An Insight into Energy Crisis in India
Energy is a vital input for economic development and for improving quality of life. In the last several years, the power sector has witnessed a multi-faceted growth. India is a major energy producer and consumer in the world. In the coming decades the energy needs of the country will increase at a rapid rate, but the supply from indigenous energy resources will be limited as India does not have large primary energy reserves. The chief energy resources in India are coal and lignite, petroleum and natural gas, nuclear energy, and renewable energy. The energy policies adopted by the Government of India since independence have fostered and endured inefficiencies in the use and production of energy. Energy crisis and challenges relate to shortages of electricity, access to electricity, highly erratic and poor quality power supply, unscheduled outages, load shedding, fluctuating voltage, unreliable frequency, and transmission and distribution losses. The power sector has grown at a comparatively lower rate and capacity addition has been lower than the target. Shortage of electricity is affecting the growth of socio-economic sectors and ultimately the growth rate of the economy. Even though electricity reforms have been taking place since the early 1990s, nevertheless reforms remain incomplete. India is undergoing a phase of severe energy crunch. As energy is most fundamental and vital requirement for socio-economic development of any country, therefore, energy sector must be made efficient and competitive.
Energy crisis Policies Sectors Reforms Socio-economic development
Nandita Kaushal
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, India
国际会议
2012 International Conference on Public Administration(8th)(2012年公共管理国际会议 ICPA)
印度海德拉巴
英文
76-92
2012-10-25（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）