India Blackout an Economic Reality Check?
Questions about India's superpower aspirations abound after largest power outage in history
Power was restored in India on Wednesday after two days of blackouts that had cast a huge shadow over the nation's economic ambitions.
On Tuesday, the overburdened electrical grid had collapsed across the whole of northern and eastern India, depriving more than half the country, or around 600 million people, of power. It was the largest blackout in global history in terms of the number of people affected — about 10 percent of the world population.
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about 10 percent of the world population.
That's a mind-blowing idea. That would be all of North and Central America. Or all of the Southern Hemisphere.
I'm feeling really good about the superannuated generator in my garage.
During nuclear deal voting Manmohan said India will not see power cuts.
But the reality is more power cuts, rise in electricity charges, no cooking gas, rise in petrol/diesel prices.