Rohit Azad

Jawaharlal Nehru University
Rohit Azad

Rohit Azad teaches economics at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi.

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The ‘Right to Energy’ and carbon tax: A game changer in India

India's carbon emissions in 2014 were more than three times its level in 1990. While the emissions have increased sharply, their distribution across income groups is extremely skewed. The poor in India who contribute the least to climate change face the maximum brunt. In this post, Azad and Chakraborty discuss a proposal of taxing carbon while redistributing the revenue to the poor by giving them access to free energy up to a limit.

22 April 2019
Environment
Environment
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