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Challenges and Opportunities for Public Bike Sharing in India
Apr 08, 2025

Challenges and Opportunities for Public Bike Sharing in India

Poor planning, weak infrastructure, and fragmented regulations keep the Public Bike Sharing systems from solving the first- and last-mile connectivity

समानता की दिशा में कदम: क्या भारत को अपनानी चाहिए मुफ्त बस नीति?
Apr 08, 2025

समानता की दिशा में कदम: क्या भारत को अपनानी चाहिए मुफ्त बस नीति?

अगर भारत में मुफ्त सार्वजनिक परिवहन योजनाओं के प्रभावों

Free Public Transport: A Policy Imperative for Social Equity in India?
Apr 03, 2025

Free Public Transport: A Policy Imperative for Social Equity in India?

To maximise the impact of India's free public transport schemes, a comprehensive and inclusive policy framework must be implemented

Unravelling AAP’s freebie model
Feb 04, 2025

Unravelling AAP’s freebie model

The 2025 Delhi elections should focus on air pollution, Yamuna cleaning, jobs, and women’s safety but are instead driven by freebies

केंद्र आणि राज्य मिळून बनवणार परवडणाऱ्या घरांसाठी नवी धोरणे
Nov 04, 2024

केंद्र आणि राज्य मिळून बनवणार परवडणाऱ्या घरांसाठी नवी धोरणे

परवडणाऱ्या घरांची कमतरता दूर करण्यासाठी सरकारने केलेल्

Aligning the centre with states and cities for affordable housing in India
Oct 15, 2024

Aligning the centre with states and cities for affordable housing in India

The government’s measures to address affordable housing shortages offer hope across income groups. However, sustained commitment to continue these m

सूर्य घर योजना- भारतातील घरांसाठी ऊर्जा स्वायत्तता
Jul 24, 2024

सूर्य घर योजना- भारतातील घरांसाठी ऊर्जा स्वायत्तता

२०२४ च्या पीएम सूर्य घर योजनेअंतर्गत मोफत सौर वीजेसाठी र

Surya Ghar: Energy autonomy for households in India
Jul 11, 2024

Surya Ghar: Energy autonomy for households in India

The 2024 PM Surya Ghar Yojana offers free solar electricity via subsidies for rooftop panels, potentially lowering costs and emissions, but its benefi

Subsidies to fossil fuels in India: Too much?
Jun 29, 2024

Subsidies to fossil fuels in India: Too much?

In India, fossil fuel subsidies dominate over support for renewable energy, creating complexities despite varying subsidy definitions

भारत में LPG गैस सब्सिडी देने की सीमाएं
Oct 09, 2023

भारत में LPG गैस सब्सिडी देने की सीमाएं

ग़रीब परिवारों द्वारा मुख्य ईंधन के तौर पर LPG इस्तेमाल कर�

A bright red line between social and private costs and benefits
Aug 07, 2023

A bright red line between social and private costs and benefits

In India, the line separating social cost and benefit from private benefit and cost is blurred, leading to less than ideal outcomes for both citizens

LPG subsidies: A quiet phase-out?  
Dec 04, 2021

LPG subsidies: A quiet phase-out?  

LPG subsidies, and other energy access programmes, continue to be a major point of contention for India.

Alternative to path dependent EV transition in India under FAME-II
Feb 29, 2020

Alternative to path dependent EV transition in India under FAME-II

Why invest in new infrastructure when the extant set could suffice, provided refuelling/battery replacement takes about the same time as now.

Why India cannot do away with indirect subsidy
Aug 05, 2014

Why India cannot do away with indirect subsidy

Giving huge amounts of cash subsidies in the developed countries also distorts market. Lowering the actual cost of production artificially, these countries have produced mountains and lakes of agricultural products which are then dumped in international markets which lower the prices.

Energy Transition Through Waste-to-Energy Projects in Peri-Urban and Rural Areas
Jan 25, 2023

Energy Transition Through Waste-to-Energy Projects in Peri-Urban and Rural Areas

Waste-to-energy projects in India have historically been city-centric. As cities are well-served by LPG and CNG distribution systems, the Bio-CNG produced has to be used for either fuelling urban public transport, or moved to rural areas at considerable cost. Distributed production and distribution of compressed biogas (CBG) from municipal organic waste in rural and peri-urban areas could be a cheaper option for local consumers. Such prod

Invest, Acquire, Dominate: The rise and rise of China tech
Nov 11, 2019

Invest, Acquire, Dominate: The rise and rise of China tech

In response to their experience of western colonialism, countries like China and India have sought to develop their own, indigenous and autonomous technology base. China, in the last 30 years, has succeeded in this endeavour, becoming a major manufacturing power and adopting policies to develop and market its own technologies. Such success, however, is not without critics. Developed countries, especially the US which is its principal trading part

Rationalising fares to prevent the financial derailment of Indian Railways
Aug 21, 2023

Rationalising fares to prevent the financial derailment of Indian Railways

The financial condition of the Indian Railways (IR) is weakening by the day because of mounting losses in the passenger business. This, at a time when it is making efforts to improve its services through new capital intensive initiatives. IR’s freight revenue has traditionally subsidised its passenger revenue, resulting in one of the lowest passenger fares but one of the highest freight rates in the world. Since freight trains and passenger tra

Sri Lanka: TN initiative to de-congest Palk Bay fishing takes concrete shape
Jul 29, 2015

Sri Lanka: TN initiative to de-congest Palk Bay fishing takes concrete shape

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa recently distributed Rs 30 lakh as subsidy, in a total estimated cost of Rs 60 lakhs, to help enable the State's fishermen to undertake deep-sea fishing in a big way. It is expected to help decongest fishing in the Palk Bay, and help reduce tensions with Sri Lankan fishers.

Was India's decision at WTO wise?
Aug 02, 2014

Was India's decision at WTO wise?

If India continues to act rigid, it will result in the failure of the Doha round and bring misfortunes for small countries and tragic outcomes for all the members of WTO. India shouldn't get carried away and link its food security and subsidy issues to the Trade Facilitation deal

ग्रीन सब्सिडी के युग में ग्रीन ट्रांजिशन: यह सुनिश्चित करना कि कोई भी देश पीछे न छूटे
Jul 01, 2023

ग्रीन सब्सिडी के युग में ग्रीन ट्रांजिशन: यह सुनिश्चित करना कि कोई भी देश पीछे न छूटे

अमेरिका के इनफ्लेशन रिडक्शन एक्ट और भारत के उत्पादन से जुड़े प्रोत्साहन जैसे प्रयास जलवायु संकट को एक साथ एड्रेस करने के साथ-साथ आर्थिक और भू-राजनीतिक उद्देश्यों को पूरा �

घरगुती गॅसच्या अनुदानाचे राजकारण
Dec 14, 2021

घरगुती गॅसच्या अनुदानाचे राजकारण

भारतातील LPG सिलेंडरवरचं अनुदान आणि इतर ऊर्जा पुरवठ्याच्या योजनांकडे निवडणुकीच्या पलिकडे जाऊन पाहणे गरजेचे आहे.