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India fails to meet electricity targetsNew Delhi (UPI) Jan 24, 2012 India is likely to miss its electrical power capacity addition target for the five-year plan that ends this year, a government official said. While India had initially aimed for a generation capacity addition of more than 78,000 megawatts during that time, the Planning Commission reduced the target to 62,000 megawatts in its mid-term review. Now the added power capacity is expected to be about 52,000 watts, said Indian Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, speaking on the sidelines of the I ... read more |
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