India's current initiatives to unlock energy efficiency opportunities rely heavily on market players for effective implementation

Taking energy efficiency to the market

Business Standard

Over the past three decades, agricultural electricity consumption has been a critical concern for Indian electricity supply industry. Rising agricultural electricity consumption is perceived to cause India&rsquo;s power crisis. Accordingly, utilities have taken several initiatives to curb agricultural electricity demand. These fragmented efforts, however, targeting pump efficiency improvement, could not produce much result.

Ashwini K Swain

Ashwini K Swain

Ashwini K Swain

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