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Pragati Shakti
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Mission 3 of 7

Climate, Energy & Water

Treat climate, energy and water as one interconnected system and improve reliability, resilience and air and water quality.

Owner: Mission Lead — Climate, Energy & WaterStateUnionLocal
Outcome hierarchy

10-year outcome → 3-year missions → Year-1 goals

10-year outcome (Year 10 — beyond a single term; depends on renewed mandates)

By Year 10: reliable electricity and safe drinking water for every household, and a measurable decline in population-weighted air-pollution exposure.

By end of Year 3
  • By end of Year 3: Independent reliability measurement (SAIDI/SAIFI) published for every DISCOM.
  • By end of Year 3: Groundwater-recharge pilots with metered outcomes in 20 over-exploited blocks.
  • By end of Year 3: Airshed-level pollution plans with quarterly exposure reporting in 10 cities.
Year 1 goals
Make reliability and exposure visible
  • KR · Publish DISCOM-level SAIDI/SAIFI with third-party verificationmetric
  • KR · Independently verify DISCOM-reported hours of supplymetric
  • KR · Continuous PM2.5 monitors with open data in 10 pilot airshedsmetric
Measurement

Outcome metrics

Sourced observations are published statistics, reproduced as stated. Targets are Pragati Shakti proposals. Where no national measurement exists we say so instead of inventing one.

Annual average PM2.5 concentration

Unit: µg/m³ · lower is better
Baseline
50.6 µg/m³ (2024) Independent study · IQAir
Proposed target
25 µg/m³ by Year 10
Observation log (2) · Last checked 18 Sep 2026
DateValueClassGeographyPeriodPublishedConfidenceSource / note
31 Dec 202354.4Independent studyIndiaCalendar 2023Mar 2025MEDIUMWorld Air Quality Report 2024
31 Dec 202450.6Independent studyIndiaCalendar 2024Mar 2025MEDIUMWorld Air Quality Report 2024 — No official population-weighted national series exists; CPCB publishes station-level data (src-cpcb)

Average hours of electricity supply per day, rural (DISCOM-reported)

Unit: hours · higher is better
Baseline
21.9 hours (2024) Primary government data · PIB
Proposed target
23.8 hours by Year 10
Observation log (2) · Last checked 18 Sep 2026
DateValueClassGeographyPeriodPublishedConfidenceSource / note
31 Mar 202220.6Primary government dataIndia (rural)FY 2021-2228 Jul 2022MEDIUMLok Sabha Unstarred Question 1964, Ministry of Power, 28 July 2022 (as tabulated by PRS) — FY 2021-22; urban 23.8
31 Dec 202421.9Primary government dataIndia (rural)2024 (as reported Dec 2024)Dec 2024MEDIUMYear End Review 2024, Ministry of Power — 2024; urban 23.4. Self-reported — independent verification is a Mission 3 KR

Supply interruption hours per consumer per year (SAIDI), independently verified

Unit: hours · lower is better
Baseline to be built
Not yet measured
SAIDI/SAIFI are not consistently published for all DISCOMs and are not independently verified. Establishing verified reporting is initiative PS-003.
Baseline
Not yet measured
Proposed target
20 hours by Year 10
We measure
  • Hours of supply interruption per consumer per year
  • Population-weighted PM2.5 exposure
  • Groundwater-stressed blocks
  • Households with reliable piped drinking water (tested quality)
  • Heat- and flood-related mortality
We do not define success by
  • Capacity announced (MW) without delivery
  • Trees claimed planted without survival audit
Scope

Focus areas and who can act

Clean energyElectricity reliabilityEnergy storageGrid modernisationGroundwaterDrinking waterRiver systemsUrban air qualityClimate resilienceHeat mitigationFloodingWasteSustainable citiesIndustrial decarbonisationTransport emissionsDisaster resilience
Who can act?
  • StateWater supply, irrigation and drainage are State subjects; electricity is Concurrent.
  • UnionInter-state rivers, national grid, environmental standards and climate commitments.
  • LocalUrban local bodies own water distribution, waste and drainage.
Federalism explained →
Sample implementation schedule · simulated

How the work board for this mission would look (3 sample cards)

These cards demonstrate the record-keeping. None of these initiatives has started; dates are relative to taking office (Y1 Q1 = first quarter).

PS-003

Verified DISCOM reliability reporting

Illustrative: ResearchShared

Supply interruption data is self-reported and inconsistent across DISCOMs.

Owner
Mission Lead — Climate, Energy & Water
Baseline
Self-reported SAIDI, no third-party audit
Target
Third-party verified SAIDI/SAIFI for all DISCOMs
Sample dates
Y1 Q1 → Y2 Q4
Est. / actual
₹80 cr / ₹4 cr
KPI
cew-supply-interruption
Priority
5 / 100

Depends on: Smart-meter data access agreements; State regulator consent

Risks: DISCOM resistance to disclosure

Y1 Q1 — Sample schedule: verification protocol drafted in Y1 Q1 and sent for expert review.

PS-004

Airshed pollution management (10 cities)

Illustrative: ResearchShared

City-level plans ignore cross-boundary sources; exposure not tracked at population level.

Owner
Mission Lead — Climate, Energy & Water
Baseline
50.6 µg/m³ annual avg PM2.5, 2024 (IQAir)
Target
Airshed plans with quarterly exposure reporting
Sample dates
Y1 Q2 → Y3 Q4
Est. / actual
₹650 cr / ₹12 cr
KPI
cew-pm25-exposure
Priority
2 / 100

Depends on: Inter-state coordination mechanism; Monitor procurement

Risks: Source attribution disputes between states; Seasonal confounding

Y1 Q2 — Sample schedule: public consultation would run for six weeks in Y1 Q2.

PS-014

Groundwater recharge with metered outcomes (20 blocks)

Illustrative: Behind scheduleState

Recharge structures are built without measuring aquifer response.

Owner
Mission Lead — Climate, Energy & Water
Baseline
Structures counted, not outcomes
Target
Metered water-table response in 20 blocks
Sample dates
Y1 Q1 → Y2 Q2
Est. / actual
₹90 cr / ₹31 cr
KPI
Water-table change vs. control blocks
Priority
2 / 100

Depends on: Piezometer network; CGWB collaboration

Risks: Monsoon variability masks effect

Y1 Q2 — Sample schedule (showing a slip): piezometer procurement delayed four months; design revised to add control blocks.

Learning · simulated examples

Labs projects and what didn't work

Labs
  • MODELAirshed source-apportionment model
What didn't work