Energy is one of the most important components of economic infrastructure. It
is the basic input required to sustain economic growth. There is direct relation between
the level of economic development and per capita energy consumption. More developed
a country, higher the per capita consumption of energy and vice-versa. India’s per capita
consumption of energy is only one eighth of global average. This indicates that our
country has low rate of per capita consumption of energy as compared to developed
countries.