9. 01
EVOLUTION
At the time of
independence
Fifth Plan 1974-79 Liberalization 1991 Current situation
1948 1950 1956 1975 1976 1978. 1991. 1995 1998. 2018-2019.
Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948 National
thermal
Power
Corporatio
n (NTPC)
Liquid fuel policy
5-year plan
North-Eastern Electric
Power Corporation
(NEEPCO)
National Hydro-electric Power Corporation
(NHPC)
Private sector
Private
companies
State Electricity
Boards (SEBs)
Industrial
Policy
Resolution
of 1956
85% more
appliances
in villages
Central
Electricity
Authority
Electricity
regulation
commission
India ranks 5 th in
production
100% Foreign
equity
30-35 % Potential
1713 MW (1950) to
1,000,000 MW
10. Case study
• Chandrapura thermal power station (630 MW)
• Bokaro, Bihar
• Located near Dhanbad coal field
• Management of fly ash