India's power demand seen rising 55.6 per cent to 1,400 bkwh by the end of next five year plan period

India's power demand is seen rising 55.6 per cent to 1,400 billion kilowatt hours (bkwh) by the end of next five year plan period, that ends in March 2017, Power Secretary P. Umashankar said on Thursday.He said the country needs to add 100,000 megawatt of generation capacity during the period to meet the expected demand.