Lok Sabha Question No. 599 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-04
Subject: Per Capita Electricity Consumption
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Harish Dwivedi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.599 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.02.2021

## PER CAPITA ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION

†599. SHRI HARISH DWIVEDI:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of per capita electricity consumption in the country during the last three years, State-wise;
- (b) whether inter-state gap in per capita electricity consumption is widening; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## 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 (c) : The State-wise details of per capita electricity consumption in the country during the last three years are given at Annexure. The inter-State gap (Maximum-Minimum) in per capita electricity consumption has almost remained same during last three years i.e. 2041 kWh in 2017-18, 2066 kWh in 2018-19 and 2064 kWh in 2019-20.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 599 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 04.02.2021.

## PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION (kWh)

| Name of the State/UTs          |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |
|--------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Chandigarh                     |      1004 |       978 |       986 |
| Delhi                          |      1564 |      1548 |      1572 |
| Haryana                        |      1990 |      2082 |      2229 |
| Himachal Pradesh               |      1393 |      1418 |      1527 |
| Jammu & Kashmir                |      1284 |      1322 |      1384 |
| Punjab                         |      2049 |      2046 |      2171 |
| Rajasthan                      |      1178 |      1282 |      1317 |
| Uttar Pradesh                  |       628 |       606 |       629 |
| Uttarakhand                    |      1450 |      1467 |      1528 |
| Sub-Total (N R)                |      1031 |      1045 |      1089 |
| Chhattisgarh                   |      2003 |      1961 |      2044 |
| Gujarat                        |      2321 |      2378 |      2388 |
| Madhya Pradesh                 |      1020 |      1084 |      1086 |
| Maharashtra                    |      1371 |      1424 |      1418 |
| Daman & Diu                    |      7902 |      7758 |      7561 |
| D. & N. Haveli                 |     15218 |     15179 |     15517 |
| Goa                            |      2229 |      2274 |      2396 |
| Sub-Total (W R)                |      1573 |      1622 |      1631 |
| Andhra Pradesh                 |      1388 |      1480 |      1507 |
| Telangana                      |      1727 |      1896 |      2071 |
| Karnataka                      |      1356 |      1396 |      1468 |
| Kerala                         |       766 |       757 |       826 |
| Tamil Nadu                     |      1834 |      1866 |      1844 |
| Puducherry                     |      1749 |      1745 |      1752 |
| Lakshadweep                    |       563 |       554 |       551 |
| Sub-Total (S R)                |      1465 |      1525 |      1577 |
| Bihar                          |       280 |       311 |       332 |
| Jharkhand                      |       927 |       938 |       853 |
| Odisha                         |      1593 |      1628 |      1559 |
| West Bengal                    |       699 |       703 |       757 |
| Sikkim                         |       810 |       873 |       929 |
| A.& N. Islands                 |       569 |       597 |       585 |
| Sub-Total (E R)                |       706 |       726 |       731 |
| Arunachal Pradesh              |       656 |       703 |       631 |
| Assam                          |       330 |       341 |       348 |
| Manipur                        |       347 |       371 |       385 |
| Meghalaya                      |       743 |       881 |       861 |
| Mizoram                        |       490 |       617 |       629 |
| Nagaland                       |       348 |       356 |       367 |
| Tripura                        |       714 |       514 |       425 |
| Sub-Total (N E R)              |       401 |       407 |       402 |
| Total All India                |      1149 |      1181 |      1208 |
| Maximum (DNH)                  |     15218 |     15179 |     15517 |
| Maximum (Gujarat/ Goa 2019-20) |      2321 |      2378 |      2396 |
| Minimum (Bihar)                |       280 |       311 |       332 |
| Gap (Inter state)              |      2041 |      2066 |      2064 |

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