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India lost $86.1 billion from power distortions in 2016: World Bank

20 Dec 2018 Evaluate

World Bank in its latest report has said that India lost a staggering $86.1 billion, equivalent to over 4 percent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP), on account of distortions in the power sector in 2016. The report titled 'In the Dark: How much do power sector distortions cost South Asia?' highlighted that India achieved 100 percent village electrification in 2018. But, at the household level, its rural access rate, at 81 percent in 2017, is still the third-lowest in South Asia.

It estimated the downstream impact of power shortages on rural households and firms at 1.42 percent of the GDP per year and the second largest economic cost for the country. The report pointed out that the government should look to ensure steady power supply to households for its electrification programme to be truly successful. Although the power deficit in the country has been substantially reduced over the last few years, the reliability of electricity is still low compared with global standards.

Te 2018 Global Competitiveness Report ranks India 80th among 137 countries in the reliability of electricity supply. Using nightly satellite images from India for 2013, the World Bank study found that areas adjacent to newly electrified villages subsequently experienced worse power outages. As per report, among the major distortions in the sector is the lack of commercial mining in coal, a near monopoly on which is enjoyed by state-run Coal India, and which fuels over 70 percent of the country's power generation. It stated the lack of competition has bred major inefficiency in India's coal mining.

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