Journal
ENERGY POLICY
Volume 69, Issue -, Pages 308-315Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2014.02.004
Keywords
Electricity access; Electricity availability; Human well-being
Funding
- Ministry of Environment, Japan [S-6-3]
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) through the JSPS-UNU Postdoctoral Fellowship
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According to the 2011 Census of India, over 31% of India's 1.2 billion people lived in nearly 8000 towns and cities; the remaining 830 million people lived in over 638,000 villages. About 55% of rural households and 93% of urban households had access to electricity. The 2005 Indian Human Development Survey showed that on average, electricity availability (hours of supply per day) in rural and urban households were 14 and 19 h, respectively (Desai et al., 2007). Using nationally representative data from Indian Human Development Survey, this study estimated the impact of electricity access and availability on two attributes of human well-being, viz education and health attainment. It found a significant positive relationship between electricity availability and well-being in rural and urban households. Electricity accessibility revealed a significant positive relationship only for rural households. The paper concludes with implications for electricity policy and infrastructure choices. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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