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Sudarshan Ramanujam
University of British Columbia
Sudarshan Ramanujam is a Ph.D. student at the Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia. His research focuses on development and environmental economics. Prior to his Ph.D., he worked as a Consultant with the Development Research Group at the World Bank. He holds a B.A. and Post Graduate Diploma in Economics from Ashoka University, India (2024)
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Clearing the air: Do India’s crop burning bans really work?
In December 2015, the National Green Tribunal instituted a ban on crop residue burning across five states. Utilising satellite data on crop fires and administrative data on fines levied, this article examines the efficacy of the ban. It finds that the ban did have a sizeable downward impact on fire counts – but with a lag of a year, and effects lasting for at most two years.
14 July 2025
Environment
Environment
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