The Government has taken a number of initiatives to boost hydro power development and hydro-power projects in order to meet the country's power requirements which include policy initiatives like National Electricity Policy, Hydro Power Policy, National Rehabilitation & Resettlement Policies, National Tariff Policy etc. except setting up of a hydro-development fund. Apart from these policy initiatives, the Central Government regularly monitors and reviews the implementation of various hydro projects. This was stated by Sh. Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (I/C) for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.
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