Govt confident of generating surplus power for export

With half a dozen power equipment firms slated to set up units in India, the government today expressed confidence of meeting the domestic power demand and generating surplus for export.

"We had only Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd ( BHEL). Now, six big companies are coming in joint ventures and the country will not face any power problem. I am confident that the country will export power to other countries," Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said during the Question Hour in the Rajya Sabha.

Pointing out that the government has kept a huge target of adding power generation capacity of 78,777 mega watt(MW) for the 11th Five Year Plan (2007-12), he said that "the problem is that there are not many equipment manufacturing companies."

In the 10th Five Year Plan, the country was able to produce 22,000 MW, though the target was 42,000 MW, he added.

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