No plan to aid gas-based power plants at this juncture: Power Min

The Government has decided to not provide support to gas-based power plants that are stranded or running at a sub-optimal level in view of the states’ reluctance to give any concession to these projects and rise in capacity utilisation of these plants, Parliament was informed on Tuesday.

“In the light of the reluctance of the States to give any waiver/ concession and the fact that gas-based power generation grew without any support, it was decided that there may not be any need to have any policy on providing support to the gas-based power plants at this juncture,” Power Minister RK Singh said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.