India has to aggressively pursue every available energy option to sustain its economy Secure and affordable access to electricity is critical for sustaining economic growth and development. This is particularly true in developing countries like...
Where is the coal that India needs for its base-load power plants? It has taken 65 years for India’s power sector to move from a small base of 1500 MW at the time of independence to a capacity of 200,000 MW. This milestone was crossed last...
The gross mismanagement of the power sector means that viability of the sector is now at stake Jignesh Patel (name changed on request) runs a manufacturing unit in rural Tamil Nadu. The unit is part of his family business, no different from...
China slows down for good Economists working for investment banks are more bashful than the IMF. They forecast ‘only’ 8.5 percent GDP growth for the Chinese economy in 2013. In its latest (semi-annual) World Economic Outlook, the International...
Resolving India’s Iranian conundrum will require some creative diplomacy As even a cursory look at Western newspapers these days will show, the world has entered a new round of antagonism in the confrontation over Iran’s alleged atomic...
India has to aggressively pursue every available energy option to sustain its economy Secure and affordable access to electricity is critical for sustaining economic growth and development. This is particularly...
Where is the coal that India needs for its base-load power plants? It has taken 65 years for India’s power sector to move from a small base of 1500 MW at the time of independence to a capacity of 200,000...
The gross mismanagement of the power sector means that viability of the sector is now at stake Jignesh Patel (name changed on request) runs a manufacturing unit in rural Tamil Nadu. The unit is part of...
China slows down for good Economists working for investment banks are more bashful than the IMF. They forecast ‘only’ 8.5 percent GDP growth for the Chinese economy in 2013. In its latest (semi-annual)...
Resolving India’s Iranian conundrum will require some creative diplomacy As even a cursory look at Western newspapers these days will show, the world has entered a new round of antagonism in the confrontation...
India has to aggressively pursue every available energy option to sustain its economy Secure and affordable access to electricity is critical...
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India has to aggressively pursue every available energy option to sustain its economy Secure and affordable access to electricity is critical for sustaining economic growth and development. This is particularly true in developing countries like India where electricity use is growing faster than primary energy use because of its convenience for various applications. However, the [...]
Where is the coal that India needs for its base-load power plants? It has taken 65 years for India’s power sector to move from a small base of 1500 MW at the time of independence to a capacity of 200,000 MW. This milestone was crossed last month with the commissioning of a 660-MW unit of [...]
The gross mismanagement of the power sector means that viability of the sector is now at stake Jignesh Patel (name changed on request) runs a manufacturing unit in rural Tamil Nadu. The unit is part of his family business, no different from the thousands of others that power the engine of India’s manufacturing. While setting [...]
China slows down for good Economists working for investment banks are more bashful than the IMF. They forecast ‘only’ 8.5 percent GDP growth for the Chinese economy in 2013. In its latest (semi-annual) World Economic Outlook, the International Monetary Fund projected GDP growth for China at 8.2 percent in 2012 (same as what it forecasted [...]
Security continues to be viewed in limited terms in South Asia For hundreds of millions of South Asians, daily life is a ruthless battle. It involves being assaulted brutally by insecurities arising from socio-economic, political, environmental and even military threats to their lives and livelihoods. Despite this, at the national level, South Asian countries remain [...]
Both India and Sri Lanka have many lessons to be learn from the UNHRC Resolution on Tamils India’s vote in the United Nation’s Human Rights Council (UNHRC), censuring Sri Lanka for its alleged war crimes and human rights violations during the war against LTTE has attracted attention both domestically and internationally. Sri Lanka has been [...]
Using accounting devices to hide fiscal deficits – a framework Timothy Irwin of IMF has an excellent paper on how government can use various accounting tricks to hide fiscal deficits. In the process they create a fiscal illusion. He mentions fours such devices which either increase revenue now or lower expenditure hidden borrowing: Leads to more revenue now [...]
Parliament to examine Rules notified by the Government The Rajya Sabha has admitted motions to amend Rules prescribed under three Acts of Parliament. Mr. P Rajeeve has moved a motion that resolves to annul the Information Technology (Intermediary) Rules. Mr. Yechuri and Mr. Balagopal have moved identical motions to amend Rules related to the Civil [...]
India has a long history of community driven Private-Public Partnership On going to the bank to consolidate a PPF account, we realised that we needed to initiate a four step process. With one official per branch, who needed to man their desk, it would be impossible to complete the process in one visit unless some [...]
Resolving India’s Iranian conundrum will require some creative diplomacy As even a cursory look at Western newspapers these days will show, the world has entered a new round of antagonism in the confrontation over Iran’s alleged atomic weapons program. Ronen Bergman’s article in the New York Times is the latest to suggest that Israel is [...]
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