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Electricity losses in India during transmission and distribution are extremely high
and vary between 30 to 45%. In 2004-05, electricity demand outstripped supply
by 7-11%. Due to shortage of electricity, power cuts are common throughout
India and this has adversely effected the country's economic growth. Theft of
electricity, common in most parts of urban India, amounts to 1.5% of India's
GDP.Despite an ambitious rural electrification program, some 400 million Indians
lose electricity access during blackouts. While 80 percent of Indian villages have
at least an electricity line, just 44 percent of rural households have access to
electricity.
11 Etree Projects Consultants Pvt Ltd.
Electricity losses in India during transmission and distribution are extremely high
and vary between 30 to 45%. In 2004-05, electricity demand outstripped supply
by 7-11%. Due to shortage of electricity, power cuts are common throughout
India and this has adversely effected the country's economic growth. Theft of
electricity, common in most parts of urban India, amounts to 1.5% of India's
GDP.Despite an ambitious rural electrification program, some 400 million Indians
lose electricity access during blackouts. While 80 percent of Indian villages have
at least an electricity line, just 44 percent of rural households have access to
electricity.
11 Etree Projects Consultants Pvt Ltd.
