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India expects annual electricity demand to grow at an average of 7.2% over five years ending March 2027, a draft government plan showed, nearly double the growth rate of over 4% seen during the five years to March 2022.
The Central Electricity Authority (CEA), an advisory body to the power ministry, said in a draft plan India's power demand would reach 1,874 billion units during the year ending March 2027, compared with over 1,320 billion units in 2021/22.
India would add power generation capacity of 165.3 gigawatts (GW) over five years ending March 2027, most of which would be renewable
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