RAS question
What is the total installed power capacity of Rajasthan up to December 2024?
Correct answer: (C) 26,325.19 MW.
Rajasthan's total installed power capacity was 26,325.19 MW up to December 2024.
Explanation
Rajasthan's installed power capacity had reached 26,325.19 MW up to December 2024. The official Economic Review places this figure against the earlier level of 24,783.64 MW up to March 2024, so the key point is not just the absolute capacity but the rise within 2024-25. The source also frames installed capacity as part of the State's power-sector base for economic growth, industrialisation, urbanisation and living standards. Rajasthan's capacity comes from multiple sources, including thermal power, hydropower, gas-based generation and renewables such as wind, solar and biomass. Therefore, among the options, the December 2024 total is 26,325.19 MW, not the older March 2024 or earlier-year figures.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) 23,508.96 MW is identified in the question data as the 2022-23 figure, so it is older than the December 2024 capacity asked here.
- (B) 21,978.90 MW is identified in the question data as the 2020-21 figure, so it cannot answer a question asking for the capacity up to December 2024.
- (D) 24,783.64 MW was the installed capacity up to March 2024, while the Economic Review says it increased to 26,325.19 MW up to December 2024.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan Economy under infrastructure and the power sector, especially the use of official Economic Review data. Such figures recur in RAS because they connect current State statistics with economic growth and sectoral planning.