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Government of India

Ministry of Power12-August-2011 18:18 IST

Per Capita Power Consumption

Dadra & Nagar Haveli has the highest per capita electricity consumption in the country at

11,863.64 kWh while Bihar has the lowest at 122.11 kWh as per the latest available State/UT-wise

data on annual per capita consumption of electricity in the country for the year 2009-10(details in

Annex 1).

In a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today Minister of State for Power Shri K.C.

Venugopal stated that the National Electricity Policy aims to increase per capita availability of

electricity to over 1000 units by 2012.He added that the per capita consumption of electricity in thecountry is much lower than that of many developed countries (details in Annex 2). The Minister saidthat the Planning Commission had fixed a capacity addition target of 62,374 MW during the Mid

Term Appraisal. Projects aggregating to 40,131 MW have been commissioned till 05.08.2011 during11th Plan and the remaining projects are under construction.

Shri Venugopal said that the other steps taken by the Government to increase availability of

power in the country which will in turn lead to enhancement in per-capita availability of power

include (i) rigorous monitoring of the on-going capacity addition programme, (ii) initiative for

augmentation of domestic manufacturing capacity of power plant equipment, (iii) development of

Ultra Mega Power Projects of 4000 MW each, (iv) harnessing surplus captive power into the grid, (v)

Renovation, Modernization & Life Extension of old and inefficient generating units, (vi) development

of an extensive network of high voltage transmission for transfer of power from surplus to deficitregions, etc.

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ANNEX-I

STATEMENT SHOWING STATEWISE PER CAPITA ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION IN THE COUNTRY FOR THE YEAR 2009-10

States / UTs Per Capita Consumption of Electricity(kWh)

Haryana 1222.21

Himachal Pradesh 1379.99

Jammu & Kashmir 952.02

Punjab 1526.86

Rajasthan 736.20

Uttar Pradesh 348.37

Uttarakhand 1112.29

Chandigarh 1340.00

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Delhi 1651.26

Sub-Total (NR) 695.11

Gujarat 1615.24

Madhya Pradesh 602.07

Chhattisgarh 1546.94

Maharashtra 1028.22

Goa 2263.63

Daman & Diu 7118.23

D & N Haveli 11863.64

Sub-Total (WR) 1116.92

Andhra Pradesh 966.99

Karnataka 903.24

Kerala 525.25

Tamil Nadu 1131.58

Puducherry 1743.37

Lakshadweep 418.14

Sub-Total (SR) 938.88

Bihar 122.11

Jharkhand 880.43

Orissa 874.26

West Bengal 550.16

A & N Islands 493.98

Sikkim 850.00

Sub-Total (ER) 481.36

Assam 204.80

Manipur 240.22

Meghalaya 675.19

Nagaland 218.03

Tripura 335.47

Arunachal Pradesh 470.00

Mizoram 376.99

Sub-Total (NER) 257.98

Total(All India) 778.71

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ANNEX-II

PER CAPITA ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION : COMPARATIVE POSITION

(kWh)

Sl. No. Country Year 2008

1 Canada 17053

2 USA 13647

3 Australia 11174

4 Japan 8072

5 France 7703

6 Germany 7148

7 Korea 8853

8 UK 6067

9 Russia 6443

10 Italy 5656

11 South Africa 4770

12 Brazil 2232

13 China 2471

14 India 734*

15 World 2782

Note:-

Basic data obtained from IEA Website.

Per Capita Consumption = (Gross Electrical Energy Availability/Population)

* Per Capita energy consumption for 2008-09 : 734 kWh and the same for 2009-10 is 779 kWh.


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