India's power output rises 2.6% in early Aug for first time in five months

Power generation from coal - India's primary source of electricity - rose 4.2% in the first fifteen days of August, the data showed

India's electricity generation in the first 15 days of August rose for the first time since early March, provisional government data showed, as the country opened up industries and lifted restrictions to control the spread of coronavirus.

Power generation rose 2.6% in the first 15 days of August compared with the same period of last year, a Reuters analysis of daily load despatch data from federal grid operator POSOCO showed, compared with a 1.8% fall in July.

In the second half of last month, electricity generation declined 3.1%.

Power use has picked up from previous months when India was under