Lok Sabha Question No. 3431 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-12
Subject: Power Generation Capacity
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Shri Ashok Kumar Rawat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3431 ANSWERED ON 12.03.2026

## POWER GENERATION CAPACITY

†3431. SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the  quantum  of  installed  power  generation  capacity  in  the  country  at present;
- (b) whether any assessment has been conducted regarding the share of power generated through various sources such as coal, hydro power, solar, wind and atomic energy and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  names  of  the  States  from  where  the  highest  number  of  complaints regarding power cuts have been received; and
- (d) the average daily availability of power supply in rural and urban areas?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

- (a) : At present, installed generation capacity in the country is 5,20,511 MW (as on January, 2026) and its source wise details are given at Annexure-I. (b) :   The details of electricity generated in the country from various sources including thermal, hydro, nuclear and renewable energy during last five financial years and current financial year (up to January, 2026) are given at Annexure-II. (c) :   The State-wise details of 'Energy Requirement' and 'Energy Supplied' for FY 2025-26 (till January, 2026) are given at Annexure-III. These details indicate that Energy Supplied has been commensurate to the Energy Requirement with only a marginal  gap  which  is  generally  on  account  of  constraints  in  the  State transmission / distribution network.
- (d) :   The average hours of supply in rural and urban areas in the current FY 202526 (upto December, 2025) is 22.6 and 23.4 respectively.

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## ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3431 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 12.03.2026

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The details of the country's present installed power capacity, including the percentage-wise share of thermal, hydro, nuclear and renewable/non-fossil energy sources:

| Category    | Category           | Installed Generation Capacity (MW)   | % Share in Total   |
|-------------|--------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------|
| Fossil Fuel | Coal               | 2,21,210                             | 42.5%              |
|             | Lignite            | 6,620                                | 1.3%               |
|             | Gas                | 20,122                               | 3.9%               |
|             | Diesel             | 589                                  | 0.1%               |
|             | Total Fossil Fuel: | 2,48,542                             | 47.7%              |

|            | RES (Incl. Hydro)      |                        | 2,63,189   |       | 50.6%   |
|------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------|-------|---------|
|            | Hydro                  | 51,165                 |            | 9.8%  |         |
| Fuel       | Wind, Solar & Other RE | 2,12,025               |            | 40.7% |         |
|            | Wind                   | 54,650                 |            | 10.5% |         |
|            | Solar                  | 1,40,602               |            | 27.0% |         |
| Non-Fossil | BM Power/Cogen.        | 10,757                 |            | 2.1%  |         |
|            | Waste to Energy        | 857                    |            | 0.2%  |         |
|            | Small Hydro Power      | 5,159                  |            | 1.0%  |         |
|            | Nuclear                |                        | 8,780      |       | 1.7%    |
|            | Total Non-Fossil Fuel: | Total Non-Fossil Fuel: | 2,71,969   |       | 52.3%   |

| Total Installed Capacity (Fossil Fuel & Non- Fossil Fuel)   | 5,20,511   | 100%   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------|--------|

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ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3431 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 12.03.2026

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The details of electricity generated in the country from various sources including thermal, hydro, nuclear and renewable energy during last five financial years and current financial year ( up to Jan, 2026):

(All Generation figures are in Million Units (MUs))

| Fuel                 | Fuel                 | 2020-21      | 2021-22      | 2022-23      | 2023-24      | 2024-25      | 2025-26 (upto Jan'26)   |
|----------------------|----------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------------|
|                      | COAL                 | 9,50,937.55  | 10,41,487.43 | 11,45,907.58 | 12,60,902.62 | 12,98,872.29 | 10,31,882.53            |
|                      | DIESEL/HSD           | 126.31       | 117.24       | 229.71       | 400.58       | 442.65       | 358.21                  |
|                      | LIGNITE              | 30,505.68    | 37,094.04    | 36,188.34    | 33,949.79    | 32,994.77    | 24,906.72               |
|                      | MULTI FUEL           | 0.00         | 0.00         | 0.00         | 0.00         | 0.00         | 0.00                    |
|                      | NAPTHA               | 101.41       | 0.00         | 0.83         | 0.03         | 0.00         | 0.00                    |
|                      | NATURAL GAS          | 50,842.59    | 36,015.77    | 23,884.21    | 31,295.91    | 31,580.05    | 22,764.15               |
| THERMAL Total        | THERMAL Total        | 10,32,513.54 | 11,14,714.48 | 12,06,210.67 | 13,26,548.93 | 13,63,889.76 | 10,79,911.61            |
| NUCLEAR              | NUCLEAR              | 43,029.08    | 47,112.06    | 45,861.09    | 47,937.41    | 56,680.83    | 45,193.67               |
| TOTAL [Conventional] | TOTAL [Conventional] | 10,75,542.62 | 11,61,826.54 | 12,52,071.76 | 13,74,486.34 | 14,20,570.59 | 11,25,105.28            |
|                      | WIND                 | 60,149.95    | 68,640.07    | 71,814.16    | 83,385.35    | 83,347.19    | 95,586.95               |
|                      | SOLAR                | 60,402.26    | 73,483.94    | 1,02,014.24  | 1,15,975.11  | 1,44,150.23  | 1,38,386.93             |
|                      | BIOMASS              | 3,512.98     | 3,482.70     | 3,161.32     | 3,417.19     | 3,738.67     | 3,377.60                |
|                      | BAGASSE              | 11,302.85    | 12,573.88    | 12,863.16    | 10,825.59    | 9,335.32     | 7,635.91                |
|                      | SMALL HYDRO          | 10,258.41    | 10,463.55    | 11,170.62    | 9,485.04     | 11,568.04    | 10,885.08               |
|                      | OTHERS               | 1,621.06     | 2,268.17     | 2,529.18     | 2,746.55     | 2,869.73     | 2,453.59                |
| Large Hydro          | Large Hydro          | 1,50,299.52  | 1,51,627.33  | 1,62,098.77  | 1,34,053.92  | 1,48,633.98  | 1,50,039.12             |
| TOTAL [Renewable]    | TOTAL [Renewable]    | 2,97,547.03  | 3,22,539.63  | 3,65,651.45  | 3,59,888.75  | 4,03,643.16  | 4,08,365.18             |
| Bhutan Imp           | Bhutan Imp           | 8,765.50     | 7,493.20     | 6,742.40     | 4,716.10     | 5,484.18     | 7,765.68                |
| GRAND TOTAL          | GRAND TOTAL          | 13,81,855.15 | 14,91,859.37 | 16,24,465.61 | 17,39,091.19 | 18,29,697.93 | 15,41,236.14            |

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## ANNEXURE-III

## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3431 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 12.03.2026 *************

## The State-wise detail of energy requirement and energy supplied for FY 2025-26 (till January, 2026):

| State /                              | April,2025 - January,2026   | April,2025 - January,2026   | April,2025 - January,2026   | April,2025 - January,2026   |
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| System /                             | Energy Requirement          | Energy Supplied             | Energy not Supplied         | Energy not Supplied         |
| Region                               | (MU)                        | (MU)                        | (MU)                        | ( %)                        |
| Chandigarh                           | 1,658                       | 1,658                       | 1                           | 0.0                         |
| Delhi                                | 33,809                      | 33,801                      | 8                           | 0.0                         |
| Haryana                              | 61,111                      | 61,046                      | 65                          | 0.1                         |
| Himachal Pradesh                     | 11,561                      | 11,520                      | 40                          | 0.3                         |
| UT of J&K and Ladakh                 | 16,840                      | 16,824                      | 16                          | 0.1                         |
| Punjab                               | 65,972                      | 65,913                      | 59                          | 0.1                         |
| Rajasthan                            | 93,062                      | 93,062                      | 0                           | 0.0                         |
| Uttar Pradesh                        | 1,41,475                    | 1,41,449                    | 26                          | 0.0                         |
| Uttarakhand                          | 14,081                      | 14,027                      | 53                          | 0.4                         |
| Chhattisgarh                         | 34,968                      | 34,960                      | 8                           | 0.0                         |
| Gujarat                              | 1,30,452                    | 1,30,452                    | 0                           | 0.0                         |
| Madhya Pradesh                       | 85,679                      | 85,670                      | 9                           | 0.0                         |
| Maharashtra                          | 1,66,392                    | 1,66,383                    | 9                           | 0.0                         |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 9,372                       | 9,372                       | 0                           | 0.0                         |
| Goa                                  | 4,528                       | 4,528                       | 0                           | 0.0                         |
| Andhra Pradesh                       | 66,329                      | 66,323                      | 6                           | 0.0                         |
| Telangana                            | 69,259                      | 69,252                      | 7                           | 0.0                         |
| Karnataka                            | 76,580                      | 76,571                      | 9                           | 0.0                         |
| Kerala                               | 25,558                      | 25,556                      | 3                           | 0.0                         |
| Tamil Nadu                           | 1,10,000                    | 1,09,990                    | 10                          | 0.0                         |
| Puducherry                           | 2,947                       | 2,944                       | 3                           | 0.1                         |
| Lakshadweep (#)                      | 60                          | 60                          | 0                           | 0.0                         |
| Bihar                                | 40,749                      | 40,735                      | 14                          | 0.0                         |
| DVC                                  | 20,708                      | 20,704                      | 3                           | 0.0                         |
| Jharkhand                            | 13,005                      | 13,000                      | 5                           | 0.0                         |
| Odisha                               | 37,290                      | 37,284                      | 6                           | 0.0                         |
| West Bengal                          | 61,969                      | 61,906                      | 63                          | 0.1                         |
| Sikkim                               | 444                         | 444                         | 0                           | 0.0                         |
| Andaman- Nicobar (#)                 | 354                         | 336                         | 18                          | 5.2                         |
| Arunachal Pradesh                    | 1,007                       | 1,007                       | 0                           | 0.0                         |
| Assam                                | 11,875                      | 11,875                      | 1                           | 0.0                         |
| Manipur                              | 978                         | 975                         | 3                           | 0.3                         |
| Meghalaya                            | 1,741                       | 1,741                       | 0                           | 0.0                         |
| Mizoram                              | 629                         | 629                         | 0                           | 0.0                         |
| Nagaland                             | 849                         | 849                         | 0                           | 0.0                         |
| Tripura (*)                          | 1,655                       | 1,654                       | 0                           | 0.0                         |
| All India                            | 14,27,436                   | 14,27,009                   | 427                         | 0.0                         |

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