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Energies2018,11, 3442 Figure1.CategorywiseTECgrowth inIndia (1947–2018). Thegraphical representationof theDomestic,Commercial, Industrial,AgriculturalandTraction sectorsfortheperiod2000–2018hasbeenshowninFigure2. Thevaluefortheyear2018isanestimated valuecomparedtoall theothervalues. The industrial sectorhasseenasteep increasesince thestartof thecenturywhichusuallywillbe thecase foranycountry. Andall theother sectorshaveshowna gradual increase. Theagricultureandthedomesticcategorieshaveshownsomefluctuationswhereas theothersectorshaveshownasteadyincrease. Figure2.SectorwiseEnergyConsumptionsince theCentury(2000–2018). By the end of India’s 12th plan the split among all the sectors is shown above in Figure 3. Thedomesticandtheagriculturewhichweregoinghandtohand, fewdecadesearlierwere found to showavisible contrastofover6%between them. The industrial sector’s consumptionover the yearshasdecreasedconsiderablyeventhoughithappenedtobe thevital consumerofall thesectors. Andthesametrendisexpectedtocontinueover theyearswhichmight transformIndia frombeingan Agriculturebasedeconomy. 103