The state-run NTPC, which has launched the capacity addition programme of 25,000 mw, for the 11th Plan, has already started preparations to add nearly 7,000 mw in the hydro sector by the end of the 12th Plan (2016-17). NTPC's investment in the eight upcoming hydro projects would be around Rs 35,000 crore. NTPC's move is crucial especially when the power ministry and the Central Electricity Authority had recently called upon the state and central undertakings and the private sector to start planning beyond the 11th Plan. NTPC is currently in the process of developing three hydel projects