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'Draft of WindEnergy Policyin a Month'Bangalore: Secretary to theEnergy Department ArnitaPrasad said on Friday thatthe draft of the policy to en-courage wind energy genera-tors in the state will be readvin a month. .

Addressing members ofthe Federation of KarnatakaChambers of Commerce andIndustry (FKCCI) here, Am-ita said: "The policy carlbe 'expected in two months. Atpresent, l/Sth of our energysupply comes from wind.There must be an enablingmechanism for options likecoastal wind generation forthe future."

Earlier, Amita said thatthe government would alsolook at updating its solarpolicy to fill in missinglinks.

"We are also looking atamending section 109 of theLand Reforms Act for windpower generation. The ChiefMinister has been briefed bythe chairman of the KERC inthis regard," Amita Prasadsaid. ENS

~o'arenergy,to mark anew dawn inTN temples

i Move to cOf!1batfrequentj power cuts illremote areas

(HENNAI: All the historictemples in Tamil Nadu willsoon have uninterrupted

I electricity as the Tamil Nadugovernment nas ~ec;jod tcestablish solar energy unitsand replace tubelights andbulbs with energy-efficientLED lights in the shrines.

Accordingly, Hindu Reli-gious and Charitable Endow-

I ments department has been, entrusted to install solar power

Iunits with a capacity to gener-ate 10 kw in big temples and 5kw in medium and small tern-

I ples.At present, due to frequentI power cuts, certain temples inI remote areas remain closed in

I the evenings and deprive the

Idevotees of offering prayers.

"Since there has been aI shortage of electricity, we werei looking for some alternative so-I lutions. Solar energy helps in. running electrical appliances

in the morning and for lightingpurpose at night," a senior offi·cial from Hindu Religious andCharitable Endowments toldDeccan Herald.

. The officiaJ said one of theadded features of the new solarpanels is that if there is notenough sunlight, it will getpower from the electric grid."S:;, there \\~I!be ~n power fail-

. ure in the temple with the elec-: triciry running searnlessly with-i out breakdowns:' he said.i .-" .~. _ ..----- ..

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New Delhi: Production at thiDrJA-Kudankulam Nuclear Plant is 7/11expected to start within 15-20 day£~the trials runs have been completedUnion minister V Narayanasamy saidon Friday. "We will start production atthe plant within 15-20 days as wehave completed the trial run. Thepower production will slowly start.The second unit will start by March orAprilas around 95% of the work isover," the minister of state forpersonnel and public grievances Saidon sidelines of a ~c1ear EnergyConclave. === - .

According to him, the designof the installation of solar unitswill be done so that each and I

every temple retains the feel Iand texture of the ancient dJ- '

chitecture, I"These solar plants are not

only environment-friendly butalso use a pollution-free energysource, he said, adding, "There-fore, it requires less manpoweras plant requires little mainte- Inance or help after installa-,non,"

Duling the first phase, thesolar power panel will be in-stalled in temples at Rarnesh-waram, Palani, Tiruchandhurand Srirangam. "During thenext phase, the project will beinitiated in other temples," theofficial said, He said the workwill start this month and ex-pected to be completed by theyearend.

More than 33,000 historicaltemples. many at least 800 to1,200 years old, are found scat-tered across Tamil Nadu.

Tamil Nadu Energy Devel-opment Agency (TEDA) will bethe nodal agency to monitorthe installation of energy-effi-cient lights such as LED and ,induction lights replacing alltube lights and bulbs. .

In order 10 maintain cleanli-ness in the temples, the gov-ernrnent has also outsourcedcleaning in no temples.DH News Service

~l-;-t~k~~;;;-PfJAcapacity to 60k mw to,;~Nuclear Power Corporation of India>-;limited (NPCIL)has plans to :enhance nuclear energy capacity by10times to 60,000 mw py 2032, asenior official said. "Toachieve thetarge1~s~vgral projects of NPCILareat different stage500f , :implementation including 7-0,- /;3 ~construction, planning and =proposal," 5 KMalhotra, head of :public awareness division at ~Department of Atomic Energy, sai0

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unveil windenergypolicy soonBANGALORE: The state will ,:soon have a separate policy forwind energy and the Energy Idepartment is in the process of Idrafting a policy to encouragerenewable energy.

The policy is like.Iy to be Iready within a month, accord-ing to Arnitha Prasad.PrincipalSecretary, Energy department. I

Addressing.a gathering atthe FKCCI (Federation ofKar-nataka Chambers of Com-merce and Industry) here onFriday, she said the govern-ment was very keen on sup-porting renewable energy gen-eration and the department

. would support more active so-lar power along with wind en-ergy generation.

One-fifth of the power todayis coming from the wind ener-gy. Mysore and Dharwad have Ibeen taken up a solar cities, she !

said. The department was also Ifocusing on increasing efficien-cy in power generation and inits distribution system at the I

grassroot level. I'Increase efficiency' ,Representatives of FKCCI sub-mitted a memorandum to theprincipal secretary with severalrecommendations for the de-partment to increase efficiency Iin the energy sector.

The FKCCI members want- ied the governmentto initiate a ,subsidy scheme for industries Iadopting rooftop solar equip- imerit. I

The members also sought a Irevision of the wind tariff in ad- 'I

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process of getting clearances!from the Forest ministry, /!DH News Service / /

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KQdankuIam power I~9.~~toflow into gridr~ New Deihl: Production at theV Kudankulam Nuclear Plant is

expected to start within 15-20days as the trials runs have

been completed, Union MinisterV, Narayanasamy said on Friday."We will start production at the

plant within 15-20 days as wehave completed the trial run.

The power production willslowly start. The second unit

will start by March or April asaround 95 per cent of the work

is over," he said. TermingKudankulam as a "challenge",Narayanasamy said NGOs and

groups involved in the agitationagainst the plant were funded

by foreign agencies,

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This time the violauons rt.-late 10 "compensatory a l-forestation" under which if for·est land is diverted for anyproject, the proponents have toplant trees on same amount ofnon-forest land, close to theproject site, so that forest bal-ance of the area is not dis-turbed. This is done followinga provision in the Forest (Can'servation) Act,1980.

The CActin its latest report,tabled in Parliament on Friday,pointed out that in case of theSasan ultra-mega power proj-ect, Reliance was given exemp-tion to look for 1384.96hectares of non-forest land onthe basis of an "ineligible cer-tificate" issued by the chief sec-retary (Madhya Pradesh).

While 1064.02 hectare of for-est land was diverted for allo-cation of coal blocks, another320.94 hectares was requiredfor constructing the mega-pow-erplant.

"The Ministry of Environ-ment and Forest (MoEF) notonly did not exercise due dili-gence in ensuring compliance

! with conditions, but also inex-I plicably overlooked the defi- "

den des in the certificate whilegranting the exemption," thereport said in Parliament onFriday.

The ministry exemptedSasan Power Limited (SPL)from providing equivalent areaof non-forest land for compen-satory afforestation on the basisof the chief secretary's certifi-cate that no forest land wasavailable in Sidhi district, wherethe plant is located, This vio-lates the law as in the absenceof such land near the projectsite, the company is to do the"compensatory afforestation"on the same amount of non-for-est land identified elsewhere inthe state.

The ministry neither askedthe SPL to furnish such a cer-tificate for the entire state nor

! made efforts to identify equiv-I alent amount of non-forestland: in other parts of the state, In-: stead, it allowed the firm to car-

ry out compensatory afforesta-, non on ··oouDle-aegraaeo; forest land", even though it was: not eligible for such an exten-; sion.

In 2008, the deputy censer-vator of forests ill the Bhopalregional office of the ministry.said forestation on degradedland was nqt admissible for ex-emption on the baSISof cernfi-care on one district. The min-istry, however, "inexplicablyoverlooked the deficiency". the

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etcD' rca-old P~-".BHEL Ban~~aore bags Rs 96-crcontract for solar power plantBANGALORE: BHEJ .Banga-lore has bagged a Rs ~6-crorecontract from NfPC Itd, to setup a 15MW solar pow er plant.

The contract invc lves de-signing, rnanufacturi ng, test-ing, installing and com mission-ing a 15 MW grid-im eractiveplant at Singrauli i 0 UttarPradesh. BHEL will also oper-ate and maintain the Illant forthe period of a year.

The solar power pia! Itwillbeset up near NTPC's 2,C 00 MWthermal power plant at Sin-grauli and will supply over 23million units of solai power

every year to the Uttar PradeshState Grid.

BHEL's Electronics Divisionwill execute additional solarpower plants oflO MW each atUnchahar, Uttar Pradesh andTalcher, Orissa,

The other megawatt-size so-lar power plants already set upby BHEL have been function-ing in Raichur and Shiv-anasamudrarn in Karnataka,Jodhpur in Rajasthan and Ka-tol in Maharashtra - con-tributing to the JawaharlalNehru National Solar Mission.DH News Service !

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NEW DELHI: The Comptroll-er and Auditor General in "its latest report has un-earthed a massive scam in-volving forestlands beinggiven over to industrywithout following' laiddown regulations - in vio-lation of Supreme Courtorders and forest laws -and involving, large-scalemisuse of funds leading toa loss to the governmentrunning into thousands ofcrores. The report blamessome of the highest offi-cials of the environmentministry as well as theStates for these scams.

The report is on the pol-icy of compensatory affor-estation - handing overforestlands for develop-ment and industrial pro-jects in exchange' forforests being grown on al-ternative lands and collec-tion of 'net present value'of the diverted lands fromthe industries. The reportwas laid in Parliament onFriday. But the CAG has found a

Under Supreme Court countrywide scam' in theorders, the government operations of CAMPA.notified the' Compensafory' funds, the handing over ofAfforestation Fund Mail- forests to industries and inagement and Planning Au- . the use of the' collectedthority (CAMPA) to money - which had grownoversee the process. The to Rs. 23,607.6"7 crores bygovernment was to collect the end of2012.funds from projects wish- The CAG has noted thating to use forest lands against the forestlandsbased on rates set for dif- handed over to develop-ferent classes of forests, ment projects, 1,03,381.91called the Net Present VaI- hectares of non-forest-ue. These funds were then lands were to be convertedto be spent on greening to forests. Out .0. f.this o.nly _.... ••other parts of the country 28,086 or 27'if were re- • • • • •in lieu of the forests hand- ceived and out of this com-' .ed over. pensatory afforestation' . '.. .

was carried out. over amete -7,280.841leCtares ~just 7% of the land.thatought .to' have been'received.

Clearances .were·givenin Violation of:SuptemeCourt orders and.the gov-eminent's regulajions 'bysome .of. the. highest. offi-cers of the ministry in 'sev-eral' cases that the CAGdetected during testchecks.

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CAG pulls up environment ministry'Extended Undue

Favour To ReliancePower Firm In MP'

O~iy 21 monumentsmessing: Minister

CGHSrapped for buyinghigher priced drugs

CAG raps Isro forviolating Satcom policy

New Delhi: The Archaeological Survey .of India (ASI) has been able to identify36 monuments out ofthe 92 reportedto be "missing" and only 21fall in thiscategory, culture minister ChandreshKumari Katoch said on Friday. ArecentCAGreport said 92 monuments underthe ASl's protection had gone missing.The minister had then asked the ASl'sfield officers to submit a detailedreport. "

The team had been workingovertime on this because it is such abig issue. They have been able toidentify36 monuments from themissing Iist ..FTI

New Deihl: The CAGhas takenexception to the health ministry'sCentral Government Health Scheme(CGHS)under which Rs 9.25 croreworth of higher priced drug\. werebought from the market.

The Comptroller and AuditorGeneral of India (CAG),in its latestreport, also said the Delhi MedicalStores Department (MSD),whichprocures all drugs for CGHS,incurredavoidable extra expenditure of Rs13.52 crore on consultancy chargespaid to the Hospital ServiceConsultancy Corporation (HSCC)during 2002-03 t020l0-H. TNN

New Deihl: The CAGon Friday rappedspace agency Isro for allowing aforeign private satellite serviceprovider to park its satellite Inan orbitslot meant for Indian sate lites inviolation of nation's Satcom policy andextending "undue benefit" to a foreignfirm. The audit watchdog in its latestreport on scientific and environmentalministries and departments alsostumbled upon disparities in theallocation of bandwidth to 22 states inEdusat utilisation programme as wellas deficiency in the monitorlnq andevaulation ofthis ambitious e-Iearningprogramme. PTI

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New Delhi: The CAG has pulled upthe Union environment ministry forextending undue favour to ReliancePower-owned Sasan Power Limited(SPL) in Madhya Pradesh and point-

• ed to a string of separate cases wherethere is evidence of a nexus betweencorporate houses and officials in oth-er states, including Uttar Pradesh,

I Goa, Karnataka and Jharkhand.In its 'report - tabled in Parlia-

ment on Friday - the CAG noted thatthe ministry of environment and for-est cMoEF) had exempted ReliancePower Limited (RPL)in 2009 from pro-viding non-forest land to the tune of1,384,96 hectares. RPL had to provide

I non-forest land to the government forcompensatory afforestation in lieu of

, the forest land it was supposed to usefor its Sasan Ultra Mega Power Pro-ject (UMPP) for setting up power plant

: and coal mining project.Under Forest (Conservation) Act,

"curers from various states. Thiswould have led to higher tariff for thepower generated from the SasanUMPP. which would eventually beborne by the consumer.

It, however, noted that MoEF hadsubsequently insisted for compensa-tory afforestation over the non-forestland in latest project of the samecompany in nearby location in MP.which clearly illustrates that in earli-er cases undue favour were extendedtoSPL.

1980, whenever forest land is to be di-vertedfor non-forestry purpose, useragencies have to provide equivalentnon-forest land for carrying out com-pensatory afforestation.

CAG, however, pointed .out thatMoEF did not exercise due diligencein ensuring compliance with condi-tions of the Forest Act while givingrelief to RPL. SPL, a special purposevehicle created for development ofSasan UMPP. was a wholly-ownedsubsidiary of Power Finance Corpo-

ration (PFC) but it was transferred toRPL in August, 2007,- much before theMoEFhadgiven its nod.

RPL, however, denied the chargeand termed the governmentauditor'sfindings as "misplaced and bereft offacts". The company's spokespersonsaid, ''Any increase in cost incurredon acquiring non-forest land for com-pensatory afforestation would haveincreased the cost of the projectwhich in line with the bidding condi-tions has to be borne by the power pro-

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NEW DELHI: The Comptrol-ler and Auditor Cieneral(CACi)has said that the Envi-ronment Ministry hasshown undue favours toReliance Power Limited bygranting them two exemp-tions for the 4,000 MWSasanultra-mega powerproject.

This helped the company tobypass a mandatory legal con-dition of "compensatory af-forestation" on almost 1,400hectares of non-forest land inMadhya Pradesh, the CAGsaid. on proposals from the Madhya

The first approval for con- Pradesh government, wasstructing the thermal power granted by the Union ministrypiantcameinApril2009when in December 2008 and No-Prime Minister Manmohan vember 2009 when Singh andSingh held the environment ' Ramesh respectively were inportfolio and tlte second ap- charge of the green ministry.proval on coal blocks for the Singh held the environmentproject was granted when portfolio between May 17,Jairam Ramesh was in charge 2007 and May 27, 2009.of the ministry. Rarnesh succeeded him on

The two in-principal ap- May 28, 2009 and remainedprovals for the project, based environment minister till July-*'~'

12, 2011. Incidentally, the con-troversial allocation of coalblocks took place when theprime minister was in chargeof the coal ministry between2006 and 09_ On the instruc-tions of the Central VigilanceCommissioner, the Central Bu-reau of Investigation is nowprobing the coal-block alloca-tions under the supervision ofthe Supreme Court.»CACi.Page 11

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BAN GALORE: The State gov-ernment has decided tocome out with a policy forwind energy besides updat-ing the.solar energy policy toinclude plans for encourag-ing roof-top grid connectedsolar power plants and so-lar-powered water pumps.

Announcing this at an in-teraction meeting withmembers of the Federationof Kamataka Chambers ofCommerce and Industries(FKCCI) here on Friday,Principal Secretary, EnergyDepartment, Arnita Prasad,said that the wind policy isexpected to be in place inabout two months fromnow.

Though the State had apolicy for the renewable en-ergy sector as a whole, there

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was no exc\ usive policy forthe development of the windenergy sector, she pointedout. There was a need for apolicy for tapping wind en-ergy as the State had highpotential for wind energy,she said.

Solar energyReferring to the solar en-

ergy policy formulated lastyear, Dr. Prasad said that Ithis policy did not have theincentives and policy mea-sures pertaining to grid-con-nected roof-top solar plantsand solar-powered waterpumps.

"We have decided to pro-nounce the policy measureswith respect to these com-ponents," she said while in-dicating that. thegovernment was willing toprovide incentives to solar-

powered water pumps asthat would help energyconservation.

A technical committeeheaded by the managing di-rector of the Karnataka Re-newable EnergyDevelopment Limited hadbeen formed to prepare adraft of the proposed policymeasures with respect to thesolar energy componentswithin a month.

Apart from this, the tech-nical committee will fill thegaps in the solar energy pol-icy wherever necessary, Thecommittee had been told toexamine whether there wasa need to revise the entiresolar policy, she said.

Stating that the govern-ment was committed tomaking the State numerouno in terms of developmentin the power sector, she said

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that attention would be giv-en to all aspect, in the see-tor, including generation,transmission and distribu-tion of power.

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ment was in the process ofconstituting a selectioncommittee to choose twonew members for the Karna-taka Electricity RegulatoryCommission to fill twovacancies.

Even' ·as she assured in-dustries of considering mostof their demands, Dr. Prasadasked them to be ethical.

FKCCI president R Shiv-akumar, FKCC!'s Energyand Renewable Committeesenior chairman 'RameshSriranganathan and chair-man Ramesh Shivannaspoke. /.;

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Drawing on Phase 2 experiences, India can develop a robustdomestic CSP industry, but key barriers remain. Discussions withCSPstakeholders focused on five areas fordriving sustainable CSPtechnology choices:1) Domestic manufacturing2) Storogetocneate uninterrupted power opportunities3) Hybridization with base-load capacity4) Availability of heat transfer fluid and turbines5) WateruseandavailabilityBased on research and stakeholder discussions, we haveformulated the following key findings on horizon planning for CSPprojects underthe NSM:Initial successes in creating a domestic CSP industry: several CSPdevelopers found the DCRachievable for CSPprojects in India fortwo primary reasons. First, the relatively broad definition of"content" in the OCRincludes both laborand equipment that wasmanufactured in India, even if the company is foreign-ow.ned.Secondly, a large proportion of CSP equipment productionrequires mInimal workforce tralnlng. In addition to cheaper,trainable labor and lower costs of sourcing simple componentslocaily, many of the components of a CSP plant's power block aresimilar to thermal power plants, where domestic manufacturingexpertise already exists. India has a thriving industry focused onthe manufacture of steel, power components, control systems,and civil construction, all of which are inputs for a CSP project. Asthe CSP market develops, Indian manufacturers have anopportunity to step into the industry, promote cost reduction andlocalization, and also cater to the global market.CSP storage presents an opportunity for 24-hour clean energypower supply, at a price: Using CSP, storage of solar thermalenergy in the form of heat costs less and is more efficient thanelectrical storage of electricity generated by wind and solar PVsystems. Using materials such as molten salt to store thermalenergy costs '2,200to '3,960 ($40 to $72) per kWh capacity, givingCSPa significant advantage to other energy storage alternatives,though making storage expensive overall. With storage, a CSPplant's capital cost increases as the size of its solar field expands.However, capacity utilization - the amount of electricity produced- also increases and can even double. As a result, the leveled costof electricity for a CS·pplant with storage remains largely flat orincreases slightly as compared to a plant without storage.Opportunities for hybridization of existing fossil fuel andbiomass plants: CSPplants can be combined with new or existingconventional coal or gas plants, thermal industrial systems, or

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rccr ComP3n1 IS iaClf'g OlffitJlIy IfI plOQlessu"K) Nllh the Palar.a t.\me 3S the a-ea 15 !r.1Ck1y poyu131/!11 3nd hence as a paraftel~UI~. 1\.'i telr.g ~Ianned to eolpand the e.tShng Barsinysar Mine aJc.rog·•••llh liaJla ~.rlr,eAJI SIalU!O"/ ~'lrilnc:e lor the Tnermalana MaOla ~hne ,Ji'-'!eCiS;'Ia. IS cccn ••b:..u:c;Sirkili Thermal Power Project(4000 MWJ. Tamil NaduThe Bo3rd of [)erectors 01 your Con'IJ)atIy eas accorded ~ln-prinopIe' awcoval rOf selt!l'I9 up a coal based power P"O!ect ••••.lth an""eta!! tApaCl~ oI-«lCO f..fW in twophases al 511b1i III !he coastal dlStncl 01 Nagapaltlnam Illlhe Sta\~ of Tilm~nadu The presentcost esllrl"3le for the orqetl is { 14.482 crore for phase·loll980 MW TcurCompany ha$ll!ellllfre.:f Thitumulla:VJ5;)1 JS the SI!e ferlCcJ~g !he poA@( plant Gove~t 01 bmilr!acu has beeo requested 10 ISsue 'lO-pMCp!e' clW10/Ci\ :Ot land forws ptOftd Mlruslryol Coal has aIocated .h1gcl·Barpaliccal bIoO: t396 MTIII'\ the State of Cnhatbsgarh foIlhis pWfe(1 Issue oflenders for pt~rabon (If F eaSlbdrty Report and EtA. EMP Ieporl are m precess Other pre'-nlnaty prtlIecl adN'lt'es .are 11"I progress

NEW INITIATIVESOevangudl Mine Project (2.0 MTPA)Yoor Company has proposed to tJe.."elop a Iign.te mr.e of cap,aCrty 20 fATP", 10 elplolt Oevangudiligl'llie BIocl SItuated aboutISKin fmmthe Nerveliregion, alan estirnatedeoslolf ~2 67 crorelocalerlotheneedsolcement, paper bod. andolher sma"IndUStnes in the flel9hbotJrhood Tamtlnadu Agncultural UnlVersrty \ TNAUI. COimbalore has been assigned tc pt~ale the recotI1Il TechNcalopinlOIlon large scale acqurslbon of agnculturalland for rruning In Oevangudi"

Coal AssetsYour Company has lloated Ellp!'esslOtl of jnteresr (EOI) for acquJnf\'] coal assets alJfoad and for Ionlj·le"" supplIes for /he'Jpcommg power ptants Ibe offers recewed In resooose to the above EOI are under eveuauon. AcqUISItion of coal assets by jourCompany would ensure fuel secunty for the present as well for the furure ccar based power proects

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSRIANO GOVERNANCEtne Oepartmem of Pub/K; EntefpflS&s. Government 01 India has broogh: cct it new guidelines on COI'pOfate SoCIal Responscbl~tyand SustaINblbty lor Central Public Sector Enlerprises (CPSE) 10enable creatcn and d~tnbution 01wealth for th~ betterment ofcis slakeholders,lhrough the imp!ementalional"ld inlegrabonol ethICal systems and SlJstalnable management practices Under therevtsed guideIi1es. CPSEs are etpeded to lannulate their poIioes with a balanced emphasis on all aspects 01 CSR andSustalnability _ equaHy with regard 10 lhell' IOlemal operations. actiVIties and processes. as well as WI theit response toc;.tema5I1ei Keeping n vteWof Ihe above broad poIicytrarncwOO. on CSR. your Company has soeru IIlOI't than '''''of Profit AfterTat lor the year 2012·13 on CSR aclMhes The CSR projects are ldenllfied as per the Uleltwology presented bi OPE and aremandared periodicaIy by lhe Sutxorrmtlee consblulet1 D'J L"Ie HOard of O::edors As a good Corporate CItizen, your Companyadhern 10 the corporate gowmance reqt.Wements and CCIfT'IPliances 01 ~ same have been detailed JI'I the report of Otredors.which is a part of IheAMJal Report senno Members of Ihe Company

AWARDSI am happy 10shale WIth the Members thai your Company has receved the followlO9 awards .., Gold Trophy of -SCOPE Mentonous Award lor Envirorvnenlal E.I'cellenc.e and Sustainable Development' fOf the year

2011·12.., Indira Gandhi PaI)'avaran Puraskar Award 2009 (Orgarusallonal CategoryjlflslUuted by Union MIniStry 01 EnVironment and

Forests appreciating Ihe outstanding conlribulion in the area of enviroNnenl conservation and creabng enarcnrnent

awareness.01' PerfOlTT\3l'lCe Excellenc.eAward·fQ( theyear 2011·12 instituted by Indian Institute oflnctusltial Engine~nll901' India Power Award 2012' iostituled by Coundol Power Utilities fOfdeveloplng the energyseclor.01' IPE CSR Corporate Govemance Award' instiluted by lnslnule of Public Enterprise for Ihe dedicated service to the society.

E~c.eUence In Cost Management' under the category of Public Manufacturing Organisation (larger for the year 2012(nsbMed by the institute of CostAcc;ountan\s of India

01' 'Salely and OuaIityAwarcr Itom the InstilubonoiEngineers -india (lEI)'Organisatioli Wllt'l Best HR Strategy in hne with Business Award" Insbtuled by the Institute of PubliC Enterprise inHRleaderst'Jip Awards2012.

01' NabonaIlevtl EnwonmenlAwald 201G-lllor TPS-I Etpn among coall\lg~te based Thermal POVIer Sldtic.ns instituted byU,l'\I5tryofPower. Gcr.-emmentoflndaa.

01' 'Go!denPeacock Occupational Health & 5afeIyAward-2013' for TPS·II instituted by InsllluteofOltedors

tNOUSTRlAlRELATIONIndustrial relabon scen.ano was generaly cordial dumg the yeat ettepbng c.ertalO olSluIbances dunng the month of Juty 2013l'"l"'st h dtSinv9-strne1lt 01 shares by Government of tndI3 Thrusl on partJCip3tJve OJIture conlJnued dtl'lI'I9 the yeal and theII'Ijuslnal rela\lon ~ varnus UtIIts and SeMQ! OtvISlOf\S of your Company reffl3lned natmOf'\oOl.lsand ",r.!iol

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT!~h lulec.ordm, ;tw.-.i-:r. toM:.~~t-, ~lrt:'111~ thI1Grr/"!mrr<>nt 'lIIMliI Il')r Ihevcontll\Ued suppor1i.-:,).~ourendcJ'IQ·~ ~M Irother Mtntstnes and Oepartmefltsol Govemmenlollnv13 t "",r.h 10 ~~~II'SS 11(1thanks 10 the Government of lamtl rl-tlIU~ ••• 11~.rsupport and cocceraton I also WISh 10thank Slale Electnctly BoardslOI5COMs and other customers forihelrc.ontlnued supportI WIsh 10 place on record appreciation for aU execmves superveors and workmen for their hard\l;ork and dedication. I also thankAssooalll)'ls and recogfllzed Unions fOf !heir whole· hearted co-operaton in maIntaining 900d and cordial industrial retatois

f e1press Illy sincele thanks tomyconeagucson the Board for their valuableconltibutionlast but not lhe leasl.1 take thiS OPpOOUnity to express my sln<.er~ thanks It) all Investors who have reposed faith In the Companyandc.onllnuedtobellSslat.eholdef'3Thank too

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with r~(le.waq)e s9~rfe~ .such as biomass. These steam generation plants sh<\!e the basic .power blockinfrastruetufe -Ofa CSP plant, including the steam turbine generator. The addition of CSPcan effectIvelyIncreasetfiefuel efflclencv of the hybridized or retrofitted plant for each unit of electricity generation.Hybrid pla~ also provide dispatcha ble electricity that can be supplied continuously and reduce emissionsby loweljngrossi! fuel use.Water efflaent \'echnology options are available, but need to be enccuraged: Ifthe NSMmeets its targetof 20 GW of solar by 2022, with 30 percent of the total solar eapacity drawn from CSP,the waterrequirement from CSP plants using water cooled systems will be 36.2 million cubic meters per year,equlvalenttotlie water requirement for 736,000 Indians per day. Lackof water supply has already resultedin occasienal.shutdowns for coal-based plants, and CSPplants under the NSMwill be susceptible to thiswater stress as well.

Historicplly, the demand for solar technology has come only after its development. Today, bothconcehtrated'and photovoltaic solar technologies are seeing growing demand in their existing markets,and ence ntering new opportunities to challenge traditional energy sources. Despite seeing globalgrowth pf,fjetween 19-68 percent year over year from 1992 to 2010 in grid-connected use, photovoltalcshave hardly reached theIr potential. Additionally, the aforementioned market in developIng countries andrural aRplications has been largely overshadowed by grid-connected applications, despite seeingconsistentgrowth of 8-24 percent from 1992 to 2010 across the globe. This off-grid market has seen verylittle fundrngas compared to its counterpart, but shows vast potential forthe future ofphotovoltaics.I

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J Godawart'Green Energy Limited (GGEL)received the commissioning certificate from RREC,the RajasthanRenewal EnergyC1lrporation Limited, for the first commercial scale Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)plantof India. GGELreceived the certificate on recommendation bya committee constituted by Rajasthan StateNodal Agency and authorized by the NTPCVldyut Vyapar Nigam Umlted (NWN). Taking a giant leaptowards making eco-frlendly energy in India, GGELhas been successful In building a road to sustainableenergy sqruffOnsfor India.

Referenee:Editoiial 'Concentrated Solar Power', September 2012; India Concentrated Solar Power

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!UISHEDSHAREHDLDERS,Jwarmwelcomeloall.led SlalemenlsofAccounts for the year ended 3'" March. 2013 togetherwilh the AuditOIS' Report and Cornments of theld Ihe Directors' Reporthave already beensenttc you and with your permission, I lake them as readISCENARIO.en abundant resource of coal and lignite.As per the exploration data, the coal and lignite reserves as on 1· April, 2013 are~1OIl TOMes (BT) and 43.22 8T respectively, outofwhich 123 18 8T and 6.18 8T are under proven category. The reportefIng Group of Coal & Lignite fO( the XU Fiv9 Year Plan projects !he coal demand in India to grow at a CAGR of 7.1" tiI the6-17 and expected to t'&ach 980.5 Milion TOMeS (MT) per annum under realistic demand. The report also stales !hatng a CAGR of 7%. the demand for coal is expected 10 reach 1373 MT by 2021·22. As regards ignite, the demandlatthe lerminal year of XII & XIII Pian are 71.96MTand 108 62 MTrespectivety. Thennal power generation in the countryn'Wnlyon eoaIandligniteIdIa insla!led capacity of power as on 31· July, 2013 is 225,793 Mega Watt (MW). Government of India has drawn up; plans to have 88.537 MW capacity addi60ns through thermal. hydro and nudear power during the XII Plan period andIt same, Thermal Power generation constitutes '81.11% while hydro and nuclear constitute 12.31'4 and 5.98"-ely. The power generation in the Country has increased manifokj over the decades. The demand fct" power contiooes too growth in popufation & industrial activities. increase in per-capita usage and rapid urbanization ete., thus widening !heGovernmenl of India has taken a number of policy initiatives such as enactment of Electricity Act 2003, bringing outElectricity PoHcy 2006, lalJllching of Ultra Mega Power Projects and Accelerated Power Development & Reformsne etc .. in order to accelerate the growth in the power sector.npany is fully geared up 10 meet the challenges and utilise the opportunities and has drawn up number of ambitiousre for capacity addition ofits mining and power generation.:MANCE IN THE YEAR 2012·13py to share with you that your Company has once again surpassed its records set in Overburden Removal, Ugnilem. Generation & Export of Power, Sales Turnover, Profit Before Tax (PBn and Profit After Talt (PAn forthe year 2012-13.ighlS of physical and financial performance during the year 2012-13 are as below:

urden Removal of 1614.85 lakhMetre (lM). lignite Production of3 lakh Tonnes (IT). Power«Jon (gross) of 19902.34 MillonMU), P""",Exportof 16841.51 MU18 highest ever achieved by theany.I recorded the highest ever lignite:tionofI39.44lT.I recorded the highest everIlion and eltportofPowerof 11238 09 MU and 9455.81 MU respectivety.~.tVl .••.•h~~~roo;elhan~.Plan!lOildFactor.

~;O~ Tw •.•.••>;1 of .: 5!I%.J; ,,",vII; r:.,~_~~~~~~~~ued IS the highest ever achieved by " U-.,.,7~i.:o-;·,r=="=rrl

;i~~~2041.65 core and the PAT ~_I.·.~:"_:-.: ~.. , I1459.75 cere recorded are the a, a ~tever achieved bylheCompany. "I' "D ., ,'. .

'o~~:~Ooi~%r: ~m::a~u;: .•.<:.~~=-.•~.~~nded a final d"rvideod@ 18% ~ 1.SOper share)forthe financial year2012-13.

m.·. The total dividend for the year 2012-13 Jncluding the tnterimDivideodpaid during the. . _ r:-' -, y~r 2012-13. wrns out 10 28% (t' 2.80 per share). involYiIlJ a cash outftow of

. . - t 548.31aorewhich indudes OMdend OisltrbulionTax payable thereon .•.i '. .,' PERFORMANCEINTHECURRENTYEAR·2013-f4(ApriI201JloJuIy2013)

" During Ihe above period your Company has removed Overburden of 515.35lM' and.i~. ' -: produced aJ.2ti IT of lignn. as against 51111 uK .nd 84.91 LT respectively.

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The total sales and profit after tax during the current finanoal year up 10 31· July, 20 13 is) CfOfe and t 360.53 crore compared to t 1791.36 Clore and ~ 404.06 core rf9istered respectively during Ihe!ding period oftha previoos year 20 12·13. Thedecrease in the profrt is on account of provision for t 62.05 crore being theIX claimed eaner from one of It.e ber.aficiaries which is not recoverable as per CERC order and also because 01depreciation 10 the tuneof~ SOaore on account of Exchange rate variation.lUES1O:.taf'ldlnq amount iron t/le StAt"! R"", •.lir j~i;"S~snn 31' August2013 IS ~ 2172 05 Clore and out of which an amountofi C1:)f~ IS .jue: trOIT. ;: ~.'~E~~::'"DI.o~'~;!."Ie j1fe·;ious year, as on 3( Augusl 2012. the dues outstaJldirog wasJ Clore including surcharge. Oues to 'IIQOlous persuasion and various steps taken through Government of Tamil Nadu andf Coal. the Company HaS able to realize a part of the dues trom TANGEDCO and thus the amount due from TANGEOCOItromt 349652crot"etot' 192196croreason31"August2013K!pany presentl,! has a generallng capaCIty of 2140 MW With the IITIpJementatioo of 500~' 01 lignlle based TPS·1l, PfOject. 1000 MW 01 Neyve\l New Thermal Power Staten (whJch IS the replacement of ensnng Thermal StatIOn I 01apaClt"/l. l000MWofcoalbasedPQNa prOjeCt at Tuliconn. 51 MW Mnd power prolectand 10MWso!arpowerprqect.power generating capaaty WOUld ocrease to 4701 MW BeSIdes It IS proposed 10 consJder power projects 01capaCiI'/dunng XI\lXUI Plan peliods

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PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTIONThermal Powtr StaUon-1i expansion (2 x 250 MW)I am very much pained toinform that the commissioning olthe Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustion (CFBC) based UnilsofTP$.11expansion project could notbe commissioned as envisaged, notwithstanding the several steps taken by your Company.The Unit·1 which was synchronized eartier is under shutdown since 25~ November. 2012 for reclification of retractorr in Seal po~and also for modification orSuperHeaterlRe-Heatercoilsup(X)!ts in all the four Fluidized Bed Heat Exchangers (FBHEs). BHEL.'the Main Plant Package Cootractorhas taken up the modificatiOn works and has committed 10 commission the Unlt·lin December2013. •W~ respect to Unit·II, erection of boiler, turbine & generalor and auxiliaries including electrical and C&I have been completed.Boier was f.ghted up on 2Z" May 2013 and themitaI cleaning steam blowout operations have been compleled. fJos.in Unit·l. BHELhas tocany out the FBHE modilicationin Unit·n also. This Unitisexpected toberommissionecl inJanuaty2014 .•Members may be aware, that the 250 MW power project with CFBC Iedlnok19Y IS being implemented ror the firstlirM in !hecoontry. Though stabtf"lZation of any 1_ tecMology take:. i:I ",.lilfl', it ~ .•cry 111001 Visirei:ll!&:ring to note that this is gettingprolonged. The problems now impecfing the commissioning of!he Units are purely technical in nature and these are being allendedto. I would ~ke to assure !he Members thai early completion of the project has been given ubnost priority and \he progress of theprqed is being reviewed at various levels ind~mg altha inler-rninisterial level. lwould like 10 share that in the meeting convenedby !he Minislly of Heavy Industry. assurances have been given by 8HEL to commission the Units al an early date.Nayvell HewTh,rmal Power Station (21500 MW}(HNTPS)Government oflndia (GOI) has sanctioned the Neyvefi New Thennal Power Project (1000 MW) at a capita! cost oft 5907 11 cratein June 2011 with a commlssioning schedule of 48 months and 54 months for Unit·1 & II respectively. from the dale of sanction.This power projed when commissioned would replace the eltisting 600 MW TP$.I which is in operation since 1962. Tenders havebeen noated fof steam Generator. Steam Turbine-Generator and Balance of Planl Packaqes.fn respect of Steam GeneratorPackage, short·listing of bidders on Pre-Qualification & Techno-commercial conditions has been completed and the priceevaluation is in process. fJos.regards Steam Turbine Generator Package. price evaluauon has been completed and the onler will beplaced shortly. Tender for Balance of Plant Pacl<age has been issued and the evaluation of oHers is in process.Restruc:tut1ngofMlnesIn order 10 meet the lignite requirement of NNTPS. your Board of Directors has accorded approval for RestnJcturing of Mine-rrlJ\duding Mine-! Expo.) from 10.510 8.0 MTPAand erparscn of Mine·lA from 3.0 to 7.0 MTPA. atan aggregate eslimated cost oft 1458.11 a0t8, thus raising the aggregate capacity by 1.5 MTPA. Activities to irnpl8lTh:iil this Project have commenced.WindPowerPlant(51 MW} .I am very happy 10 inrorm you that your Company has recenUy placed an order for a value of ~ 332.52 crore for setting up of a windpower farm of capacity 51 WI at Kaluneerkulam in !tie Stale 01 Tamil Nadu. The proied is scheduled 10 be commissioned inJune 2014. This wiD be yourCompany's firstste~fofayingintothereoe'Nable energy sedor.

Solar P.V. ProJecl (10 MW)The Board of Directors of your Company has accorded approval for setting up of a 10 MW So(ar Photo Voltaic prOject al Neyvefi atan estimated cost of ~ 85 c:tQ(e ., the first phase. Tendering activities are in progress to set up the prqecl It has also beenproposed to set up 15 MW Solar PV Power Project, in the r phase. as an expansion 10 the above proposed 10 MW capacity.jThe Board has also accorded ·m-principle· approval for setting up of a 10 ~rNsolar power projed In Barsingsar and the detaIls are,beingwon:.edoul. ~

JV PROJECTS 'Coal based Thennal Power Plant (2x5oo MW) at Tutlcorin"four Company is presently implementing the coal based thermal power project of 1000 MW:(2lt 500 MW)capacity er Tuticorin, through \he Subsidiary Company. NlC Tami!nadu Power limited (NTPl) formed in joint venturewith TANGEOCO. Hydro test of both the boilers has been completed and the works related to boiler light up are in progress.Concreting of chimneysheU and cooling tower shell have been completed. The works in Switchyard and Power Transformers andthe Coal Handling System are nearing completion. As perthe present status of the project. Unil-I is expected to be commissionedin December 2013and Unit-II in March 2014.Coal based Thermal Power Stalion (3x660 MW) at GhatampurYour Company has submilled tne proposal 10 Govemment of India for sanction for implemenlabon of coal based thermat powerproject of 1980 MW (3lt 660 MW) capacity at Ghalampur in the State of Uttar Pradesh, at an estimated cost of ~ 14.375 croreAs per the proposal submitted to the Govemment the Projecl is expected 10 be commissioned within 52 months from the date ofsanction by the GovemmenlThe above project is proposed 10 be implemented Ihrough the Subsidiary Company. Neyvell Uttar Pradesh Power urnted(NUPPl) formed in joint venture with Uttar" Pradesh Rajya Vldyut Utpadan NJgaITl Umted (UPRVUNlj wrth equity participation of51% byyout Company and 49% by UPRVUNl The Public Investment Board (Pie) has recommended the above project proposal'o\ith!he observation that necessary eearaoce from Ministry of Environment & Foresl (MoE&F) IS 10 be obtained al !he earflest

~~~~:~'f&~~~:a~=~~nd~~~~~t!,~:;~::u~t::~~\tle~~ect.Govem~Mof Uttal Pradesh has aJ10caled 80 cu.secs of water for the prOject. Minislly of Coal has allocated Pachwara South Coal block inJharkhand State with a reserve of 279 M1 for this projectTenders have been tIoated for the Ma~ Plant Packages viz . Steam General()( Package and Steam Turtane Pac:ltage and for theProjeclConsuttancyMNHShaktiMNH Shakllllmited is a Jomt Venture Company (JVC) promoted by M~hana<li Coalfields'lImlted (MCl} hOlding 70% stake.Hindalco and your Company. eacn holding 15% stake. The NC is implemenbng a 20 0 MTPA coat mining prorect at Jetabra.Odisha and MClbeing the majority stakeholderis piloting the above projectNEW PROJECTSBithnok Thennal Power Station (250 MW) with linked Ugnil& Mina (2.25 MTPAI. RajasthanYour Company has proposed to set up a Thermal Power Ptant 01 250 MW capacity ·Nith the linked lignite mine of 2 25 MTPAcapacity at 8ithnok in the State of Rajasthan. at an aggregate estimated cost of l 2 298.83 core land acqulSlbon throughGovernment of Ralasthan and diverSJOO of foreslland is being pursued. Obtaining enVironmental dearaoce from (MoE&F) IS .,process In this regard Madras Sc:hooI of Economics has prepared a Sooal Cost Benefit Analysis Study R!port which has beensent to MoE&F for issue of environment dearance for BJthnok Mine projeCl PO-Ner ptJ"chase agreement has been SlQlled WIth theIl<scomsBarsin9sar Thermal Power Station Extension (250 MW) with linked Hadta & Palana Ugnite Mine 12.5 MTPA}. RajasthanYour Company has also proposed 10 set up a new power plant with a capamy of 250 MW as an extensco 01 the existing pt"N'!fplanllil"lkedlothelignitedepoSltsJnHadla&Palanabiocks TheaggregaleeStlmatedcostoftheprOJedlst 2041 78aore ,<

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