An Overview of Energy Scenario in India

India is one of the major nations for consuming the energy at greater scale. The growing population of the country demand more energy in order to fulfill the need in terms of the energy consumption. India utilizes almost four percent of the total world’s energy consumption and it increases every year at significant rate. The energy is consumed by many sectors including industries, agriculture, and transportation and for the domestic activities such as household activities. Coal as well as fossil fuels are the leading energy resources in India that has been widely utilizes for the different sectors. Renewable energy resources are in growing stage and solar energy as well as hydropower is used for the electrical power generation. As compared to conventional drive resources, the utilization of sustainable drive resources is quite low. This review paper highlighted the energy scenario in Indian perspective. In the future, the utilization of the sustainable drive will help to fulfill the requirement of the electricity by growing population as well as reduce the air pollution significantly.