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New Delhi, May 18 : Minister of State for Power , K.C.Venugopal in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today informed that Bihar, Manipur have the lowest annual per capital power consumption in the country.
The all India national average is 778.63 is kwh . Bihar has 117.48 kwh while Manipur has 207.15 kwh. All the north eastern states have power consumption below the national average. Only Sikkim consumes 845.40 kwh which is above the national average.
He informed the House about the latest available state-wise annual per capita power consumption in the country for 2009-10 .
The steps taken by the Government to increase availability of power in the country which will in turn lead to enhancement in per-capita availability of power include (i) acceleration in generating capacity addition during the 11th Plan, new capacity of 54,964 MW was added, which is approximately 2.6 times the capacity addition of 21,180 MW achieved in the 10th Plan, (ii) rigorous monitoring of the on-going capacity addition programme, (iii) initiative for augmentation of domestic manufacturing capacity of power plant equipment, (iv) development of Ultra Mega Power Projects of 4000 MW each, (v) harnessing surplus captive power into the grid, (vi) Renovation, Modernization & Life Extension of old and inefficient generating units, (vii) development of an extensive network of high voltage transmission for transfer of power from surplus to deficit regions, etc he added.
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