Power for All: Electricity Access Challenge in India

by Sudeshna Banerjee, Kristy Mayer, Hussain Samad, et al.

India is a leading developing country in providing electricity to rural and urban populations. By late 2012, the national electricity grid had reached 92 percent of India's rural villages, or about 880 million people. Yet, approximately 311 million people-mostly those in rural areas-still live without electricity. Less than half of all households in the poorest income group have electricity. Even among households with electricity, hundreds of millions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1464803412
• ISBN13: 9781464803413
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.0" x 10.0"