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Article: India: Gujarat power sector has received substantial Central aid: Solanki.
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- November 7, 2009
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Gujarat has got the largest financial assistance from the Centre for setting up power grids and capacity expansion, according to Union Minister of State for Power Bharatsinh Solanki.
Addressing the media in Ahmedabad on Thursday, Solanki said the state has received an assistance of over Rs 35,000 crore. This, he said, is in the form of assistance provided by the Power Finance Corporation (Rs 17,585 crore), Rural Electricity Company (Rs 13,078 crore) and Power Grid Corporation (Rs 4,000 crore).
Moreover, he said, the Centre has provided Rs 1,000 crore to the Gujarat government to bring ...