Nepal and India Agree to Increase Electricity Import-Export Capacity

Kathmandu. An agreement has been reached between Nepal and India to increase the electricity import capacity to 1,530 megawatts and export capacity to 1,850 megawatts through cross-border transmission lines.Such an agreement was reached at the 13th meeting of the Nepal-India Joint Steering Committee (JSC) at the Secretary level on energy, co-chaired by Sarita Dwadi, Secretary of the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation of the Government of Nepal, and Pankaj Agarwal, Secretary of the Ministry of Power of the Government of India, held in Pokhara on Wednesday.According to the Ministry of Energy, Nepal and India have agreed to expand...