UID:
edoccha_9958120118802883
Format:
1 online resource (111 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-4648-0345-5
Series Statement:
A World Bank study
Content:
India has been one of the world's leading developing countries in providing electricity to both rural and urban populations. The country's rural energy policies and institutions have contributed greatly to reducing the number of people globally who continue to lack access to electricity. By late 2012, the national electricity grid had reached 92 percent of India's rural villages, about 880 million people. Yet, owing mainly to its large population, India still has by far the world's largest number of households without electricity. About 311 million people still live without electricity, and th
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Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Executive Summary; Status of Electrification Progress: Access and Reliability; Historical Progress in Providing Energy Access; Policy Recommendations for Moving Forward; Chapter 1Introduction; Abstract; Commitment to Universal Access; Benefits of Electrification; Study Goal and Organization of this Report; Notes; Chapter 2Closing the Electricity Access Gap; Abstract; Recent Growth Trends; Figures; Figure 2.1 Comparative Growth in Household Electricity Access, 2000-10
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Figure 2.2 Millions of People Who Gained Electricity Access, 2000-10Figure 2.3 Growth in Electricity Access, 2000-10; Figure 2.4 Electricity Access Rates for Selected States, 2000 and 2010; Figure 2.5 Electricity Access Growth across States and Union Territories, 2000-10; Figure 2.6 Distribution of Nonelectrified Population; Current Profile of Electricity Deficit; Figure 2.7 Distribution of Access Rates in States and Union Territories, 2010; Figure 2.8 Distribution of Monthly Household Consumption for Selected States, 2010
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Figure 2.9 Distribution of Household Consumption Levels among States, 2010Estimated Benefits of Universal Access; Tables; Table 2.1 Household Cost Savings from Switching from Kerosene to Electric Lighting; Summary Remarks; Table 2.2 Consumer Surplus for Switching from Kerosene to Electricity in Rural India; Notes; Chapter 3Barriers to Household Adoption; Abstract; The Gap between Electricity Access and Adoption; Boxes; Box 3.1 Key Definitions Used in this Study; Figure 3.1 Availability-Access Gap, 2010; Figure 3.2 Urban and Rural Barriers to Adoption, 2000, 2004, and 2010
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Impact of Power Reliability on Electricity AdoptionFigure 3.3 Electricity Outages, by Rural Electrification Rates for Selected States, 2005; Table 3.1 Extent of Kerosene Used for Household Lighting in Rural India, 2005; Table 3.2 Power Outages and Kerosene Use for Households with Grid Electricity, 2005; Household Affordability; Figure 3.4 Effect of Supply Reliability on Household Adoption in Electrified Villages, 2005; Figure 3.5 Electricity Expenditure as a Share of Household Budget, 2000 and 2010; Box 3.2 Measuring Affordability of Electricity Service
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Figure 3.6 Consumption, Expenditure, and Effective Tariff, 2010Summary Remarks; Figure 3.7 Affordability of Representative Monthly Electricity Bill; Note; Chapter 4History of Rural Electrification and Institutional Organization; Abstract; Evolution of Rural Electrification; Table 4.1 Timeline in the Evolution of India's Rural Electrification; Institutional Organization; National Policies and the RGGVY Program; Figure 4.1 National-Level Institutional Organization of Rural Electrification; Figure 4.2 Comparison of RGGVY Institutional Structure in Two States
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Table 4.2 RGGVY Implementation Features, by State
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-322-34808-1
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4648-0341-2
Language:
English
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