India, Aug. 6 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Phase
Period
Central Sector
State Sector
Private Sector
Total Units
Total Capacity (MW)
I
01.01.2024 - 30.06.2026
11 Units
25 Units (5,230 MW)
1 Unit (500 MW)
37
7,960
II
01.07.2026 - 31.12.2028
18 Units
12 Units (3,140 MW)
-
30
8,310
III
01.01.2029 - 30.06.2031
12 Units
12 Units (2,560 MW)
-
24
5,370
IV
01.07.2031 - 31.12.2033
8 Units
15 Units (3,730 MW)
2 Units (500 MW)
25
6,780
V
01.01.2034 - 30.06.2036
5 Units
17 Units (4,330 MW)
3 Units (750 MW)
25
6,710
VI
01.07.2036 - 31.12.2038
12 Units
8 Units (2,175 MW)
-
20
7,595
VII
01.01.2039 - 30.06.2041
5 Units (2,000 MW)
16 Units (4,590 MW)
4 Units (1,000 MW)
25
7,590
VIII
01.07.2041 - 31.12.2043
5 Units (1,740 MW)
9 Units (2,655 MW)
9 Units (2,660 MW)
23
7,055
IX
01.01.2044 - 30.06.2046
5 Units (2,490 MW)
2 Units (460 MW)
7 Units (3,120 MW)
14
6,070
Grand Total
Jan. 2024 - Jun. 2046
81 Units
116 Units
26 Units (8,530 MW)
223
63,440
(2,230 MW)
(5,170 MW)
(2,810 MW)
(2,550 MW)
(1,630 MW)
(5,420 MW)
(26,040 MW)
(28,870 MW)
Government of India constituted a committee on 16.03.2022 comprising representatives from NTPC Ltd., Central Electricity Authority (CEA), Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Ltd. (GSECL) and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL) which studied various aspects of Life extension and Renovation & Modernization (R&M) of coal based thermal power stations and brought out a report in the form of R&M Guidelines 2023. Thereafter, based on the guidelines, CEA identified 223 units as potential candidates after consulting with all the concerned stakeholders for Renovation & Modernisation/ Life Extension (R&M/LE) works with age older than 20 years as on December 2022. The R&M/LE works in these units have to be implemented in nine phases to avoid any major energy demand- supply gap. The details are given at Annexure.
At present, the Central government neither provides funds nor has any central sector scheme for modernization/ upgradation of thermal power plants across India including Andhra Pradesh. The generating company is expected to commercially finance the R&M/LE works after evaluating the feasibility.
ANNEXURE
ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (a), (b) & (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3100 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 06.08.2026
Phasing Plan
This information was given by The Minister of State in the Ministry of Power, Shri Shripad Naik, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication.
