<span style="color: #222222;">India has given permission to the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) to export additional 40 megawatts of electricity from two more hydroelectric projects.<br />''<br />''According to NEA, the Central Electricity Authority of India has approved the sale of surplus power from two more hydropower projects – 25 MW Kabeli B-1 and 20 MW Lower Modi – at competitive rates in the Indian energy market. With this, 452.6 MW surplus power can be exported to India from 10 hydropower projects.<br />''<br />''The NEA has halted the export of surplus power to India since the 19th of December as production from the river-based hydroelectric power stations decreased.<br />''<br />''NEA has generated a net income of 11.16 billion rupees via trading 1.36 billion units of surplus power at a competitive rate in the Indian energy market as of the 18th of December.<br />''<br />''The current electricity demand of Nepal stands at around 1,680 MW, while the domestic production is 1,000 MW.</span><br />