• Launch Details:
  • • Date: 20 August 2024
    • Place: New Delhi
    • Minister: Union Power Minister Manohar Lal Khattar
• New Platforms:
• PROMPT:

• • • • Objective: Real-time monitoring and tracking of thermal power projects
      • Collaboration: NTPC facilitated development
      • Benefit: Early identification and resolution of construction delay issues
• Hydropower DPR:

• • • Objective: Monitoring the status of hydropower and pumped storage projects
    • Benefit: Better management and coordination

• Disaster Resource Inventory (DRIPS) for Power Sector
  • Objective: Identification of power disruptions due to natural disasters (cyclone, earthquake, flood)
  • Benefit: Quick power restoration in affected areas

Central Electricity Authority (CEA):

• Established: 1951 (under the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948)
• Legal Status: Electricity Act 2003 replaced the 1948 Act 
• Function: Preparation of National Electricity Policy and Plan, Approval of new Hydro Power Plants
• Chairman: Ghanshyam Prasad
• Headquarters: New Delhi