Power shortages and lack of electricity are the bane of the people of India. As today's chart of the day shows, India accounts for more than half of the people in developing Asia that had no access to electricity in 2009. What is more, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA) and published in the Economist, around 1.4 bn people had no access to electricity in 2009, the majority of which was in the villages.

Data Source: The Economist