Energy management for any country is an important aspect of national development. Such energy management has three aspects of optimal utilization of indigenous resources, economic situation backed-up by global situation and environment-friendliness. These aspects pose peculiar angularity depending upon the socio-economic conditions that prevail. An attempt has been made in this article to analyse the problem of the energy management unique to India, taking into consideration the present situation, the projected demand in the country in the years to come and the choice of contemporary technologies available and the need to suitably adopt them to meet the challenges.