Electrification

Indian Railways is the world’s fourth largest railway network in terms of size and one of the largest electricity consumers in the country consuming approximately 18,410 million units (MU) for traction loads (trains) and 2,338 MU for non-traction loads (office, railway stations, etc) in 2020.

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Universal Electricity Access

Vol. 53, Issue No. 23, 09 Jun, 2018

Jennifer Richmond, Anand Patwardhan

The National Democratic Alliance government has targeted to electrify all villages by the end of 2018. But simply establishing electric connections does not translate into adequate, affordable and good quality supply. This article examines the possibility of setting up rural electric cooperatives and assesses the successful examples in some other countries.

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Electrified without Electricity

Vol. 51, Issue No. 13, 26 Mar, 2016

Raile Rocky Ziipao

Tingsong village located in Senapati District, Manipur is 45 kilometre away from National Highway-2. According to the 2011 Census, the village has 246 households with a population of 1,377 persons.

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