Lok Sabha Question No. 1877 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-31
Subject: Per Day Electricity Requirement and Production
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Shri Bhausaheb Rajaram Wakchaure, Shri Bajrang Manohar Sonwane

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1877 ANSWERED ON 31.07.2025

## PER DAY ELECTRICITY REQUIREMENT AND PRODUCTION

†1877.  SHRI BHAUSAHEB RAJARAM WAKCHAURE: SHRI BAJRANG MANOHAR SONWANE:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) the requirement of electricity units and its production in units per day in the country;

(b) whether the country is currently self-reliant in the energy sector, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;

(c) whether the Government proposes to stop energy production from coal and start  producing  electricity  only  as  per  the  requirement  and  if  so,  the  details thereof; and

(d) the time by which the said proposal is likely to be implemented in full?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

(a) : The  details  of  average  electricity  requirement  and  generation  per  day (MU/day) for the last three years and the current year (till June, 2025) are given at Annexure-I.

(b) : There is adequate availability of power in the country. Present installed generation  capacity  of  the  country  is  484.819  GW.    Government  of  India  has addressed the critical issue of power deficiency by adding 260.784 GW of fresh generation capacity since April, 2014 transforming the country from power deficit to power sufficient.

…….2.

The details of Power Supply Position in terms of Energy during the last three years and current year 2025-26 (upto June 2025) are given at Annexure-II.

These  details  indicate  that  with  improved  availability  of  power  in  the country, the gap between Energy Requirement and Energy Supplied has declined to marginal level of 0.1% only during FY 2024-25 and further declined to almost NIL during current financial year 2025-26 (upto June 2025).

(c) & (d): The Government of India has accorded high priority to the capacity addition from non-fossil sources. As per National Electricity Plan (Generation), notified in May, 2023, the share of coal based installed capacity, which is about 46% in June, 2025, is likely to reduce to about 30% in the year 2031-32. However, there is no proposal to stop energy production from coal.

In  order  to  meet  the  projected  Thermal  (coal  and  lignite)  capacity requirement by the year 2034-35, Ministry of Power has envisaged to set up an additional minimum 97,000 MW coal and lignite based thermal capacity. Thermal capacities of around 11,680 MW have already been commissioned since April, 2023  till  June,  2025.  In  addition,  38,935  MW  (including  5,695  MW  of  stressed thermal  power  projects)  of  thermal  capacity  is  currently  under  construction. Further, contracts for 15,440 MW thermal capacity have been awarded in FY 202425. Further, 35,460 MW of coal and lignite based candidate capacity has been identified, which is at various stages of planning in the country.

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ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1877 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 31.07.2025 *************

The details of average electricity requirement and generation per day (MU/day) for the last three years and the current year till June, 2025

| Financial Year            | Energy Requirement   | Gross Generation   |
|---------------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
|                           | ( MU/day )           | ( MU/day )         |
| 2022-23                   | 4147                 | 4,450.59           |
| 2023-24                   | 4443                 | 4,751.62           |
| 2024-25                   | 4641                 | 5,012.87           |
| 2025-26 (upto June, 2025) | 4892                 | 5,230.25           |

Note:  The  Per  Day  MU  figure  is  calculated  by  dividing  the  total  Energy  Requirement/ Generation during the year by the number of days in that year.

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ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1877 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 31.07.2025 ************* The details of Power Supply Position in terms of Energy during the last three years and current year 2025-26(upto June 2025)

| Year                     | Energy Requirement   | Energy Supplied   | Energy Not Supplied   | Energy Not Supplied   |
|--------------------------|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|                          | (MU)                 | (MU)              | (MU)                  | %                     |
| 2022-23                  | 15,13,497            | 15,05,914         | 7,583                 | 0.5                   |
| 2023-24                  | 16,26,132            | 16,22,020         | 4,112                 | 0.3                   |
| 2024-25                  | 16,93,959            | 16,92,369         | 1,590                 | 0.1                   |
| 2025-26 (upto June 2025) | 4,45,197             | 4,45,040          | 157                   | 0                     |

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