“A lot of workers would be required at the end of current expansion program aimed at doubling the country’s electrical infrastructure from generation through transmission to distribution, operation and maintenance. Therefore incentives in terms of good scholarships to attract new students and attractive salary package for the efficient workers can be a way out for improving Human Resource Development in Power Sector…”

Energy and Agriculture in the Third World (Part – IX)

“The availability of electricity to the farmer and his use of it in Latin America is about the same as in India, where 10 percent of the electricity is used in the countryside, but the total per capita generation is only one-sixth that of Latin America…”

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