India records lowest ever power shortage in FY16
Power shortage in India stood at 2.1% in 2015-16, the lowest ever in a single year, Power Minister Piyush Goyal informed the Lok Sabha on Thursday. Further, against a targetted capacity addition of 88.54 GW (excluding 30 GW of renewable energy) during the 12th Five-Year Plan (2012-2017), 84.99 GW has been added as of March 31, 2016, Goyal said.