In financial year 2022, the power generation capacity of India rose to nearly 400 gigawatts. Thereby, the growth in generation capacity from the previous years continues. Between 1992 and 2022, the electricity capacity in the country experienced a five-fold increase.
Power generation capacity across India in selected financial years from 1992 to 2022
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India's financial year begins in April and ends in March. For example, FY 2020 started in April 2019 and ended in March 2020.
Figures prior to 2016 were taken from the Central Electricity Authority's (CEA) report Revamping Project Management, published by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI) of the Government of India in 2019.
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India Brand Equity Foundation. (January 17, 2023). Power generation capacity across India in selected financial years from 1992 to 2022 (in gigawatts) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1232455/india-power-generation-capacity/
India Brand Equity Foundation. "Power generation capacity across India in selected financial years from 1992 to 2022 (in gigawatts)." Chart. January 17, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1232455/india-power-generation-capacity/
India Brand Equity Foundation. (2023). Power generation capacity across India in selected financial years from 1992 to 2022 (in gigawatts). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1232455/india-power-generation-capacity/
India Brand Equity Foundation. "Power Generation Capacity across India in Selected Financial Years from 1992 to 2022 (in Gigawatts)." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Jan 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1232455/india-power-generation-capacity/
India Brand Equity Foundation, Power generation capacity across India in selected financial years from 1992 to 2022 (in gigawatts) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1232455/india-power-generation-capacity/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Power generation capacity across India in selected financial years from 1992 to 2022 (in gigawatts) [Graph], India Brand Equity Foundation, January 17, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1232455/india-power-generation-capacity/
