Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated on Wednesday that India is driving a strong energy economy and also creating a sustainable environment for future demands.
The Prime Minister urged readers to read Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar‘s featured piece on the development of India’s energy industry in order to gain a thorough understanding of the nation’s energy policies, which aim towards a Viksit Bharat.
Shri @mlkhattar, the Union Minister, ponders how India is supporting a strong energy ecosystem and fostering a sustainable environment for the future’s needs. To learn more about India’s energy policies that promise a Viksit Bharat, read this essay, stated Prime Minister Modi.
Khattar emphasizes the remarkable change the power industry has experienced over the past ten years, going from providing electricity to every home to almost eliminating power shortages for all practical purposes.
Come and join the @BharatESummit at Yashobhoomi from March 19 to March 22 to see this amazing trip, learn about the future of technology and innovation, and see the road ahead, he tweeted.
The minister claims that India has made great strides in increasing its generation and transmission capacity, reducing the nation’s energy deficit from 4. 2% in fiscal year 2013–14 to 0. 03% by fiscal year 2025–26.
The article states that in FY 2025-26 alone (up to January 2026), a record 52. 53 GW capacity from all sources has been added, which is the most in any single year and exceeds the previous record of 34. 05 GW in 2024-25.
Additionally, overall electricity production has grown from 1,020. 2 billion units (BU) in FY 2014 to 1,830 BU in FY 2025. Due to increased economic prosperity and improved accessibility, per capita usage has increased from 957 kWh in 2014 to 1,460 kWh in 2025.
According to the minister, “This has guaranteed that every home, farm, and business has the dependable electricity it needs, and India is now the third biggest producer and consumer of electricity in the world. “