Power Hungry The Outages Will Get Worse
- Indian firms lose 9% output due to power shortage. In China and Malaysia this figure is 2%. Also, power costs 74% more in India than Malaysia and 39% more than in China.
- There's a 20-25% power shortage in Maharashtra, 20% in Uttar Pradesh and 10-15% in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi
- Power generated by captive plants (of over 1 MW) is 20,000 MW. Though this is costlier, industry prefers it as it is at least steady.
- Many power-surplus states are getting into lucrative power trading business. Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal will benefit.
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