Some of the challenges that India’s power sector faces today are —
- India’s installed capacity to generate electricity is not sufficient to feed the high economic growth.
- State Electricity Boards (SEBs), which distribute electricity, incur losses exceed `20,000 crores. This is due to transmission and distribution losses, wrong pricing of electricity and other inefficiencies.
- There is general public unrest due to high power tariffs and prolonged power cuts in different parts of the country.
- Thermal power plants, which are the mainstay of India’s power sector are facing shortage of raw material and coal supplies.
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