India has allowed Nepal to export an additional 251 MW of electricity to the country.
India’s Designated Authority for Cross-Border Trade has approved an additional 251 MW of power exports from 12 hydropower projects in Nepal.
With this, Nepal would be exporting 941 MW of hydropower from 28 projects.
Earlier, Nepal was exporting 690 MW of electricity from 16 projects.
Nepal had already become a net exporter of electricity and net revenue generator in the last fiscal year.
India and Nepal had reached an agreement for the long-term power trade that envisages the sale of up to 10,000 MW of power from Nepal to India in the next 10 years.
Nepal shares a border of over 1,850 km with five Indian States — Sikkim, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.