Nepal starts exporting additional 144 MW of electricity to India

[ad_1] Nepal It has started exporting additional 144 MW of electricity produced by Kaligandaki Hydroelectric Plant to India through its electricity exchange market. Buoyed by incessant rains this year, the Himalayan nation is exporting surplus power to India through its power exchange market for the second year in a row, according to state-owned power utility body, Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA). According to Pradeep Thike, deputy head of Nepal Electricity Authority, the average rate for selling electricity was around Rs 7. NEA started exporting surplus power generated from its Kaligandaki Hydroelectric…

‘Aap’s 300 units free electricity scheme will benefit 84 percent consumers’

[ad_1] Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) came to power in the recently held Punjab Assembly elections with a wave of support. At the heart of the party’s campaign for that election was a promise – to provide 300 units of electricity per month to every family free of cost if AAP comes to power. Voting is done, sources said, adding that officials in the government were now working overtime to ensure that the promise is fulfilled at the earliest, with some key announcements likely to be made on April 16, when…