Summary
The Modi government has stressed on renewablesources of energy which includes solar and wind. However, not much stress is being paid to hydro. One of the reasons is that they involve environmental issues as well as land acquisition and rehabilitation more than the other sources of power including thermal.
India is endowed with large hydro-electric potential having total installed capacity of about 1,50,000MW. Recognizing the need for development of large untapped renewable hydroelectric resources in terms of their merit of clean, inflation free, contribution to system reliability and stability, 50,000MW hydroelectric initiative was launched by then Prime Minis......