New Delhi, July 6: Amid the country facing power shortage, the government has allowed imports of electricity without any authorisation.
“Import of electrical energy will not require authorisation,” the Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) said in a notification.
It said that the “import policy of electrical energy...is revised from ‘restricted' to ‘free'.”
The gross electricity generation in the country from various conventional energy sources during April 2012-January 2013 is 7,62,7668 million units as against the target of 7,71,866 million units.
This generation is mainly from thermal, hydro and nuclear sources and import of hydro power from Bhutan during 2012-13.
Nuclear power registered a generation of 27,450 million units as compared to the target of 35,200 million units.
The hydro power generation during the period was 99,071 million units as against the target of 1,22,045 million units.
India imported 4,710 million units of hydro power from Bhutan against the target of 5,480 million units.
