Energy Strategies for India Under Perspective ...

Energy Supply – demand gap is increasing in almost all parts of the world. With depleting energy resources, the energy scarcity has become global problem. Global supply – demand gap during the year 2010 was 11.35% as against 5.32% in 2001. Industrialisation and increased use of energy may result in energy crisis and thus needs to be addressed with priority. With seemingly poor growth rate of 5.6% of fuel resources it not matching the power requirement. For India, the energy scenario is not different. The demand has grown by 54% in the last five years and average gap is 9.1% with net capacity addition of just 6.5%. This paper highlights the global and Indian energy scenario along with the need for energy studies in the wake of energy import situation. Further, the required energy policies and strategies to be implemented to tackle the energy challenges under the Indian scenario have been discussed.