{"id":98809,"date":"2023-04-03T10:53:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T05:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/?p=98809"},"modified":"2023-04-03T10:49:31","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T05:19:31","slug":"biz-power-consumption-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/biz-power-consumption-12\/","title":{"rendered":"India&#8217;s electricity consumption dips 0.74% to 127.52 billion units in March"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"trade-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"trade-2154661726\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/get\/telegram\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-101992\" src=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/telegram-channel-300x119.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"148\" height=\"59\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN3Epgswxc--Aw?hl=en-IN&amp;gl=IN&amp;ceid=IN%3Aen\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-123430\" src=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news-300x82.png\" alt=\"follow-on-google-news\" width=\"222\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news-300x82.png 300w, https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news-150x41.png 150w, https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news.png 468w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><p>India&#8217;s power consumption dipped 0.74 per cent to 127.52 billion units (BU) in March this year for the first time in 31 months, according to government data.<\/p><div class=\"trade-content_7\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"trade-1664100853\"><!-- Composite Start --> \r\n <div id=\"M923760ScriptRootC1549812\"> \r\n <\/div> \r\n <script src=\"https:\/\/jsc.mgid.com\/t\/r\/tradebrains.in.1549812.js\" async> \r\n <\/script> \r\n <!-- Composite End --><\/div><p>The contraction in power consumption is mainly because of widespread rains due to western disturbances in the country and low temperature in March.<\/p><p>Last contraction in power consumption was recorded in August in 2020, when it declined by over two per cent to 109.21 BU, compared to 111.52 BU in August 2019.<\/p><p>Power consumption had slumped in 2020 due to the impact of lockdown restrictions imposed to curb the spread of deadly coronavirus.<\/p><div class=\"trade-content_5\" id=\"trade-2389695961\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4023722985638610\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- in_content_2_news -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4023722985638610\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7925020301\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div><p>Experts are hopeful that power consumption and demand would grow April onwards, due to further improvement in economic activities as well as rise in temperature.<\/p><p>In March 2022, power consumption stood at 128.47 billion units (BU), higher than the 120.63 BU in the same month of 2021, the data showed.<\/p><p>Electricity consumption in March 2020 stood at 98.95 BU.<\/p><p>However, the data showed that the peak power demand met, which is the highest supply in a day, rose to 209.01 gigawatt (GW) in March 2023.<\/p><p>The peak power supply stood at 199.43 GW in March 2022 and 185.89 GW in March 2021.<\/p><p>The peak power demand met stood at 170.16 GW in the pre-pandemic March 2020.<\/p><div class=\"trade-content-10\" id=\"trade-1807250797\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4023722985638610\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- in_content_3_news -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4023722985638610\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2969612066\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div><p>Experts are of the view that the power consumption and demand would log higher growth rates in coming months due to forecasts of higher temperature during this summer season compared to last year.<\/p><p>Peak power demand is expected to touch 229 GW during this summer season as per power ministry estimates. PTI KKS DRR<\/p><div class=\"trade-after-content\" id=\"trade-4092910170\"><div id=\"taboola-below-article-thumbnails\"><\/div>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n  window._taboola = window._taboola || [];\r\n  _taboola.push({\r\n    mode: 'alternating-thumbnails-a',\r\n    container: 'taboola-below-article-thumbnails',\r\n    placement: 'Below Article Thumbnails',\r\n    target_type: 'mix'\r\n  });\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n  window._taboola = window._taboola || [];\r\n  _taboola.push({flush: true});\r\n<\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India&#8217;s power consumption dipped 0.74 per cent to 127.52 billion units (BU) in March this year for the first time in 31 months, according to government data. The contraction in power consumption is mainly because of widespread rains due to western disturbances in the country and low temperature in March. Last contraction in power consumption [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":78680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1697,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.5 (Yoast SEO v25.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>India&#039;s electricity consumption dips 0.74% to 127.52 billion units in March - Trade Brains Features<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"India&#039;s power consumption dipped 0.74 per cent to 127.52 billion units (BU) in March this year for the first time in 31 months, according to government data.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/biz-power-consumption-12\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"India&#039;s electricity consumption dips 0.74% to 127.52 billion units in March\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"India&#039;s power consumption dipped 0.74 per cent to 127.52 billion units (BU) in March this year for the first time in 31 months, according to government data.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/biz-power-consumption-12\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Trade Brains Features\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TradeBrainsOfficial\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-04-03T05:23:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ele-cover-image.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"854\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"PTI News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ele-cover-image.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@TradeBrainsGrp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@TradeBrainsGrp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"PTI News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/biz-power-consumption-12\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/biz-power-consumption-12\/\",\"name\":\"India's electricity consumption dips 0.74% to 127.52 billion units in March - Trade Brains Features\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/biz-power-consumption-12\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/biz-power-consumption-12\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ele-cover-image.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-03T05:23:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/#\/schema\/person\/432b854fc143da831dae702afe00a7d3\"},\"description\":\"India's power consumption dipped 0.74 per cent to 127.52 billion units (BU) in March this year for the first time in 31 months, according to government data.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/biz-power-consumption-12\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/biz-power-consumption-12\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/biz-power-consumption-12\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ele-cover-image.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ele-cover-image.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":854},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/biz-power-consumption-12\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"India&#8217;s electricity consumption dips 0.74% to 127.52 billion units in March\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/\",\"name\":\"Trade Brains\",\"description\":\"Stock Market NSE\/BSE Latest News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/#\/schema\/person\/432b854fc143da831dae702afe00a7d3\",\"name\":\"PTI News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/33d290530d88025709a22a0e9cea1a42ff2e6013ca877b91a86e7ca950cdd59e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/33d290530d88025709a22a0e9cea1a42ff2e6013ca877b91a86e7ca950cdd59e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"PTI News\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/author\/ptinews\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"India's electricity consumption dips 0.74% to 127.52 billion units in March - Trade Brains Features","description":"India's power consumption dipped 0.74 per cent to 127.52 billion units (BU) in March this year for the first time in 31 months, according to government data.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/biz-power-consumption-12\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"India's electricity consumption dips 0.74% to 127.52 billion units in March","og_description":"India's power consumption dipped 0.74 per cent to 127.52 billion units (BU) in March this year for the first time in 31 months, according to government data.","og_url":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/biz-power-consumption-12\/","og_site_name":"Trade Brains Features","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TradeBrainsOfficial\/","article_published_time":"2023-04-03T05:23:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":854,"url":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ele-cover-image.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"PTI News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ele-cover-image.jpg","twitter_creator":"@TradeBrainsGrp","twitter_site":"@TradeBrainsGrp","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"PTI News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/biz-power-consumption-12\/","url":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/biz-power-consumption-12\/","name":"India's electricity consumption dips 0.74% to 127.52 billion units in March - Trade Brains Features","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/biz-power-consumption-12\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/biz-power-consumption-12\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ele-cover-image.jpg","datePublished":"2023-04-03T05:23:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/#\/schema\/person\/432b854fc143da831dae702afe00a7d3"},"description":"India's power consumption dipped 0.74 per cent to 127.52 billion units (BU) in March this year for the first time in 31 months, according to government data.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/biz-power-consumption-12\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/biz-power-consumption-12\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/biz-power-consumption-12\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ele-cover-image.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ele-cover-image.jpg","width":1280,"height":854},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/biz-power-consumption-12\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"India&#8217;s electricity consumption dips 0.74% to 127.52 billion units in March"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/#website","url":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/","name":"Trade Brains","description":"Stock Market NSE\/BSE Latest News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/#\/schema\/person\/432b854fc143da831dae702afe00a7d3","name":"PTI News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/33d290530d88025709a22a0e9cea1a42ff2e6013ca877b91a86e7ca950cdd59e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/33d290530d88025709a22a0e9cea1a42ff2e6013ca877b91a86e7ca950cdd59e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"PTI News"},"url":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/author\/ptinews\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98809"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98875,"href":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98809\/revisions\/98875"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}