Foreword
Preface
Author(s): Rajendra K Pachauri
Source: TERI Energy Data Directory & Yearbook: 266p Authored By TERI
Abstract:
As India aims to maintain its economic growth at a rate of about 9% and its people are set for rapid lifestyle changes, the demand for energy, particularly commercial energy, is expected to rise rapidly. Energy use and its implications are a subject of growing interest and concern in the country today. The rich–poor divide is quite evident in the patterns of energy consumption. Noncommercial fuels are still predominant sources of cooking, particularly in rural areas, and have adverse effects on air pollution and human health. The Government of India, in its Eleventh Five-year Plan, has focused on increasing the availability and affordability of, and access to, various forms of cleaner energy.
Publisher/Organisation: TERI Press
Publication Date: 12 January 2007