More Power to India: The Challenge of Electricity Distribution

This World Bank review of India's power sector assesses state-wise progress in implementing the government's reform agenda two decades after the liberalization of India's economy and a decade after the passage of the forward-looking Electricity Act of 2003 (EA). It examines the performance of the sector along the following dimensions, drawing on in-depth background papers-achievements in access, the financial and operational performance of utilities, governance, private participation, and t...