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Rural electrification and structural transformation: A guar(anteed) bet?
Is large-scale electrification necessary for the structural transformation of rural economies? This article combines two natural experiments in India – an exogenous agricultural boom in the northwest ...
- Faraz Usmani
- 23 January, 2019
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Out of power? Political capture of the Indian electricity sector
Although power generation has been growing exponentially in India, the quality of electricity supply remains poor. This article argues that political corruption is among the root causes behind unrelia...
- Meera Mahadevan
- 21 January, 2019
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Discom losses: Should power tariffs be hiked?
India has accomplished its cherished dream of emerging as a power-surplus economy but the capability is yet to be complemented by efficient performance of power distribution companies, the majority of...
- Shobha Ahuja
- 03 October, 2018
- Perspectives
Understanding India’s energy and emissions future
India is an important player in global climate change mitigation, and it is crucial to understand its energy and emissions future. Projections for India’s 2030 CO2 emissions from energy range from 9% ...
- Ankit Bhardwaj Navroz K. Dubash Radhika Khosla
- 04 September, 2018
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Financing scale-up of rooftop solar power via municipal bonds
While India’s solar power generation capacity has increased dramatically in recent years, the rate of deployment of rooftop solar is still insufficient to achieve the national targets. In this post, G...
- Amrita Goldar Sandeep Paul
- 06 June, 2018
- Perspectives
Rural Electrification with Off-Grid Community Microgrids: An Impact Evaluation in Uttar Pradesh, India
This project assesses the socioeconomic effects of solar microgrids. The lack of access to electricity is a major obstacle to the socioeconomic development of more than a billion people.
- Michaёl Aklin Patrick Bayer S.P. Harish Johannes Urpelainen
- 31 March, 2018
- IGC Research on India
Electrified transport: Countdown to 2030
The Government of India is aiming to have only electric vehicles operating in the country by 2030. Despite the various policy initiatives that are being undertaken to make progress towards this ambiti...
- Epica Mandal Sarkar Tanmay Sarkar
- 04 October, 2017
- Perspectives
Are India's government-subsidised solar shops thriving or barely surviving?
Government of India’s Akshay Urja programme sought to support the establishment of at least one shop per district for the sale of subsidised solar-powered technologies. Based on a survey of shop owner...
- Jennifer Richmond Kartikeya Singh
- 10 August, 2017
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Meeting the renewable revolution: A roadmap for electricity market design in India
The Indian power system has transitioned over the last two decades from being solely government-owned, to one characterised by increasing private ownership of assets, independent regulation, and marke...
- Sushanta Chatterjee
- 30 June, 2017
- IGC Research on India
Smart meters for promoting energy efficiency in rural India
This project brings experimental and quasi-experimental research methods to bear on important issues confronting rural electrification initiatives.
- Meredith Fowlie Catherine Wolfram
- 31 January, 2017
- IGC Research on India
Rural electrification in India: Focus on service quality
India has set an ambitious goal of achieving high-quality electricity supply for all households by 2019, and impressive progress has been made in increasing the number of household electricity connect...
- Karthik Ganesan Abhishek Jain Johannes Urpelainen
- 18 January, 2017
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Riding the energy transition: Oil beyond 2040
The motor vehicle was very quick to replace horses in the early 20th century, and the advent of the electric car suggests that another profound shift in transportation and energy could be around the c...
- Reda Cherif Fuad Hasanov Aditya Pande
- 08 December, 2016
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