Bijli Sankat Khatam!
Union Power Minister Manohar Lal ne kaha hai ki pichle do mahino mein desh mein bijli ki koi kami nahi hui hai. India ab energy surplus desh ban raha hai. Modi 3.0 sarkar ke 11 saal pure hone par ek press conference mein unhone yeh baat kahi.
Gaon aur Shahar Mein Bijli
Minister ne bataya ki gaon mein average bijli supply 12.5 ghante (2014) se badhkar 22.6 ghante (2025) ho gayi hai. Shaharo mein yeh supply 23.4 ghante tak pahunch gayi hai. April 2025 tak power deficit sirf 0.1% tha. 2013-14 mein yeh shortage 4.2% tha, jisse yeh ek bada sudhar hai.
Power Demand aur Mausam
Unhone kaha ki power demand mausam par depend karta hai. India ki peak power demand 9 June ko 241 GW tak pahunch gayi thi. Pichle saal, 30 May 2024 ko peak power demand 250 GW thi. Minister ne yeh bhi kaha ki is summer season mein peak power demand 270 GW tak ja sakti hai.
Barish Se Mili Rahat
May mein hui unseasonal barish ke karan cooling appliances jaise desert coolers aur AC ka use kam hua, jisse peak power demand projected 270 GW se kam rahi. May 2025 mein power consumption 4% se zyada girkar 148.71 billion units ho gaya, jabki pichle saal May mein yeh 155.15 billion units tha.
Naye Measures
Minister ne power sector mein sudhar ke liye kai measures announce kiye, jisme ultra-high voltage alternating current (UHV AC) transmission systems ka rollout bhi shamil hai. Unhone bataya ki 2034 tak 1,100 kV ki nine lines develop ki jayengi. Central Power Research Institute in lines aur equipment ke liye testing facilities develop kar raha hai. Isme lagbhag Rs 53,000 crore ka investment hoga.
Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)
The Ministry ne 30 GWh BESS develop karne ke liye Viability Gap Funding scheme approve ki hai. Iske alawa, 13.2 GWh already under implementation hai. Is par Rs 5,400 crore ka kharcha aayega. Isse desh ki 2028 tak ki BESS requirement puri hogi aur lagbhag Rs 33,000 crore ka investment aayega. Iske liye tenders agle teen mahino mein nikalne ki umeed hai.
Incentives aur Compensation
Manohar Lal ne bataya ki storage projects ke liye inter-state transmission charges ki waiver ko 30 June 2028 tak extend kar diya gaya hai. Is date se pehle commission kiye gaye BESS projects bhi is benefit ke liye eligible honge. Land owners ko transmission lines bichhane ke liye compensation bhi badha diya gaya hai. Tower area ke liye compensation 85% se badhakar 200% aur right of way (RoW) corridor ke liye 15% se badhakar 30% kar diya gaya hai. Payments ko land ki market value se link kar diya gaya hai.
Achievements
Lal ne kaha ki unki sarkar mein total electricity generation annually 5.2% badhi hai. Yeh 1,739 BU (FY24) se badhkar 1,829 BU (FY25) ho gayi hai. Desh mein total installed generation capacity 475 GW (March 2025) hai, jabki 2014 mein yeh 249 GW thi. Thermal power plants mein coal stock 57.5 million tonnes (31 May 2025) hai, jabki pichle saal 44.7 MT tha.
Distribution aur Smart Meters
Chandigarh ki distribution utility ko February 2025 mein privatize kar diya gaya. Distribution mein, Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) ke tahat 19.8 crore smart meters, 52.5 lakh Distribution Transformers aur 2.1 lakh feeder meters sanction kiye gaye hain. Ab tak, RDSS ke tahat 2 crore smart meters install kiye ja chuke hain aur total 3 crore se zyada smart meters India mein install ho chuke hain. Smart metering works ke liye Rs 1.31 lakh crore aur distribution network ko majboot karne ke liye Rs 1.52 lakh crore ke projects sanction kiye gaye hain.
