A Review of Outage Reporting by Indian DISCOMs

In 2023, 99.5% of India’s population had access to electricity (World Bank, 2023). This statistic, however, should be measured along with the data on consistency and quality of electricity supply. Frequent power outages and low and fluctuating voltage can adversely affect appliances, reduce productivity, increase the cost of production and reduce standards of living (Jha et al., 2021). It adds a financial burden on both households and firms, who are forced to invest in costly backup options like inverters and diesel generators (Pargal and Banerjee, 2014). As India expands its electricity access, it is useful to measure how it is faring on the quality of its electricity supply. The aggregate data does not appear promising. According to the 2019 Global Competitiveness Index by the World Economic Forum (2019), India ranked 108 out of 141 countries in electricity supply quality.

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Upasa Borah and Renuka Sane, 2025. “The Leap Blog: A Review of Outage Reporting by Indian DISCOMs,” The Leap Blog

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