{"id":229125,"date":"2025-01-31T23:40:15","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T23:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/31\/costly-industrial-power-a-drain-on-india-inc-energy-the-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2025-01-31T23:40:16","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T23:40:16","slug":"costly-industrial-power-a-drain-on-india-inc-energy-the-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/31\/costly-industrial-power-a-drain-on-india-inc-energy-the-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Costly industrial power a drain on India Inc energy &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-117806765,imgsize-3477107,width-400,resizemode-4\/117806765.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Costly industrial power a drain on India Inc energy &#8211; The Times of India\" title=\"Costly industrial power a drain on India Inc energy &#8211; The Times of India\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\">\n<div class=\"_s30J clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<section class=\"D3Wk1  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  VtlfQ\" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"D3Wk1\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"zPaFh\">\n<div class=\"wJnIp\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: High markup on electricity supplied to industrial consumers reduces <!-- -->global competitiveness of Indian industry<!-- -->, Economic Survey says, putting tariff reforms back into the spotlight.<br \/>&#8220;Across states, industrial users can pay a 10-25% markup over the cost of electricity supply. Other countries impose lower rates for electricity use. For example, Vietnam sets the electricity sale price at 10% lower rate than cost of generating electricity. Such differences in energy costs reduce global competitiveness of Indian factories, discouraging growth,&#8221; govt&#8217;s report card on economy said.<\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component QbQNS undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"green spark\" msid=\"117806736\" width=\"600\" title=\"\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/imgsize-23456,msid-117806736,width-600,resizemode-4\/117806736.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The statement points to one of the drags in the govt&#8217;s pitch for India as a global manufacturing hub. Rationalising industrial tariffs, however, is easier said than done since distribution utilities (discoms) keep household tariffs below cost by charging industrial and commercial consumers more.<br \/>Given the poor fiscal health of discoms and political risks of raising domestic tariffs, it will not be surprising if states drag their feet. The Survey noted over 7% Y-o-Y increase in generation capacity to 456 GW &#8211; largely solar and wind energy &#8211; brought down the demand-supply gap to less than 0.1% in Dec from 4.2% in 2013-14. 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