• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the investment for 382 MW Sunni Dam Hydro Electric Project in Himachal Pradesh by SJVN Ltd, for an estimated cost of Rs 2,614.51 crore, including Rs 13.80 crore as budgetary support from government of India for the cost of enabling infrastructure.

• Sunni Dam Hydro Electric Project is a run-of-the-river of river type scheme situated on river Satluj near Khaira village in Shimla and Mandi districts of Himachal Pradesh.

• Keeping in view the aims and objectives of Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan, the present proposal for setting up 382 MW Sunni Dam HEP by SJVN shall provide various benefits to local suppliers/ local enterprises/ MSMEs and shall encourage entrepreneurship opportunities within the country besides promoting employment and socio-economic development of the region. 

• The implementation of the project shall generate direct and indirect employment for about 4,000 persons during the peak construction of the project.

SJVN Limited 

• SJVN Limited is a Miniratna (Category-I) and Schedule ‘A’ Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) under administrative control of the ministry of power.

• It was incorporated on May 24, 1988 as a joint venture of government of India and government of Himachal Pradesh to plan, promote, develop all forms of power, both renewable as well as non-renewable and all ancillary activities related thereto, in India and abroad.

• Beginning with a single project and single state operation (India’s largest 1,500 MW Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Power Station in Himachal Pradesh), SJVN is currently implementing hydroelectric projects in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Gujarat, Arunachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Assam, Odisha, Mizoram and Madhya Pradesh in India besides neighbouring countries — Nepal and Bhutan. 

• Apart from hydropower, SJVN has also ventured into thermal, wind power, solar power and transmission.

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