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Accurate real-time monitoring of sag in transmission lines involves measurement of temperature and tension of the conductor rather than weather-based monitoring. Transmission lines carry electrical energy from power generating stations to long distances and reaches substations. These transmission lines are passing through a wide range of terrains, climates and physical environments and are always at risk to experience catastrophic events, both weather-related and man-made. In India, transmission scenario is progressing towards establishing 765 KV lines to strengthen in recent trends its transmission infrastructure. Massive expansion of the inter-state transmission system is under way to provide to the transmission requirement of new generation projects. In India, Power Grid Corporation of India inherited more than 100 different types of designs of transmission suspension towers and transmission tension or dead-end towers. In this paper, it has been analysed about various recent innovation technologies and transmission components, which can be used for the better designing, operation and maintenance of the transmission lines in Indian conditions and standards adopted. Also, utilisation of state of the art transmission line designing software like PLS-Cadd and its applications in Indian conditions have been analysed and discussed.