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 to carry out Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for building hydroelectricity projects up to 50 megawatt capacity.
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Concession in the VAT to hydel projects
Posted on 30 November 2008 by admin
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 [...]
Posted in Guest Column on 01-01-2010 Comments (1)
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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