India has led the developing world in addressing rural energy problems. By late 2012, the national electricity grid had reached 92 percent of India s rural villages, about 880 million people. In more remote areas and those with geographically difficult terrain, where grid extension is not economically viable, off-grid solutions using renewable-energy sources for electricity generation and distribution have been promoted. The positive results of the country s rural energy policies and institutions have contributed greatly to reducing the number of people globally who remain without electricity access. Yet, owing mainly to its large population, India has by far the world s largest number of households without electricity. More than one-quarter of its population or about 311 million people, the vast majority of whom live in poorer rural areas, still lack an electricity connection; less than half of all households in the poorest income group have electricity. Among households with electricity service, hundreds of millions lack reliable power supply.

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Front Cover
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Executive Summary
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Closing the Electricity Access Gap
Chapter 3 Barriers to Household Adoption
Chapter 4 History of Rural Electrification and Institutional Organization
Chapter 5 Challenges to Sustaining Progress
Chapter 6 Lessons from International Experience
Appendix A Estimating Investment Needs for Universal Access
Appendix B Household Survey Data Description: National Sample Survey Organization
Appendix C Data Tables
Appendix D Regression Analysis
Appendix E RGGVY Fund Allocations
Appendix F RGGVY Processes, Institutional Roles, and Field Practices
Appendix G RGGVY Quality Review Process
Appendix H Study Method to Calculate Cost of Rural Supply
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