power consumption

Recent Union power ministry data has showed a 19% spike in India's power consumption as compared to last year. The power consumption in first fortnight of May 2020 was 43.55 Billion Units which rose to 51.67 Billion Units in May 2021. Citing lockdown-led dip in power consumption in 2020, the ministry said that the significant recovery is due country's industrial and commercial demand for electricity picking up.