The
government on Monday said the country's installed power generation capacity has
more than doubled to 2,34,600 MW in the past 10 years.
"India's
power generation capacity 10 years ago (2004) was 1,12,700 MW, it has now risen
to 2,34,600 MW," finance minister P Chidambaram said in the interim budget
(2014-15) speech in Parliament on Monday.
He
said over 29,000 MW of power generation capacity has been added in the current
financial year alone.
Last
week, power secretary Pradeep Kumar Sinha said that the government is confident
of adding 1,18,000 MW capacity by 2017.
The target
includes the shortfall in addition from the previous Plan period, the Planning
Commission's current target of over 88,000 MW and nuclear and renewable power
capacities.
He
said the ministry was unable to achieve the previous plan period (2007-12) target
of 78,577 MW due to fuel scarcity issues. Seemandhra ministers seek Advani's
support for aid
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