The ministry has been urging state governments to play their part in making hydropower competitive by foregoing, deferring or staggering free power and, if need be, their share of goods and services tax (GST), he said. India is seeking to install 75 MW of hydropower capacity by 2020 as part of wider ambitions to add 175 MW of renewable power . To reach this goal , the central government is asking state governments to give up their share of free hydroelectric power and potentially their share of goods and services tax ( GST ) too , in order to make the projects economically viable and to support the public sector . In 2013 , the Himachal Pradesh government agreed free power and GST exemptions for 10 hydropower projects on the river , with a capacity of 2.9 GW .
India is seeking to install 75 MW of hydropower capacity by 2020 as part of wider ambitions to add 175 MW of renewable power . To reach this goal , the central government is asking state governments to give up their share of free hydroelectric power and potentially their share of goods and services tax ( GST ) too , in order to make the projects economically viable and to support the public sector . In 2013 , the Himachal Pradesh government agreed free power and GST exemptions for 10 hydropower projects on the river , with a capacity of 2.9 GW .