The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) will commission the second unit (660 MW) of stage 1 at its Barh Super Thermal Power project in Bihar on August 18, further boosting the overall power generation capacity of the Barh power plant.

• Union Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy RK Singh will inaugurate the new unit of the project and the dedicate it to the nation.
• The Barh thermal power project has a combined capacity of 3,300 MW, with stage 1 and stage 2. While stage 1 has three units, stage 2 has two units - all of 660 MW capacity each. 
• NTPC Ltd, India's largest power generator, along with its subsidiaries, has crossed a combined installed capacity of 73,000 MW (73 GW).  
• The central PSU achieved this milestone after the second unit (660 MW) of stage 1 of its 3,300 MW Barh thermal power project was commissioned.