Peak power demand deficit in India almost wiped out in FY21: Power Ministry

09 Nov 2021 Evaluate

The Union Power Ministry has said that peak power demand deficit in the country was almost wiped out in 2020-21 period. It said the deficit stood at 0.4% in 2020-21. In the current year (2021-22) till October, the peak power demand has been (-) 1.2% and the marginal spike was attributable to the annual post monsoon pressure on power output. This is also likely to normalise by the end of the year.

The ministry has stated that India had a massive power deficit of 16.6% in 2007-08 and in 2011-12, it was 10.6%. Through the multi-pronged, comprehensive and aggressive interventions of the government, this deficit is near about wiped out, consistently over the last three years -- 0.4% in 2020-21, 0.7% in 2019-20 and 0.8% in 2018-19. This transformation from an acutely power deficit country to a situation of demand being met, except for an extremely marginal shortfall of less than 1%, has been made possible by the schemes brought in by the current government to address the unhappy situation.

It further noted that the schemes include Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), which was brought in July, 2015 for infrastructure push in the rural sector and the Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS), which was introduced in November 2014, to address power infrastructure gaps in urban areas.

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