Lok Sabha Question No. 2572 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-02
Subject: Third Largest Electricity Producer
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: (ADV.) JOICE GEORGE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2572 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.08.2018

## THIRD LARGEST ELECTRICITY PRODUCER

2572.  ADV. JOICE GEORGE:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the country is now the world's third-largest electricity producer;
- (b) if so the details thereof;

(c) whether  Multiple  drivers,  like  industrial  expansion  and  rising  per  capita income, are leading to growth in power demand;

- (d) if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether this trend is set to continue in the coming years; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

( SHRI  R. K. SINGH )

(a) & (b) : As  per  the  International  Energy  Agency  (IEA)'s  2017  report  'Key World  Energy  Statistics',  India  is  the  third  largest  producer  of  electricity  after China  and  USA.  The  details  of  Electricity  Production  as  per  the  IEA  Report  is given at Annex.

(c) to (f) : Growth of electricity demand in the country is on account of factors such  as  industrial  growth,  rising  per  capita  income,  and  increase  in  electricity consumers under Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana - 'Saubhagya'.

Electricity demand of the country is projected to increase in future. Electrical Energy Requirement (EER) on all-India basis during 2017-18 was 1,213 Billion Units (BU) which is 6.16% more than the EER of 1,143 BU during 2016-17.

As  per  the  19 th   Electric  Power  Survey  (EPS),  the  Electrical  Energy Requirement on all-India basis is likely to increase to 1,566 BU and 2,047 BU in the year 2021-22 and 2026-27 respectively. Thus, Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of EER is estimated to be 6.18% during the period 2016-17 to 2021-22 and 5.51% during the period 2021-22 to 2026-27.

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ANNEX ANNEX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.    2572  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  THE  LOK  SABHA  ON 02.08.2018. ***************

Details of Electricity Production as per the International Energy Agency (IEA) Report

|   Sl. No. | Producers              |   TWh |   % of world total |
|-----------|------------------------|-------|--------------------|
|         1 | People's Rep. of China |  5844 |               24.1 |
|         2 | United States          |  4297 |               17.7 |
|         3 | India                  |  1383 |                5.7 |
|         4 | Russian Federation     |  1066 |                4.4 |
|         5 | Japan                  |  1035 |                4.3 |
|         6 | Canada                 |   671 |                2.8 |
|         7 | Germany                |   641 |                2.6 |
|         8 | Brazil                 |   582 |                2.4 |
|         9 | France                 |   563 |                2.3 |
|        10 | Korea                  |   549 |                2.3 |
|        11 | Rest of the World      |  7624 |               31.4 |
|        12 | World                  | 24255 |              100   |

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