In financial year 2022, over 89 percent of the schools in India had access to electricity. It was an improvement compared to the figures recorded a year before. The lack of electricity in educational institutions results in reduced teaching quality and less participation.

The industry sector accounted for the highest share of energy consumption across India in fiscal year 2023, at 42 percent. The domestic sector followed, ranking second at 26 percent. By comparison, traction and railways accounted for two percent of the total electricity consumption in India. Electricity penetration in India Despite the growth in electricity consumption in the country since the beginning of the century, around two percent of Indian households had no access to electricity in 2020. Many people use traditional fuels such as wood or agricultural residues for cooking and heating purposes. In 2022, less than 90 percent of the schools in India had access to electricity. The power sector in India India's rapidly growing economy is one of the nation's leading drivers of electricity demand. Accordingly, India ranks amongst the leading electricity-producing countries worldwide, just below China and the United States. In 2022, India generated almost 1.9 petawatt-hours of electricity and about 20 percent of it came from renewable sources.

From 1993 to 2017, the share of enrolments in rural private unaided schools increased by approximately 23 percent. By contrast, the share of rural government schools decreased by over 18 percent during the same time period.

In 1991, India opened its economic borders to other countries. Economic liberalization brought about a rise in rural incomes affording greater availability and access not just to government services but also private. This included improved infrastructure, access to electricity and better roads that facilitated growth of private schools in the rural areas along with higher quality of education for children.