With most thermal plants likely to miss clean energy deadline, PowerMin recommends breather up to 2 yrs

With several thermal power plants likely to miss the government’s 2022 deadline for installing equipment to minimise pollution from their operations, the Ministry of Power is recommending that the deadline be extended by up to two years for over 300 such units. The recommendation was made last week in a letter to the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF), said Power Minister RK Singh.

“I believe it (the extension) is necessary,” the minister told The Indian Express in an interview, adding that the final decision on this matter would be taken by MoEF and, in specific cases, the Supreme Court.