NTPC Ltd’s very first unit at Singrauli in Uttar Pradesh has achieved the highest plant load factor (PLF) of 100.24 per cent among all thermal units in the country between April 2020 to December 2020, data published by Central Electricity Authority (CEA) showed.

The Central Government is charting a plan to set up three large manufacturing zones for power equipment in different places in the country.

India's cumulative share in the global market for electrical equipment is around $ 480 billion, which is less than 2 per cent.

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power and New & Renewable Energy, Raj Kumar Singh laid the foundation stone for construction of the line in, line out (LILO) of Kishenganj-Darbhanga 400kV transmission line at Saharsa in Bihar through a virtual event.

India’s largest energy conglomerate, the NTPC Group has achieved over 100 billion units (BUs) of cumulative generation in the current financial year.

India is blessed with an over 7,500 km long coastline. From the time of the Indus-Saraswati River Valley Civilisation to the early medieval period, the country was renowned for its intrepid sailors.

The formation of a robust cross-border framework in the South Asia region is expected to bring down the cost of electricity and allow India to achieve the flexibility to regulate the intermittency of power generated by its wind and solar farms.

Although several steps have been taken in recent years to facilitate cross-border trade in electricity in South Asia, eventually a broad-based framework for the free flow of electricity and transactions would be required.

While improving efficiency is critical for turning around the situation at power distribution companies (discoms), tariff reforms, especially, are the need of the hour.