DocumentCode
2837850
Title
Rural electrification in India: the achievements and the shortcomings
Author
Gupta, D. P Sen
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Indian Inst. of Sci., Bangalore, India
fYear
1989
fDate
22-24 Nov 1989
Firstpage
752
Lastpage
755
Abstract
A summary is presented of the achievements and highlights as well as some of the shortcomings of India´s rural electrification program. The socio-economic problem as well as technical problems associated with this program are touched on. The emphasis is on the technical problems which are also pertinent to other developing countries
Keywords
distribution networks; India; rural electrification; socio-economics; Availability; Costs; Government; Irrigation; Power generation; Production; Solar energy; Tides; Voltage; Wind energy;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
TENCON '89. Fourth IEEE Region 10 International Conference
Conference_Location
Bombay
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/TENCON.1989.177047
Filename
177047
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