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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicHydropower

Topic: Hydropower

Trial run worth the wait. India’s 2,000 MW power dream takes shape in Arunachal’s Subansiri Lower

Four of the power station’s eight units will start commercial operations between mid-November & December-end. Trial run of one of the units was initiated less than a fortnight ago.

While China builds its mega dam on Brahmaputra, India’s long-delayed Subansiri marks key milestone

Commissioning of units of the Subansiri hydropower project begins as work on China's mega dam proceeds. The project was originally slated for completion in 2014.

Chinese checkers: India readies masterplan to draw 65 GW hydropower from Brahmaputra basin

In its report, Central Electricity Authority estimates an expenditure of Rs 6.42 lakh crore to put in place the required transmission system in the region.

What Japan’s evolving hydrogen strategy teaches us

Unlike common approaches that primarily reserve hydrogen for hard-to-abate sectors, like steel, shipping and aviation, Japan continues to promote hydrogen use in power generation, gas blending and passenger vehicles.

In limbo since 2019, AP’s Polavaram dam project back in motion after Centre’s Rs 2,300 crore advance

Last year, when BJP returned to power at Centre relying heavily on Naidu-led TDP, an agreement was reached on disbursal of additional Rs 10,911 crore for project, it is learnt.

India’s new mega-dam will roil lives in downstream Assam—wild swings in water flow every day

Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project poses several concerns, including flood and erosion risk, earthquake risk, and the loss of water flow for fishing and groundwater recharge.

Power ministry has 100-day plan for new govt. It involves new hydro & coal allocation norms

Exclusive review of ministry's plan shows it aims to augment India’s coal and hydro capacity and revamp key policies to boost thermal and hydroelectric power generation capabilities.

In Punjab-Himachal tussle over Shanan Power House, Centre’s status quo order a setback for Sukhu govt

British-era hydel plant in Mandi has annual turnover of Rs 200-cr. Himachal was keen to claim it after 99-yr lease expired last week but Centre order means it stays with Punjab for now.

Power-surplus state no longer? Sikkim braces for winter after 3 hydropower plants damaged in floods

State forced to purchase power from neighbouring states, it is learnt. Damage inflicted by 3 October glacial lake outburst flood led to a loss of around 77 MW of hydropower.

Insurance claim filed for Sikkim’s submerged Rs 13,965 cr Teesta-III hydel plant, but wait could be long

Total sum assured in policy for 1,200 MW project, which has stopped generating electricity, is around Rs 11,400 cr. State govt & operator Sikkim Urja together owe lenders over Rs 10,000 cr.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.