2
2002-03 1210.00 1100.10 548.00 2858.10
2003-04 3035.00 816.62 100.00 3951.62
2004-05 2710.00 1168.92 70.00 3948.92
2005-06 (April, 2005 to Jan. 2006) 1320.00 985.00 660.80 2965.80
Financial outlays
10th Plan 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06
(Rs. in crore)
Allocation 143399 13483 14667.61 15630.32 23013.90
(GBS 25000, (GBS 3300, (GBS 3500, (GBS 3600, (GBS 4100,
IEBR 118399) IEBR 10183) IEBR 11167.61) IEBR 12030.32) IEBR 18913.90)
Spent 8649.22 10740.80 12947.57 9463.70
(GBS 1830.46, (GBS 1846.46, (GBS 2287.78, (GBS 1821.07,
IEBR 6818.76) IEBR 8894.34) IEBR 10659.79) IEBR 7642.63)
up to Dec. 2005
New initiatives
Development of Ultra Mega Projects:
Post Electricity Act, 2003, a facilitative environment has been created for development of power projects. National
Electricity Policy followed by Tariff Policy and several other tools required for implementation of theAct are now in place.
Economies of scale leading to cheaper power can be secured through development of large size power projects using
latest super-critical technologies.
Ministry of Power in association with Central Electricity Authority and Power Finance Corporation have been working
on the preparatory exercises for development of large size Ultra Mega power projects with each having a capacity of
4,000 MW, which will also have scope for expansion in the future. The idea is to tie up all the initial inputs such as fuel,
environmental clearances, water, the likely buyers of power and, therefore, appropriate terms and conditions with utilities
and payment security mechanism. Four such sites including two coastal sites one each at Karnataka and Gujarat have
been identified for development as Ultra Mega Power plants.
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