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As per EIA data, India produced 996 billion cubic feet (2.82 × 10 10 m 3) of natural gas in 2004. [16] India imports small amounts of natural gas. In 2004, India consumed about 1,089 × 10 ^ 9 cu ft (3.08 × 10 10 m 3) of natural gas, the first year in which the country showed net natural gas imports. During 2004, India imported 93 × 10 ^ 9 ...
National power is defined as the sum of all resources available to a nation in the pursuit of national objectives. [1] Assessing the national power of political entities was already a matter of relevance during the classical antiquity , the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and today.
In the early 1980s, the Planning Commission of India realized the need to set up a system for efficient management of remote sensing data and the conventional data - for management and development of natural resources of the India. To start with the same, a planning committee was constituted in 1982.
Thermal power is the largest source of power in India. There are different types of thermal power plants based on the fuel that are used to generate the steam such as coal, gas, and diesel, natural gas. About 71% of electricity consumed in India is generated by thermal power plants. [8]
"National security is an appropriate and aggressive blend of political resilience and maturity, human resources, economic structure and capacity, technological competence, industrial base and availability of natural resources and finally the military might." (National Defence College of India, 1996) [7]
Monsoons scrub India's air, bringing its natural diversity in better view. Himalayan peaks in eastern India on a day without haze. Since about the late 1980s, the Supreme Court of India has been pro-actively engaged in India's environmental issues. In most countries, it is the executive and the legislative branches of the government that plan ...
[20] [126] As of 31 December 2017, the installed capacity of wind power was 32,848 MW an increase of 4148 MW over the previous year [127] [128] Wind power accounts for nearly 10% of India's total installed power generation capacity and generated 52.666 billion kWh in the fiscal year 2017-18 which is nearly 3% of total electricity generation. [129]
However, on a per capita basis, its standing is much lower. India was the second-top net crude oil (including crude oil products) importer of 205.3 Mt in 2019. [19] India has 49.72 lakh (4.972 million) barrels per day (5.1% of the world) crude oil refining capacity which is ranked 4th globally in 2017. [7]