9. Despite the government claiming excess electricity production, the power situation for households continues to remain bleak in many parts of the country. Explain the reasons behind this. How can the UDAY scheme help in improving the current situation?

Approach:

♤ Start with some statistics, like the installed power capacity, and households deprived of constant power supply.

♤ Discuss the reasons for mismatch between excess power generation and lack of access to power at household level. The most important reason is deficient power off-take by discoms due to poor financial health for buying power.

♤ Discuss how UDAY scheme would help in this situation.

♤ Suggest some other measures to ameliorate the situation.