Abstract
AT the annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences, India, held on March 5, a symposium was arranged on the subject of India's power supply. In opening the discussion, Prof. M. N. Saha said that no subject could at the present moment be of greater importance than that of a cheap and abundant power supply. The whole industrial efficiency of a nation depends on it. He pointed out that there are countries in the world that have developed all their power resources-Norway, United States, England and Germany; but India, China and Abyssinia are still dependent on a medieval economy. In Norway, the total output per head per annum is nearly 1,800 units. In England and Germany the power is mainly derived from coal, but the output per head is probably nearly the same. In India the output cannot exceed 90 units, of which about 60 is from human labour, 10 from animal power and 20 from steam and electrical power combined.
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Electric Power Supply in India. Nature 143, 37 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143037a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/143037a0