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Energy has come to be known as a `strategic commodity’ and any uncertainty about its supply can threaten the functioning of the economy, particularly in developing economies. Achieving energy security in this strategic sense is of fundamental importance not only to India’s economic growth but also for the human development objectives that aim at alleviation of poverty, unemployment and meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Holistic planning for achieving these objectives requires quality energy statistics that is able to address the issues related to energy demand, energy poverty and environmental effects of energy growth. This report contains the latest data available from the concerned line Ministries of the Government of India, in respect of different energy sources and a brief analysis of the data on reserves, installed capacity, potential for generation, production, consumption, import, export and wholesale price of different energy commodities. An overview of the energy deficit scenario and development perspective has been included in the report as new feature Analytical indicators viz. Growth Rates, Compound Annual Growth Rates (CAGR), Percentage Distributions.