WPI of electricity in agriculture in India FY 2006-2016
In financial year 2016, the WPI for electricity in agriculture across India was 231.4, which means it increased by about 131 percent from the base year of 2005. Of the total power consumption in fiscal year 2018, industrial sector accounted for the largest share, at about 48 percent, followed by domestic and agricultural sectors at 24 and 18 percent respectively. The transmission losses in electricity across the south Asian country stood at a little over 21 percent that year.
