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The XI Plan (2007-12) is likely to end
with a power generation capacity of
54,000 mw, according to power
minister Sushilkumar Shinde quoted in
media reports. This would be substantially
higher than the X Plan achievement of
21,180 mw.
In the XI Plan period, private sector
entities had a significant contribution to
the new capacity added. Moreover, the
final year of the XI Plan period, 2011-12,
saw a record addition of 19,459 mw,
around 60 per cent of which came from
private sector units. Prior to this, the record
for maximum power generation capacity in
a single year was in 2010-11 when 12,160
mw came online. The original target for the
XI Plan period was 78,500 mw that was
downscaled to 62,000 mw.
As of March 27, 2012, India's total
installed power generation capacity stood
at 1,92,792 mw.
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