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Out of 65 gas-based power plants in India, 7 major power plants are owned by NTPC and they are given below:

S. no.	Names	Commissioned capacity (in MW)
1	Anta	419.33
2	Auraiya	663.36
3	Kawas	656.20
4	Dadri	829.78
5	Thaner-Gandhar	657.39
6	Rajiv Gandhi CPP Kayamkulam	359.58
7	Faridabad	431.59

India is the third largest producer and third largest consumer with an installed grid capacity of 370.106 GW as of 31 March 2020. Out of which 48,497 MW of power generation is contributed by gas-based power plants.

Advantages

 As compared with the thermal power plant, it requires small land availability for the power plant setup.

 The construction of a gas-based power plant is simpler.

 Operational cost and the per-unit cost is low.

 It offers black start facilities.

 Burning of natural gases produces less pollutants like NOX and SOX.

Disadvantages

 Efficiency is less.

 Due to high temperature of the system, the lifetime of the power plant is reduced considerably.

The Government of India plans a new scheme to revive a 24,000-MW gas power plant. This proposed scheme hopes to help operate the power stations at 90% capacity by selling the bundled power output with solar energy [2].