In financial year 2016, the WPI for commercial electricity across India was 142.2, which means it increased by about 42 percent from the base year of 2005. Of the total power consumption in fiscal year 2018, industrial sector accounted for the largest share, at about 48 percent, followed by domestic and agricultural sectors at 24 and 18 percent respectively. The transmission losses in electricity across the south Asian country stood at a little over 21 percent that year.
Wholesale Price Index of commercial electricity across India from financial year 2006 to 2016
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MOSPI. (March 29, 2017). Wholesale Price Index of commercial electricity across India from financial year 2006 to 2016 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 11, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/744613/wholesale-price-index-of-commercial-electricity-india/
MOSPI. "Wholesale Price Index of commercial electricity across India from financial year 2006 to 2016." Chart. March 29, 2017. Statista. Accessed June 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/744613/wholesale-price-index-of-commercial-electricity-india/
MOSPI. (2017). Wholesale Price Index of commercial electricity across India from financial year 2006 to 2016. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/744613/wholesale-price-index-of-commercial-electricity-india/
MOSPI. "Wholesale Price Index of Commercial Electricity across India from Financial Year 2006 to 2016." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Mar 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/744613/wholesale-price-index-of-commercial-electricity-india/
MOSPI, Wholesale Price Index of commercial electricity across India from financial year 2006 to 2016 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/744613/wholesale-price-index-of-commercial-electricity-india/ (last visited June 11, 2024)
Wholesale Price Index of commercial electricity across India from financial year 2006 to 2016 [Graph], MOSPI, March 29, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/744613/wholesale-price-index-of-commercial-electricity-india/