Kathmandu, Aug. 12 -- India will purchase an additional 200 megawatts of electricity from Nepal. The Central Electricity Authority under India's Ministry of Power has approved importing electricity to Haryana state under a mid-term agreement.

According to Rajan Dhakal, spokesperson for the Nepal Electricity Authority, approval has been granted to export an additional 199.70 megawatts of electricity from six hydropower projects in Nepal under the new agreement. "Earlier, India had given permission to export 941 megawatts of electricity. Nepal will now export 1,140.70 megawatts of electricity."

The power authority will now sell 435.2 megawatts of electricity to Haryana alone, up from 235.5 megawatts previously sold. Under the mid-term agr...