摘要
1 Introduction India has a history of 100 years in small hydro power. However the country upon independence in 1947 has switched over to exploiting larger hydropower projects, and thermal power projects （mainly coal） to meet massive requirements of power. Of late since 1991, environment driven awareness over large hydro projects, and entry of private sector entrepreneurs into SHP Sector have given tremendous impetuous to SHP Sector growth in the last decade of 20th century.
