Centre signed a power purchase agreement between the Government of Arunachal Pradesh and NHPC Limited
NEW DELHI. In a bid to boost India’s ‘Act East’ policy in the energy sector, the Centre has signed a power purchase agreement between the Government of Arunachal Pradesh and NHPC Limited for supply of power from the 2000 MW Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project. North-East India has huge hydro potential and the state governments have a major role in hydro-projects by way of facilitating land acquisition and implementing the resettlement and rehabilitation plans, union minister of power RK Singh said. A review of the power sector in the North East regions was held by Union power minister RK Singh on Tuesday. The review meeting was attended by chief secretaries and principal secretaries of power of North-Eastern States in Guwahati.
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