India has power shortage of 73,050 million units
It is reported that India, Asia's third largest economy faced a power deficit of 73,050 million units between April 2007 and March 2008.
An internal official audit said that even as hope of power sufficiency emanates from the India US nuclear deal 6,53,172 million units of power were supplied last fiscal against a demand of 7,26,222 million units. The 73,050 million unit deficit was largely in Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, and Uttar Pradesh.
As per the report, states accounted for 80% to 90% of the total power demanded. The audit by the ministry statistics and program implementation Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala met at least 90% of their power needs.
Some of the states and union territories that supplied 100% or marginally less electricity were Puducherry, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Goa, Chandigarh, Dadar and Nagar Haveli, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal.
A ministry official said that "There was a shortage of 64,368 million units in April 2007 to February 2008 which increased to 73,050 million units by March end."
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