Dey, Payal Gupta, M.P. Sushil, Sushil Pérez Arriaga, José Ignacio 2025-07-10T14:22:00Z 2025-07-10T14:22:00Z 2025-05-01 1092-7026 https:doi.org10.1002sres.3002 http://hdl.handle.net/11531/100558 Artículos en revistas Despite concerted efforts, several plans and policies of the government addressing rural electrification remained unrealized since India's independence. Although India attained near-complete grid connectivity in 2018, the problem of inconsistent, unreliable and unaffordable electricity persists, expressly in remote and rural areas. This paper conceptualizes issues of rural electrification in India as a ‘Wicked Problem’ – a systems thinking approach used vastly for understanding complex and multidimensional aspects of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The problem is characterized as a sub-target of SDG 7 i.e. universal energy access. The stakeholders of rural electrification in India were approached - their feedback was mapped in the power-interest matrix. A causal loop diagram was prepared that helped in the identification of various themes through balancing and reinforcing loops. This study makes a methodological contribution to conceptual analysis prompting decision-making through mental models over existing frameworks used for addressing rural electrification in India. application/octet-stream en-GB Revista: Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Periodo: 1, Volumen: online, Número: 3, Página inicial: 875, Página final: 894 Instituto de Investigación Tecnológica (IIT) Rural electrification in India: A wicked problem info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess causal loop diagram, power-interest matrix, rural electrification, SDG 7, systems thinking,wicked problem