India's first multipurpose river valley project: the Damodar Valley Corporation

Background

The Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) is India's first multipurpose river valley project, and works under the Ministry of Power.
It supplies power in West Bengal and Jharkhand.
In the financial year 2025-26 it generated 40,103 million units in all, of which 39,719 million units were thermal, 351 million units hydel and 33.3 million units solar.
It delivered 714 million units of green energy across West Bengal and Jharkhand at regulated green tariffs.
Contracts were awarded for large-scale floating solar projects at Maithon and at Konar Dam.
Its capacity expansion includes Koderma TPS and Raghunathpur TPS, and a joint venture with Coal India Limited for development of 2x800 MW units at Chandrapura.
It runs captive coal mines and has commissioned an advanced Load Despatch Centre for real-time grid monitoring.