Energy efficiency of Indian states

ecuring affordable energy is a precondition for sustainable growth of a higher order. In the past 40 years, GDP has grown by 5.5% per annum. In contrast, the consumption of conventional energy (coal and lignite), crude petroleum, natural gas and electricity (hydro and nuclear) has grown by 6% per annum, but production by only 4.5% per annum. The overshooting of consumption over production has led to a heavy dependence on imports for some forms of energy like crude and coal. 

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