It has also successfully implemented a range of energy market reforms and carried out a huge amount of renewable electricity deployment, notably in solar energy.
India’s electricity security has improved markedly through the creation of a single national power system and major investments in thermal and renewable capacity.
Coal continues to be the largest domestic source of energy supply and electricity generation in India.
India’s oil import dependency (above 80% in 2018) is going to increase significantly in the coming decades.
The government’s LED programme has radically pushed down the price of the products in the global market and helped create local manufacturing jobs to meet the demand for energy-efficient lighting.
India’s per capita emissions today are 1.6 tonnes of CO2, well below the global average of 4.4 tonnes, while its share of global total CO2 emissions is some 6.4%.