Minister for Water Resources Bishnu Poudel said the present government has made some new provisions in connection with the energy sector such as providing concession in the Value Added Tax to hydroelectricity projects, removal of the provision for taking license for construction of hydroelectricity projects up to 3 megawatt capacity and the provision not requiring [...]
Archive | November, 2008
Tags: Bishnu Poudel, VAT
Concession in the VAT to hydel projects
Posted on 30 November 2008 by admin
Tags: Lekh Raj, Seti, SMEC, West Seti
जलस्रोत विकासमा पश्चिम सेती
Posted on 27 November 2008 by admin
निकट भविष्यमा सुरु हुने पश्चिम सेती जलविद्युत् आयोजना यतिखेर चर्चामा छ । यो पश्चिम सेती हाइड्रो लिमिटेडले नेपालको सुदूरपश्चिम विकास क्षेत्रको सेती नदीमा बनाउन लागेको ठूलो जलाशययुक्त आयोजना हो । साढे पाँच वर्षमा सम्पन्न हुने यस आयोजनाको स्वामित्व ३० वर्षपछि नेपाल सरकारलाई हस्तान्तरण गरिनेछ
West Seti test case for hydro target
Posted on 27 November 2008 by admin
BY THIRA L BHUSAL KATHMANDU, Sept 27 - The government has taken the 750-MW West Seti Hydroelectric Project (WSHP) as a test case for its ability of achieving the target of generating 10,000 MW of hydro-electricity in the next 10 years. If the West Seti project fails, the government’s policy of speeding up hydro-electricity generation and attaining [...]
Photo Feature
Guest Column
Mahakali Treaty outcome of economic nationalism
By Hari Bansh Jha
It was on 12 February 1996 that the the Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and the then Indian Prime Minister P.V. Narsimha Rao signed an agreement on the integrated development of the Mahakali river in Delhi. The Pancheshwor Project under the Treaty was expected to produce 6,000 MW of hydro-power with the investment cost [...]
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Interview
No alternative to power purchase from India : Mahat
The meeting of the Joint Commission on Water Resources is scheduled for the first week of November and is to be followed soon after by ministerial-level talks that will take up all issues relating to the setting up of the Pancheshwar Development Authority and reach a conclusion. We have informally agreed to locate PDA headquarters in Nepal
Posted in Interview on 08-10-2009 Comments (0)
Opinoin Tank
Pain of Losing West Seti
By Sudheer Raj Sharma Dhakal
The well-versed 750 MW West Seti Hydroelectric Project (WSHP) is once again capturing major energy headlines in both the print and electronic media of Nepal. Looked as a porthole for the development of the Far Western Development Region (FWDR) that has received the least development privilege, this project has been lingering for more than a [...]
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