Cabinet Clears Green Energy Corridor Phase-III With 50 GWh Storage

The correct answer is up to 135 GW. GEC-III strengthens the Intra-State Transmission System precisely so that renewable power of this scale can be moved from where it is generated into the grid inside states and union territories. Option A is wrong because no such figure is attached to the scheme. Option C is wrong as well; it is a plausible-looking round number but does not describe the evacuation capacity that the scheme targets. Option D is wrong because the only far larger number tied to this decision is the separate goal of installed non-fossil capacity of 900 GW by 2035, which is a generation target for the whole country and not a transmission figure for this scheme. Along with the wires, GEC-III funds 50 GWh of Battery Energy Storage Systems to smooth out intermittency, congestion, curtailment at peak hours and demand during non-solar hours.

The correct answer is Rs 1,86,405 crore, the full outlay approved for the scheme. Option A is wrong because Rs 54,082 crore is the Central Financial Support inside that outlay, the money that offsets intra-state transmission charges and so keeps power costs down for consumers. Option B is wrong because Rs 1,36,378 crore is only the transmission slice, meant for developing Intra-State Transmission Systems under the scheme. Option D is wrong because no such figure belongs to this approval. The remaining Rs 50,000 crore of the outlay pays for 50 GWh of Battery Energy Storage Systems. The whole scheme is targeted to be in place by financial year 2032-33, with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy steering it and State Transmission Utilities acting as the overall implementing agency.

The correct answer is Tariff Based Competitive Bidding, usually written as TBCB. Every greenfield project under the transmission component of GEC-III goes through this route, with Transmission Service Providers taking part on a Build-Own-Operate-Maintain model, abbreviated BOOM. Option B is wrong because the Cost Plus Basis is reserved for a different class of work, namely brownfield upgradation and jobs that strengthen an existing network. Option C is wrong because the scheme does not hand greenfield work to any undertaking by nomination; State Transmission Utilities are the overall implementing agency, but the projects themselves are bid out. Option D is wrong because no such method is part of this approval. The competitive route is one reason the government expects the scheme to keep transmission charges, and therefore consumer tariffs, in check.

The correct answer is 900 GW installed non-fossil capacity by 2035. The scheme is described as an aid to reaching that target, since new renewable capacity is of little use unless the power it makes can be carried to load centres. Options A, C and D name other combinations of capacity and year that are not part of this decision, and each mixes up either the quantity or the deadline. Beyond the capacity goal, the government expects GEC-III to add to long-term energy security and cut the country's carbon footprint. It is also presented as a source of employment: direct and indirect jobs in the power, manufacturing and construction sectors, fresh work in the domestic energy storage industry as batteries are made and installed, and lasting skilled jobs in operation, maintenance and grid management in the participating states.