{"id":307849,"date":"2024-08-20T20:18:19","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T14:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=307849"},"modified":"2024-08-20T20:18:19","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T14:48:19","slug":"a-change-in-indias-power-export-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/a-change-in-indias-power-export-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"A change in India\u2019s power export rules"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source:<\/strong> This post is based on the article \u201cA change in India\u2019s power export rules\u201d,<\/strong> published in “The Hindu”<\/strong>\u00a0on 20th<\/sup> August 2024.<\/p>\n

UPSC Syllabus:<\/strong> GS paper 3 \u2013 Indian Economy \u2013 Infrastructure and Energy<\/p>\n

Context: <\/strong>India\u2019s power export rules have been amended. It will resolve the challenges faced by Indian power exporters supplying electricity to neighbouring countries.<\/p>\n

This amendment allows Indian power exporters to reroute their output to Indian grids if there is a delay in payments from partner countries.<\/p>\n

What is Godda project?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Godda project is India\u2019s first transnational power project that supplies all the power generated to another nation, specifically Bangladesh.<\/p>\n

This Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) was signed with the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) in November 2017 for a duration of 25 years.<\/p>\n

The power generated is from an ultra-supercritical thermal power plant located in Godda, Jharkhand, with a capacity of 1,496 MW.<\/p>\n

The project aims to provide a stable power supply to Bangladesh, replacing more expensive liquid fuel-based power, thereby reducing the overall cost of power in Bangladesh.<\/p>\n

What are the issues highlighted associated with the project?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The project has faced criticism due to the high cost of coal imported from Australia to India for the power generation. It is making the power more expensive in Bangladesh.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the high capacity and maintenance charges regardless of actual electricity generation have been criticized as being too high by industry standards.<\/p>\n

Underutilization of Domestic Capacity:<\/strong> Despite progress in expanding electricity access, Bangladesh faces fuel and gas supply constraints that lead to underutilization of its power plants.<\/p>\n

What is the significance of amendment?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

1) <\/strong>The new regulatory change grants Indian power exporters more flexibility by allowing them to reroute power to domestic grids if payment issues arise with partner countries.<\/p>\n

2)<\/strong> Furthermore, they have been granted access to the domestic market.<\/p>\n

3)<\/strong> This reduces dependency on external markets and mitigates risks associated with economic and political instability in neighboring countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: This post is based on the article \u201cA change in India\u2019s power export rules\u201d, published in “The Hindu”\u00a0on 20th August 2024. UPSC Syllabus: GS paper 3 \u2013 Indian Economy \u2013 Infrastructure and Energy Context: India\u2019s power export rules have been amended. It will resolve the challenges faced by Indian power exporters supplying electricity to… Continue reading A change in India\u2019s power export rules<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,167],"tags":[216,8184,10498],"class_list":["post-307849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-economy-subject","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-indian-economy","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307849\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}