RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
IN ODISHA
SEMINAR PAPER
Presented by :
Dr. Madhubrata Satpathy
Reader in Economics
BJB Autonomous College
Bhubaneswar.
At
Centurion University of Technology and Management (CUTM),
Bhubaneswar
Conducted by:
47th Annual Conference of
Odisha Economics Association,
Bhubaneswar.
From : 21.02.2015 to 22.02.2015
TITLE : RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN ODISHA
Dr. Madhubrata Satpathy
Reader in Economics
BJB Autonomous College
Bhubaneswar.
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between access to energy consumption, especially power, poverty alleviation and human development in Odisha. Association has been drawn between per capita power
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In fact the major burnt was borne by them immediately after the privatization in 1999. When the state Govt. completely withdrew from the electrification process, the DISCOMs did not take up the rural electrification work because of commercial reasons as per a study done by Sihag and others from Teri, electrification level for the poor decreases from 3.67% to 3,31% in the first two years after distribution reforms in 1999. During the same period electricity consumption for poor house holds dropped by sharp 41%. In contrast, the electrification rates for non poor increase from 7.7% in 1998-99 to 9% in 2001-02 with the electrification level for this category increasing from 56.06% in 2001-02 compared to 47.60% in 1999-2000. The study clearly concluded that the electricity reforms have neglected rural electrification which in turn has a deteriorating effect on the consumption of electricity by the …show more content…
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