Sunday, October 11
New Delhi: The government is working on a scheme to promote the setting up of small hydro power plants in which developers may receive up to 30% of the project cost as central assistance, people aware of the development told ET.If approved, the plan could help double the installed capacity of such projects in the country to 10 GW in a decade, they said.India operates a little over 5 GW of small hydro projects-those with capacity of 25 MW or less. The policies for these projects are conceived and executed by the ministry of new and renewable energy.The potential of small hydro projects in the country has been estimated at 21 GW at various locations. In Jammu & Kashmir, the potential is 1.3 GW, of which, less than 200 MW has been harnessed.In contrast, India has 133 GW of "exploitable" l
As the commercial viability of bilateral cricket comes under pressure due to waning fan interest, Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Arun Dhumal believes it may be time for the International Cricket Council (ICC) to consider giving more room to franchise-based T20 leagues in its future tours programme (FTP).“Cricket is shifting its flavour towards franchise-based formats. If that is the case, we have to prepare ourselves for that situation,” Dhumal told ET in an interaction. “So, if that has to happen, the entire scheduling needs to be aligned around these T20 leagues—be it the IPL, Big Bash League, The Hundred, SA20, MLC, or ILT20. At some point, we may need to sit around the table with all stakeholders and decide what should be prioritised,” he said.The T20 format has not onl
