If electricity shortage is the primary concern of the day for the government, why hasn't Manmohan Singh uttered the word "conservation" in the last four years ? If the country is facing shortage of power then shouldn't we limit or ban air-conditioners and other unnecesary power guzzling appliances in private homes and also offices, or take care of the distribution losses. Even in the US conservation is a big part of the discourse regarding power shortages (from what I read in their newspapers).
Manmohan Singh is being dishonest -- the nuclear deal has ulterior motives -- the issue about power generation is there only to make it palatable to the general public, who otherwise would find this strategic subservience to the US a bitter pill to swallow.
