156 GW power capacity under construction, more than 469 GW electricity capacity comprising 322 GW expected to be added by 2031-2032: Union Power and New & Renewable Energy Minister

2025-02-06 Information

The Union Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy has informed that the Indian power sector has come a long way in past decade transforming from a power deficit to a power sufficient country.

During the last nine years, the government has implemented Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) and Integrated Power Development (IPDS) schemes to achieve the objective of providing uninterrupted power supply by strengthening the sub-transmission and distribution network. The government has also implemented the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana- (SAUBHAGYA) with the objective to achieve universal household electrification for providing electricity connection to all willing un-electrified household in rural area and all willing poor household in urban areas in the country. Under these schemes, with an investment of 1.85 lakh crores, 18374 villages have been electrified and 2.86 crore household were provided electricity connections. As a result, 100% villages have been electrified. Besides this, 2927 new substations have been added, upgradation of 3965 existing sub stations has been carried out, 6,92,200 Distribution Transformers have been installed, Feeder separation of 1,13,938 Circuit Kilometer (CKm) has been done and 8.5 Lakh Circuit Kilometer (CKm) of HT and LT lines have been added/changed.

There is adequate availability of power in the country. The government has addressed the critical issue of power deficiency by adding 196558 MW of generation capacity since April 2014 transforming our country from power deficit to power sufficient. The government has increased the generation capacity by 72.3% from 248554 MW in March 2014 to 428299 MW in December 2023.

As a result of these measures, the availability of power supply in rural areas has increased from 12.5 Hours in 2015 to 20.6 Hours in 2023. The power supply in urban areas has increased to 23.78 Hours in 2023. The gap between Energy Requirement and Energy Supplied has come down from 4.2% in 2013-14 to 0.3 % in 2023-24. Even this gap between Energy Requirement and Energy Supplied is generally on account of constraints in the State transmission/distribution network and financial constraints of DISCOMs, etc.

The details of State/UT-wise Power Supply Position in the country during the period from April, 2023 to December, 2023 is given below.

The details of State/UT-wise Power Supply Position in the country during the period from April, 2023 to December, 2023

State / Region

April,2023 – December,2023

Energy Requirement

Energy Supplied

Energy not Supplied

( MU )

( % )

Chandigarh

1,406

0.0

Delhi

28,355

28,352

0.0

Haryana

50,271

50,020

251

0.5

Himachal Pradesh

9,539

9,512

0.3

UT of J&K and Ladakh

14,591

14,386

205

1.4

Punjab

55,758

55,753

0.0

Rajasthan

79,192

78,688

503

0.6

Uttar Pradesh

1,17,090

1,16,766

324

0.3

Uttarakhand

11,788

11,704

0.7

Northern Region

3,68,991

3,67,588

1,403

0.4

Chhattisgarh

28,951

28,900

0.2

Gujarat

1,09,754

1,09,726

0.0

Madhya Pradesh

72,396

72,333

0.1

Maharashtra

1,53,794

1,53,620

174

0.1

Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu

7,570

0.0

Goa

3,813

0.0

Western Region

3,83,401

3,83,085

316

0.1

Andhra Pradesh

60,392

60,335

0.1

Telangana

60,550

60,542

0.0

Karnataka

67,271

67,118

153

0.2

Kerala

22,755

22,750

0.0

Tamil Nadu

93,581

93,570

0.0

Pondicherry

2,633

2,632

0.0

Lakshadweep

0.0

Southern Region

3,07,218

3,06,985

233

0.1

Bihar

32,952

32,456

496

1.5

DVC

20,031

20,026

0.0

Jharkhand

10,847

10,498

349

3.2

Odisha

31,894

31,874

0.1

West Bengal

53,004

52,934

0.1

Sikkim

366

0.0

Andaman- Nicobar

287

278

3.4

Eastern Region

1,49,140

1,48,200

940

0.6

Arunachal Pradesh

737

0.0

Assam

9,882

9,803

0.8

Manipur

720

717

0.3

Meghalaya

1,660

1,495

165

10.0

Mizoram

485

0.0

Nagaland

711

0.0

Tripura

1,340

0.0

North-Eastern Region

15,541

15,295

246

1.6

All India

12,24,291

12,21,152

3,139

0.3

Central Electricity Authority (CEA) conducts Electric Power Survey (EPS) of the country every five years for estimating the electricity demand of the country on medium-term and long-term basis as obligated under Section 73(a) of the Electricity Act-2003.

The 20^th Electric Power Survey (EPS) report published in November 2022, covers electricity demand projection for the year 2021-22 to 2031-32 as well as perspective electricity demand projection for the year 2036-37 and 2041-42 for the country. The details are given below.

Electricity demand projection for the year 2023-24 to 2031-32

Year

Electrical energy requirement

(in MU)

Peak Electricity Demand (in MW)

2023-24

1600214

230144

2024-25

1694634

244565

2025-26

1796627

260118

2026-27

1907835

277201

2027-28

2021072

294716

2028-29

2139125

313098

2029-30

2279676

334811

2030-31

2377646

350670

2031-32

2473776

366393

Perspective electricity demand projection for the year 2036-37 and 2041-42

Year

Electrical energy requirement

(in MU)

Peak Electricity Demand

(in MW)

2036-37

30,95,487

4,65,531

2041-42

37,76,321

5,74,689

The Minister informed that the government has taken following steps to meet the increased demand for power in the country:

Thus, total 156073.5 MW of Capacity is under construction and the total anticipated capacity addition by 2031-2032 will be 469594 MW.

This information has been given by the Union Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy Shri R. K. Singh, in written replies to two separate questions, in Rajya Sabha today, February 6, 2024.

In order to ensure an uninterrupted power supply for the nation’s growth, the anticipated capacity addition between 2023-32 is given below:

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