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Key Points

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India could have about 21 gigawatts of small river power, but only 5.2 gigawatts are used now.

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The plan aims to add about 1.5 gigawatts of new small river power.

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The government will spend about 2,584.60 crore rupees (a big amount of money).

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Building these projects needs help from many groups like states, banks, and engineers.

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Summary

Only a little bit of this river power is being used now, so there is lots of room to add more.

Using small river power can give electricity to far‑away villages and create jobs.

The government plans to spend a lot of money to build more small river power projects.

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New Words to Learn

6 words
gigawatts
a huge amount of electricity power
crore
ten million (used for big numbers in India)
decentralised
spread out to many places instead of one central spot
renewable
energy that comes from sources that never run out, like water or sun
pipeline
a plan that shows the steps to finish a project
bankability
how easy it is for a project to get money from banks
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