Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to satate :-

(a) whether Bangladesh has not awarded any contracts for setting up power projects to India;

(b) whether 5000 MW capacity power projects has been awarded to Bangladesh by other countries; and

(c) the main projects for which MoU has been signed between India and Bangladesh recently?

ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (SHRI. E. AHAMED)

(a) Government of Bangladesh has signed an agreement with LANCO Infratech Limited in September 2012 for the setting up of a 218 MW power project in Bhola, Bangladesh.

(b) There is no information available to indicate whether any 5000 MW capacity power projects have been awarded to Bangladesh by other countries.

(c) The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) of India has signed a Joint Venture Agreement with Bangladesh Power Development Corporation (BPDC) in August 2010 for the setting up a 1320 MW coal based power plant in Khulna, Bangladesh.

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