(PTI)
Union minister R K Singh says India has become power surplus under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the past six years and is also witnessing the highest growth rate in renewable energy in the world.
“There is no power deficiency in the country. We have a maximum demand of 1.85 lakh MW of electricity but the present availability is 3.74 lakh MW,” Singh says at a function here.
The Union minister of state for power was speaking after signing of memorandum of understanding (MoU) between J&K government and NHPC for implementation of Rs 34,000 core 850 MW Ratle HEP and 930 MW Kirthai-II HEP and execution of Sawalkot HEP (1856MW), Uri-I (Stage-II-240 MW) and Dulhasti (Stage-II-258 MW) power projects here.
