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India’s Development Transformation

India faces 1.3 million annual transformer failures amid quality issues

Around 1.3 million transformer failures occur in India annually due to multiple reasons like poor repair and unbalanced loading, along with weather effects, a government committee has said. A power transformer is an important equipment used in the transmission and distribution of electricity. In a meeting on Distribution Transformer, it has been highlighted that the "national distribution transformer failure rate averages around 10 per cent, amounting to nearly 1.3 million transformer failures annually". The meeting was convened in line with the deliberations held in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) on improving the quality and reliability of power sector equipment. According to the minutes of the meeting of the Standardisation Cell released today, Kerala has been cited as an example with a low failure of 1.9 per cent, whereas some northern states exceed 20 per cent. During the discussions, overloading, poor earthing, and improper fuse coordination, among others, emerged as major

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Updated On : 17 Nov 2025 | 7:18 PM IST

India's neglected development transformation

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All should vote to help make our nation Viksit Bharat: Nagaland Min Temjen

In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the NDPP-BJP coalition secured a significant victory over the Indian National Congress, emerging as the winner

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India's development transformation: From rationed to aspirational economy

The economy has changed considerably since 1988, especially for the professional classes and the rich

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