India is the world’s fifth largest electricity producer, but 45% of rural households do not have access to electricity. The off-grid sector offers a range of business models, across technologies and scales of operation, through leasing, sales of home systems, community-based products, and mini grids with productive anchor base loads....
The 10 Questions to Ask Series, or the 10Qs Series, is an initiative of the World Resources Institute’s (WRI) Electricity Governance Initiative (EGI) and Prayas Energy Group. Each paper in the series asks a set of 10 questions relevant to a particular topic within the broader electricity sector...
Renewable Energy for Rural Livelihoods in MNRE-UNDP-FRG Project Villages in Rajasthan and Uttarakhand: A Report
The MNRE-UNDP-FRG Renewable Energy for Livelihoods Project implemented in remote villages in Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Jharkhand demonstrates how renewable sources of energy can reduce poverty through improved quality of life and increased livelihood opportunities in remote, non-electrified villages of India that are not likely to get electricity from the grid....
The evaluation of electricity access, using the multi-tier framework, paints a grim picture of the rural areas in the six states. On a scale of 0 to 100, the electricity index across the six states ranges from as low as 8.1 for Bihar to 41.8 for West Bengal....
