Government has approved an investment of 996 crore rupees for research and development in the Power sector. Ministry of Power said in a release that the government has accorded the investment for capital projects of the Central Power Research Institute (CPRI) in order to serve the growing needs of research and development in the power sector including development of advanced testing facilities.

The investment would serve the growing needs of Research and Development in the Indian Power Sector including, development of advanced Testing Facilities,located at Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkota, Guwahati, Noida and Nagpur. A new laboratory will also be established in Western Region at Nasik.

The main facilities proposed to be set up under the approved projects, include Short Circuit Test Facilities ,Transmission Tower Test Facility , Facilities for Switchgear Testing & Development , Facilities for testing of transformer oil ,Relocation and augmentation of thermal research centre at Nagpur,Establishment of new unit at Nasik and Establishment of Phasor Measurement Unit System and Smart Grid Research Laboratory.