RAS question
The total installed power generation capacity of Rajasthan is approximately:
Correct answer: (C) 40,000+ MW.
Rajasthan's total installed power generation capacity is above 40,000 MW, having risen from 40.09 GW on 31 March 2024 to 47.12 GW on 31 March 2025.
Explanation
The right estimate is 40,000+ MW because Rajasthan had already crossed that mark by March 2024. The verified Lok Sabha answer from the Ministry of Power lists Rajasthan's installed generation capacity at 40.09 GW on 31 March 2024 and 47.12 GW on 31 March 2025. Rajasthan's capacity expansion has a significant renewable share, especially from solar and wind, reflecting the state's changing power profile. Rajasthan is therefore in the approximate 40,000+ MW range: it is no longer near 10,000 MW or 25,000 MW, but it was also not at 60,000 MW for the March 2025 figure cited here.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) 10,000 MW is far too low because Rajasthan's installed generation capacity was already 40.09 GW on 31 March 2024.
- (B) 60,000 MW overstates the cited capacity because the verified figure for 31 March 2025 is 47.12 GW.
- (D) 25,000 MW is below the current scale because Rajasthan had crossed 40,000 MW by March 2024 itself.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan's energy economy, especially installed generation capacity and renewable-led expansion. It recurs in RAS because power capacity links infrastructure, solar-wind potential and state development policy.