Lok Sabha Question No. 873 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-06
Subject: Supply of Power
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: M. K. Raghavan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.873 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2020

## SUPPLY OF POWER

## 873.  SHRI M.K. RAGHAVAN:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) whether there is a decline in supply of power in the country during the last few months;

(b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  actual  supply  of  power  during  the period from July to December, 2019 vis-a-vis the same period in 2018;

(c) whether this indicates a slowing of industrial activity which makes up for nearly 20% of the country's core sector index; and

(d) if so, the details thereof along with the actual slowing of the power sector and hence the industrial sector?

## A N S W E R

THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  FOR  POWER,  NEW  &  RENEWABLE ENERGY AND THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT & ENTREPRENEURSHIP

( SHRI  R.K. SINGH)

(a) to (d) :   The  month-wise  details  of  electrical  energy  supplied  during  the current  financial  year  (April,  2019  -  December,  2019) vis-a-vis  April,  2018  to December,  2018  is  given  at  Annexure.  It  may  be  seen  that  the  growth  in electrical energy supplied during first four months i.e. April to July, 2019 was in the  range  of  6.5%  to  8.5%.  There  was  a  marginal  decline  during  August  to November,  2019.  However,  it  has  again  increased  during  December,  2019.  The growth in electrical energy supplied is expected to be 3.2% during January, 2020 with respect to January, 2019.

It  is  difficult  to  pinpoint  the  reasons  for  lower  power  demand  during August to November, 2019.  However, it could be  due to prolonged rainy season and  good  rainfall  which  led  to  reduction  in  demand  in  agriculture  sector  and reduction in cooling requirement in domestic and commercial sectors. There were no notified power cuts in the industrial sector.

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ANNEXURE ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  873 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 06.02.2020.

*************** Details of month-wise electrical energy supplied during the current financial year (April, 2019 - December, 2019) vis-a-vis April, 2018 to December, 2018.

| Month           | 2018-19         | 2019-20         | Growth          |
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|                 | Energy Supplied | Energy Supplied | Energy Supplied |
|                 | (MU)            | (MU)            | (%)             |
| April           | 103,393         | 110,112         | 6.5             |
| May             | 111,590         | 120,020         | 7.6             |
| June            | 108,769         | 117,988         | 8.5             |
| July            | 109,207         | 116,485         | 6.7             |
| August          | 112,095         | 111,521         | -0.5            |
| September       | 108,819         | 107,515         | -1.2            |
| October         | 112,175         | 97,847          | -12.8           |
| November        | 98,321          | 93,949          | -4.4            |
| December        | 100,727         | 101,081         | 0.4             |
| July - December | 641,344         | 628,399         | -2.0            |
| April- December | 965,097         | 976,519         | 1.2             |

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