• 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