There is only a marginal demand-supply gap of 0.7 per cent in terms of energy and 2.0 per cent in terms of peak demand shortage in the country during the current financial year (up to Jan 2018). However, the situation in two states – Jammu & Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh – is not good. In J&K both demand-supply gap as well as peak demand shortage is of the order of 20 per cent. But, in the
