India’s Oct power supply deficit makes up 11.2% of 2021 shortage Jharkhand, Bihar, Rajasthan states among the worst affected Over half of India’s coal-fired units have under 3 days stock CHENNAI, Oct 8 (Reuters) – North Indian states have suffered electricity cuts and face further outages because of a lack of coal, an analysis of government data and interviews with residents found, contradicting government assurances there is enough power. The shortages in India – the world’s largest coal consumer after China – follow widespread outages in neighbouring China, which has shut factories and schools to manage the crisis. Over half of India’s 135 coal-fired power plants, which in total supply around 70% of India’s electricity, have fuel stocks of less than three days, data from […]