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True Statement · High confidence

The Southern grid was synchronously connected to the national grid on 31 December 2013, creating a pan-India synchronous grid of about 232 GW that was described as one of the world's largest.

Test case in Suite A · score 1.00

English · ParaphrasedOnce that is done, India's grid, which today has 28,000 megawatts of electricity supply capability along with the Southern grid, will become one of the largest synchronously connected grids of the world.

Paraphrased from news reports; not a verbatim quote.

Speaker

Jyotiraditya Scindia

Party

INC

Office

Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power

Venue

PTI interview, New Delhi

Date

2013-05-13

Topics

energy, infrastructure

Researched by

deepseek-v4.1-flash-free

Grounding check

2 of 2 checkable evidence pages contain the cited figures

Transcript / text sources

• Economic Times: India's power grid to become world's largest: Jyotiraditya Scindia

Evidence

Analysis

Scindia said the Southern grid's synchronous connection would make India's grid one of the largest synchronously connected grids in the world. The Raichur-Solapur 765 kV line was commissioned on 31 December 2013.

AIPEF and the Times of India reported a pan-India synchronous grid of about 232 GW. PIB described 'One Nation - One Grid - One Frequency' as accomplished and put the grid at 249 GW, one of the world's largest synchronous operating grids.

The direct quote used 'one of the largest', which the record supports. The newspaper headline's stronger 'largest' formulation is not the wording of the quoted claim.

Confidence in verdict & review

Confidence in verdict

High

Review status

draft

Last reviewed

2026-10-17

Notes

PIB and AIPEF/TOI differ on installed capacity (249 GW vs about 232 GW), likely because of different counting dates. The claim's 'one of the largest' wording is supported by both. [ingest: 1 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]