Covid impact: India enters FY22 with power demand at mid-2019 level

Monthly demand has, nonetheless, shown considerable improvement over peak lockdown months, mostly on the back of thermal power

Peak power demand in India in FY21 was 1.31 per cent lower than in the previous financial year even though the country has come out of the shadows of the Covid-induced slowdown. This indicates robust growth is missing with demand towards the end of the financial year rebounding to just mid-2019 levels.
 
Monthly demand has, however, shown a considerable improvement over peak lockdown months, mostly on the back of thermal power. Peak power demand in March 2021 stood at 170.6 Gw, up from 157 Gw in March 2020 and 163 Gw in March 2019. This is, however, similar to