India blocks extra Nepal power supply to BD

Nepal's plan to increase electricity exports to Bangladesh has been stalled after India declined approval for an additional 20MW, citing constraints on cross-border transmission capacity, energy officials said, reports bdnews24.com.
According to The Kathmandu Post, India's Central Electricity Authority (CEA) withheld clearance for the proposed increase.
Officials noted that the process has stalled pending a revised tripartite agreement and further reviews by the Nepal-India Energy Secretary-level Joint Steering Committee (JSC).
Nepal exports its surplus hydropower to India and Bangladesh during the wet monsoon season, while reverting to power imports from India during the winter.
A bilateral JSC meeting held in Dhaka on Nov 27, 2025 had agreed in principle to scale up the power trade by adding 20MW to the operational 40MW framework.
Following the decision, the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) formally approached NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited India (NVVN) to clear the additional transmission.
However, NVVN subsequently notified the NEA that the 1,000MW capacity India-Bangladesh grid corridor could not absorb the additional allocation.
"This time, only 40MW of electricity will be exported to Bangladesh. Although a tripartite agreement for the additional 20MW had not yet been completed, like the earlier 40MW arrangement, we had initiated the process through NVVN at India's CEA," Tharka Bahadur Thapa, director of the NEA's electricity trade department, told the Kathmandu Post.