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State the sources of electricity production in India and their percentage.

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Sources of production:

Owing to its topography and resources, India has following four ways of

producing electricity:

  1. Thermal power – Through coal
  2. Hydro power – Through water
  3. Nuclear power – Through nuclear energy
  4. Others – Windmill, biogas, solar energy, etc.

The distribution of power production in the year 2012-13 is shown in table.

Type of power sourcePercentage production
Thermal70%
Hydro16%
Nuclear2%
Others12%
Total100%


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