24th July, 2003
Ministry of Power  


POWER GENERATION CAPACITY OF NTPC


LOK SABHA

The present power generating capacity of NTPC is 21,249 MW (including 314 MW owned by NTPC and SAIL Joint Ventrue Companies).

NTPC envisages to become a 40,000 MW plus Company by the year 2012 by doubling its capacity by adding a power generation capacity of about 20,000 MW during Tenth and Eleventh Plans.

This information was given by Smt. Jayawanti Mehta, Minister of State for Power in a written reply to a question by Shri V. Vetriselvan and Shri Ramdas Rupala Gavit in Lok Sabha today.