UPPCS GS-VI

UP buys 1,500 MW thermal power at ₹5.383 a unit

Battle IAS UP current affairs title card: UP buys 1,500 MW thermal power at ₹5.383 a unit (, 6 May 2025)

What happened

  • The Cabinet approved buying 1500 MW from a thermal project through competitive bidding; the lowest bid accepted was a tariff of ₹5.383 per unit from Adani Power. [UP Cabinet]

Background

  • The note links the purchase to meeting UP’s long-term power demand. [UP Cabinet]

Why it matters

  • Long-term power purchase is how the state plans for demand ten years ahead.

How to use this in Mains

GS-VI UP power sector

  1. Long-term power purchase is how the state plans for demand ten years ahead.
Quotable data point

The Cabinet approved buying 1500 MW from a thermal project through competitive bidding; the lowest bid accepted was a tariff of ₹5.383 per unit from Adani Power [UP Cabinet].

UP Information Dept: Cabinet decisions, 6 May 2025 (Hindi PDF)

Exam angle

UPPCS

GS-VI: UP power sector.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPPCS

The 1,500 MW thermal power purchase (May 2025) was finalised through

Answer (b) & explanation

Source: as cited in this article.

Official source: UP Information Dept: Cabinet decisions, 6 May 2025 (Hindi PDF)

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