The Union Power Ministry on Monday said that peak power demand deficit in the country was almost wiped out in 2020-21 period.
Providing statistics, the ministry said the deficit stood at 0.4 per cent in 2020-21 compared to 16.6 per cent in 2007-08 and 10.6 per cent in 2011-12. In the current year (2021-22) till October, the peak power demand has been (-)1.2 per cent and the marginal spike was attributable to the annual post monsoon pressure on power output.This is also likely to normalise by the end of the year, the Ministry said in a statement.
