The availability of power supply in rural areas has increased from 12.5 Hours in 2015 to 21.9 Hours in 2024. The power supply in urban areas has increased to 23.4 Hours in 2024.
India has added 19,5181ckt kilometre of transmission lines since April 2014 connecting the whole country into one grid running on one frequency. This has enabled the power sector to transfer 1,18,740 MW from one corner of the country to another.
India has also strengthened the distribution system by implementing projects of 1.85 lac crores under DDUGJY/IPDS/SAUBHAGYA. Under the above distribution sector schemes, 2,927 new sub-stations have been added, upgradation of 3,965 existing sub-stations has been carried out, 6,92,200 distribution transformers have been installed, feeder separation of 1,13,938 Circuit Kilometer (Km) has been done and 8.5 Lakh Circuit Kilometer (CKm) of HT and LT lines have been added/upgraded across the states.
