India, Feb. 5 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
There is adequate availability of power in the country. Present installed generation capacity of the country is 513.730 GW. Government of India has addressed the critical issue of power deficiency by adding 289.607 GW of fresh generation capacity since April, 2014 transforming the country from power deficit to power sufficient.
Financial Year (FY)
Energy [in Million Unit (MU)]
Peak [in Mega Watt (MW)]
Energy Requirement
Energy Supplied
Energy not Supplied
Peak Demand
Peak Met
Demand Not Met
(MU)
(MU)
(MU)
( % )
(MW)
(MW)
(MW)
(%)
2022-23
15,13,497
15,05,914
7,583
0.5
2,15,888
2,07,231
8,657
4.0
2023-24
16,26,132
16,22,020
4,112
0.3
2,43,271
2,39...