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India has an installed power generation capacity of 310 GW as of December 2016. With this, India has become world's 3rd largest producer and 4th largest consumer of electricity. However, during 2014-15, per capita electricity generation in India was 1,010 kWh with consumption rate at 746 kWh per capita. It shows that India has surplus power generation. But, ironically, more than a third of the country's population still lives without power.
Reasons for this paradox:
So it is misleading to say that India has excess power. Statistics show the extent to which power supply falls short of demand by only those connected to the grid. With about 1/3rd of total households still not having electricity connection, the numbers underestimate the extent. Also, it does not capture the quality of power supplied. There are no metrics to estimate the potential power requirement according to standards of living.
UDAY scheme: A way out?
In this way, UDAY scheme seeks to improve the financial health of Discoms thereby enabling them to buy surplus power to meet the demand.
Further reforms:
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