{"id":18985,"date":"2024-01-05T03:27:17","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T21:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=18985"},"modified":"2025-04-05T14:31:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T09:01:42","slug":"nhpc-limited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/nhpc-limited\/","title":{"rendered":"What is NHPC Limited?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About NHPC Limited<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>NHPC Limited (formerly known as\u00a0National Hydroelectric Power Corp.) is a Government of India Mini Ratna Category-I\u00a0Public Sector Enterprise under the Ministry of Power.<\/li>\n<li>It was\u00a0incorporated in the year 1975 under the Companies Act, 1956, with the objective of\u00a0developing hydroelectric power in the country.<\/li>\n<li>With an authorized share capital of Rs.15,000 crore. NHPC is a premier organization in the country for the development of hydropower.<\/li>\n<li>The company is\u00a0mandated to plan, promote, and organize an integrated\u00a0and efficient development of power in all aspects\u00a0through conventional and non-conventional sources in India and abroad.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>NHPC is\u00a0headquartered\u00a0in Faridabad, Haryana.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0main functions of the NHPC\u00a0include\n<ul>\n<li>Planning, execution,\u00a0operation, and maintenance of hydroelectric power projects.<\/li>\n<li>Exploring new sites for hydroelectric projects.<\/li>\n<li>Development\u00a0of\u00a0small hydroelectric projects<\/li>\n<li>Research and Development (R&amp;D) in the field of hydroelectric power<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Through long-term power purchase agreements, it\u00a0sells electricity to electricity utilities owned by state governments\/private distribution companies on a wholesale basis.<\/li>\n<li>It also\u00a0carries out business operations, which\u00a0include the planning of wind and tidal wave projects in the country, and has interests in various projects in the construction and under development phases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is hydroelectricity?<\/h3>\n<p>Hydroelectric power is the electricity produced from generators driven by turbines that convert the potential energy of falling or fast-flowing water into mechanical energy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/industry\/renewables\/nhpc-pledges-to-invest-rs-4000-cr-in-750-mw-kuppa-hydro-storage-project-in-gujarat\/articleshow\/106549371.cms?from=mdr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>NHPC pledges to invest Rs 4,000 crore in 750 MW Kuppa Hydro Storage Project in Gujarat\u00a0<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NHPC Limited (formerly known as National Hydroelectric Power Corp.) is a Government of India Mini Ratna Category-I Public Sector Enterprise under the Ministry of Power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":18986,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18985","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}