In 2011, India was the fourth largest energy consumer in the world after the United States, China, and Russia. India's economy grew at an annual rate of approximately 7 percent since 2000 and proved relatively resilient to the 2008 global financial crisis.

The rapid pace of urbanization and development of infrastructure in big cities is bound to result in the growth of electricity demand by the end of 12th plan and during 13th plan.

This report is based on the findings of a short module of the survey intended to ascertain some details of the perception of the Indian population regarding the adequacy of its food intake.

This issue brief is the first in a series of three that focus on expanding the delivery of affordable, renewable energy in developing countries.

The Worldwide Cost of Living is a bi-annual (twice yearly) Economist Intelligence Unit survey that compares more than 400 individual prices across 160 products and services.