Indian Electricity Sector Looking Towards A Bright Future

The reforms in Indian power sector are still in progress and renewable energy sources are being given their fair share of promotion. The policies to increase the role of renewable in power generation are still at a nascent stage in the Indian power sector. The central government laid the foundation stone of reforms in 1991 when it introduced the policy to liberalize the power sector and promoted private investments in the sector. The initial focus of the policy was on the power generation. The Indian Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources has an aim to raise the share of renewables in power generation to 10%, i.e. 10000 MW, by 2012. A lot of incentives are being given to promote renewables. The Indian electricity sector is an example of government inefficiency. View the rest of this article