The growth of the economy calls for matching rate
of growth in infrastructure facilities The Indian
Power Sector is a core component of the Indian
infrastructure and its expansion is essential
for the success of economic liberalization of
India. India, which inherited a little more than
1,300 MW at the time of its independence in 1947,
today has an installed generating capacity of
around 114,000 MW. The growth rate of demand for
power in developing countries is generally higher
than that of their GDP. In India, the ratio of
demand growth to GDP growth was 3.06 in the first
Plan and peaked at 5.11 during third plan and
came down to 1.65 in the eighties. At present,
a ratio of around 1.5 is projected. Therefore,
in order to support a rate of growth of GDP of
around 7 % per annum, the rate of growth of power
supply needs to be over 10 % annually. This is
evident from ever increasing power demand of the
country’s vibrant economy leading to a widening
gap between the supply and demand. The Government
of India has an ambitious mission of ‘POWER FOR
ALL BY 2012’. This mission would require that
our installed generation capacity should be at
least 2, 00,000 MW by 2012 from the present level
of 1,14,000 MW.
Generation Sector
Table 1
Capacity Addition Programme
for 10th Five Year Plan
|
Hydro |
Thermal |
Nuclear |
Cumulative
Capacity |
| Central Sector |
8742 |
12790 |
1300 |
22832 |
| State Sector |
4481 |
6676 |
0 |
11157 |
| Private Sector |
1170 |
5941 |
0 |
7121 |
| Overall |
14393 |
25407 |
1300 |
41110 |
Source: Annual Repport 2002-03 , Ministry Of power
In order to mobilise additional resources for
the electricity sector, to help bridge the gap
in demand and supply, Government formulated a
policy in 1991 to encourage greater investment
by private enterprises in the power generation
sector. Inspite of encouraging response to this
energy policy from domestic and foreign developers,
the contribution from the IPPs has just been about
3,500MW.
*Capacity addition achieved during last 6 years
Year |
Capacity
Addition (MW) |
Center |
State |
Total |
1997-98
|
333.0 |
2893.50 |
3226.5
|
1998-99 |
991.6 |
3250.40 |
4242.0
|
1999-00 |
1615.40 |
2892.10 |
4507.5
|
2000-01 |
659.00 |
3116.66 |
3775.66
|
2001-02 |
905.0 |
2210.25 |
3115.25
|
2002-03
(upto Feb 2003) |
1210.0 |
1440.30 |
2650.30
|
Source Annual Report-Ministry of Power, Govt.
of India
Growth of Installed
Generating Capacity
By
Year Ending |
Installed
Generating Capacity (MW) |
Centre
|
Nuclear
|
Thermal
|
March-1950
|
559 |
-
|
1,152
|
March-1960 |
1,530
|
-
|
2,343
|
March-1970 |
6,134 |
420 |
7,592
|
March-1975 |
7,529
|
640
|
10,153
|
March-1980 |
11,384
|
640
|
16,857
|
March-1985 |
14,460
|
1,095
|
27,030 |
March-1990 |
18,308 |
1,565
|
43,764
|
March-1995 |
20,833 |
2,005
|
58,113
|
March-1998 |
21,891
|
2,225
|
64,150.78
|
March-2000 |
23,627
|
1,840
|
69,474.76
|
March-2001 |
25,141.78
|
2,860
|
73,628.30
|
