elrctric supply report
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India is the world's third largest producer and third largest consumer of electricity.[6][7] The electric national grid in India has an installed capacity of 360.788 GW as of 31 August 2019.[3] Renewable power plants, which also include large hydroelectric plants, constitute 34.86% of India's total installed capacity. During the 2018-19 fiscal year, the gross electricity generated by utilities in India was 1,372 TWh and the total electricity generation (utilities and non utilities) in the country in the 2018-19 period was 1,547 TWh.[5][8] The gross electricity consumption in 2018-19 was 1,181 kWh per capita.[5] In 2015-16, electric energy consumption in agriculture was recorded as being the highest (17.89%) worldwide.[5] The per capita electricity consumption is low compared to most other countries despite India having a low electricity tariff.