THE MINISTER OF POWER (SHRI SUSHILKUMAR SHINDE)
(a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF
STARRED QUESTION NO. 333 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK
SABHA ON 16.12.2011 REGARDING DEMAND OF POWER.
(a) & (b) : The demand for the Electricity in domestic,
agricultural and industrial sectors in the country has shown an
increasing trend during 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10. The
electricity consumption in domestic, agricultural and industrial
sectors in the country for the years 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-
10 is given below :
Sl. No. Sector 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 (Million Unit) (Million Unit) (Million Unit)
1 Domestic 1,20,918 1,30,057 1,41,845
2 Agriculture 1,04,182 1,07,776 1,19,492
3 Industry 1,89,424 1,95,927 2,09,209
The State-wise, Region-wise and All India details of
electricity consumption and growth in respect of domestic,
agricultural and industrial sectoris given at Annex-I, II & III
respectively.
(c) & (d): Central Electricity Authority (CEA) conducts Electric
Power Survey (EPS) in the country after every five years. The
17th EPS published by CEA in March, 2007 provides annual
projections of sector-wise electricity consumption upto 2011-12
and long-term forecasts of total electricity consumption in
various States/UTs for the year 2016-17 and 2021-22. According
to 17th EPS, the projected electricity consumption in respect of
domestic, agricultural and industrial sectors in 2011-12 is
2,20,372 Million Unit, 1,52,931 Million Unit and 2,60,748 Million
Unit respectively.
(e): The steps taken/being taken by the Government to
mitigate shortage of power in the country are given below:
(i) Acceleration in generating capacity addition.
(ii) Rigorous monitoring of capacity addition of the
on-going generation projects.
(iii) Development of Ultra Mega Power Projects of
4000 MW each to reap benefits of economies of
scale.
(iv) Augmentation of domestic manufacturing
capacity of power equipment.
(v) Coordinated operation and maintenance of
hydro, thermal, nuclear and gas based power
stations to optimally utilize the existing
generation capacity.
(vi) Thrust to import of coal by the power utilities to
meet the shortfall in coal supplies to thermal
power stations from domestic sources.
(vii) Renovation, modernization and life extension of
old and inefficient generation units.
(viii) Strengthening of inter-state and inter-regional
transmission capacity for optimum utilization of
available power.
(ix) Strengthening of sub-transmission and
distribution network as a major step towards
loss reduction.
(x) Thrust to rural electrification through Rajiv
Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana.
(xi) Promoting energy conservation, energy
efficiency and demand side management
measures.
