Hydro electric projects have been developed and are being developed by many agencies like state governments, private developers, Central Public Sector Undertakings including NHPC, etc in the country.

As per re assessment studies carried out by Central Electricity Authority in 1978-87, the hydro power potential in terms of installed capacity is estimated at 148701 MW out of which 145320 MW of the potential consists of hydroelectric schemes having IC above 25 MW. Of the above identified capacity, 33920.8 MW (23.34%) has so far been developed and another 14627 MW (10.07%) is under development. The State-wise details are given below:

So far NHPC has commissioned 14 hydroelectric projects with an aggregate installed capacity of 5295 MW (including JV projects). The details are given below

Himachal Pradesh

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Jammu & Kashmir

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Sikkim

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Uttarakhand

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Manipur

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Madhya Pradesh

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Further, 10 hydroelectric projects with total capacity of 4502 MW are under construction. Details are given below:

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