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Electrification (The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions)
India is doing "extremely well" on
electrification with nearly 85 per cent of the country's population having
access to electricity, the World Bank has said.
Between
2010 and 2016, India providing electricity to 30 million people each year, more
than any other country, the World Bank said in its latest report released this
week. The Total Investment &
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While
challenges still remain to provide electricity to the rest of the 15 per cent
of the 1.25 billion population, India is all set to achieve the target of
universal access to electricity before the 2030 target date, Vivien Foster,
Lead Energy Economist at the World Bank here told PTI.
The
report comes less than a week after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that
all the villages in the country have been electrified.
The report said that nearly 85 per cent of the country's population has access to electricity. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
The report said that nearly 85 per cent of the country's population has access to electricity. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
"India
is doing extremely well on electrification. We are reporting India about 85 per
cent of the population has access to electricity," said Foster, lead World
Bank author of the latest report on Energy Progress.
This
figure, she pointed out, is higher than that of the Indian government.
"That
might surprise you. The government is currently reporting in low 80s," she
said. The Total Investment &
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While
the World Bank's methodology is based on household survey, which includes even
those who are off grid, while the figures of the government is based on
official utility connection, she said.
"In
absolute terms, India is doing more on electrification than any other
countries. Thirty million a year, is really an astounding performance and it
stands out from the crowd," Foster said. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
However,
India is not the fastest country in electrification. Bangladesh and Kenya, for
example are faster in electrification than India, she noted.
India,
she said, is now entering final stage of electrification.
"You
are already well over 80 per cent, so you're getting into the more difficult
aspects of electrification: the more remote population, the harder to reach
people," she explained. The Total
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However,
reliability of service is an area of concern for India, she said.
"We
know that in some parts of India or having the connection doesn't necessarily
guarantee the energy's reliable supply. So, getting the connection obviously is
very important, but India still has a long way to continue to work on actually
making that access meaningful in terms of hours of service," Foster said.
Referring
to India's tremendous electrification effort, the report said it expects 250
million people gaining electricity access between now and the early 2020s, when
the country reaches full access.
The
rapid growth of electricity access in India is propelled by the country's USD
2.5 billion electrification programmes to reach universal electrification, the
report said. The Total Investment &
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