Abstract:
The development of the Indian electricity sector plays a pivotal role in the
blueprint for development of the Indian economy. For more than 20 years, this
sector is undergoing changes and reforms, with opening up of the sector and
progression towards a competitive environment, as experienced in many other
countries of the world. In spite of these developments, Indian power sector has a
staggering loss of Rs.3.8 trillion. India also has the highest number of poor
population in the world, which generally stretches infrastructure and public
services, and specifically strains provision of electricity services to the multitude.
Both the number of consumers (actual and potential), as well as the number of
poor people, with low capacity to pay, combine to make Indian electricity sector
reform initiative a challenging task.
