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India followed British standards and moreover 220V is more economical and will have less transmission power losses. Power loss= square of Current multiplied by resistance of the conductor.

Those countries where cost of power generation is high they can go for 220 Volt domestic voltage and compromise little bit on safety. Countries where cost of production is less they can afford to have 110V for domestic as power losses even out to cost of production.

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