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India has an installed power generation capacity of 310 GW as of December 2016. With this, India has become world's 3rd largest producer and 4th largest consumer of electricity. However, during 2014-15, per capita electricity generation in India was 1,010 kWh with consumption rate at 746 kWh per capita. It shows that India has surplus

power generation. But, ironically, more than a third of the country's population still lives without power. It is shown below.