of course as you reported a main part of the country's power equation what's behind the drive for more ever more electricity in india. well quite simply development you know india's energy needs are simply staggering the country's economy is expanding rapidly industrializing ever more people are moving from rural areas to urban areas they need new roads buildings cause so i think the demand for energy is growing substantially and on the other hand india faces a massive shortfall when it comes to providing electricity to its one point two five billion people an estimated two hundred fifty million indians live without electricity millions more do get electricity but only intermittently from the from the aging grid so i think india faces huge challenges it needs to provide generate more electricity simply to fuel its economic growth and also lift millions of