India’s power shortage at 1% in April-June this fiscal: R K Singh
India witnessed a power shortage of one per cent in the April-June period this fiscal, with an electricity supply of 400.65 billion units (BU) against the requirement of 404.76 BU, Parliament was informed on Tuesday.
“Further, during 2022-23 (April-June), against the requirement of 404.76 Billion Units (BU), the energy supplied was 400.65 BU. There was a shortage of 1 per cent of energy requirement,” Union Power Minister RK Singh said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
The minister explained to the House that the gap is generally on account of factors other than inadequacy of power availability in the country, such as constraints in the distribution network, financial constraints, commercial reasons, forced outage of generating units etc.
