We have been in electrification since 1961. Till today, we have electrified more than 14 per cent of the entire network of Indian Railways. For the current financial year, we will be completing around 1,000 km of railway electrification by March-end.

Our transmission and distribution (T&D) equipment industry, in 2017, covering towers, lines and devices, is around Rs 180 billion, including exports. At an aggregate level, the industry has grown nominally at ~ 3 per cent over 2016. However, towers, conductors, insulators, in particular showed negative growth.

The power sector of the country has witnessed a considerable change and evolution in the last two decades owing to several policy and regulatory measures.

Union Minister of Railways and Coal Piyush Goyal has talked about having a global grid. While addressing a conference of World Energy Council India, Goyal asked the participants to think about having global transmission grid in which power can seamlessly flow from one region to the other.

The first business of Mitsubishi Electric in India was equipment supply for electric locomotives to the Indian Railways in the early 1960's by its Transportation Systems Division in Japan.

The power sector, over a period of six months, has witnessed large scale investments in the power generation segment leading to an increase in the installed capacity to 329 GW as on September 30, 2017 from 132 GW as on March 31, 2007.

KEC International is one of the largest power transmission EPC companies operating globally, and has transcended boundaries with operations in power transmission, distribution, railways, cables, renewables (solar) and civil. Today, KEC is a US$1.4-billion company.

Though weak logistics support and lack of preparedness of power plants are to be blamed for the recent coal shortage at power plants, the crisis could have been avoided with better co-ordination among stakeholders.

One, minimising the transportation constraints, so rake availability and coal supply is ensured. The second is better co-ordination.