Union Minister RK Singh highlights India’s progress in Power Sector

Jun 07, 2022

New Delhi, June 07 (ANI): Highlighting India’s progress in the Power Sector, Union Power Minister RK Singh on June 07 said India has achieved the target of having 40 per cent of our established power generation capacity from non-fossil fuels in November 2021 and he further said that they connected entire country into one grid. “We were power deficit in 2014, now we're power surplus. At that time, there was a shortage of 13-15 per cent in power supply. We connected the entire country into one grid. Today, we can transfer 1.12 lakh MW of power from one corner of the country to another,” said Singh while addressing a Press Conference. “We constructed 2,900 new substations, upgraded 3,800 substations. We achieved the target of having 40 per cent of our established power generation capacity from non-fossil fuels in November 2021,” he added.