Background Currently, India is the fastest growing economy in the world and projected to become the second largest economy of the world by 2050 as per the Goldman Sachs BRICs report. For the fiscal year 2013-14, the country's economic growth rate stood at 4.7%. The extent to which energy needs of a country are met has a direct bearing on its balanced and sustainable economic, social and environmental wellbeing. Ensuring adequate and reliable energy supply at reasonable prices is fundamental to sustaining the economic growth and to raise levels of human development. Targeted economic growth in such magnitude raises some fundamental issues. Firstly, growth has to be equitable and spread across the country amongst its masses. Secondly, growth must also be sustainable. Thirdly, one of the biggest challenges is to realize the dream of Energy Independence, as envisaged by former President Sh. A P J Abdul Kalam. This will be crucial to maintaining a long- term growth in the economy, which can percolate to the masses. Sustained GDP growth in our economy will necessarily require correspondingly higher inputs on various fronts such as in energy infrastructure, electricity generation, transmission and distribution and skilled human resources in these sectors to drive the growth.
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机译：背景技术目前，印度是世界上增长最快的经济，并按照高盛金砖金牌报告，由2050年预计将成为世界第二大经济体。 2013 - 14财年，该国的经济增长率为4.7％。遇到一个国家的能源需求的程度，直接抵达其平衡和可持续的经济，社会和环境福祉。以合理价格确保充足和可靠的能源供应是维持经济增长和提高人类发展水平的基础。此类幅度的有针对性的经济增长提出了一些基本问题。首先，增长必须在群众中公平和遍布全国各地。其次，增长也必须是可持续的。第三，最大的挑战之一是实现能源独立的梦想，如前总统SH所设想的。一个p j abdul kalam。这对维持经济的长期增长至关重要，这可以渗出群众。我们经济的持续GDP增长必然需要对各种前线的相应更高的投入，例如在这些部门中的能源基础设施，发电，传输和分配以及技术人力资源中的各种前沿，以推动增长。
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