Energy: taxes and transition in India
As the energy sector moves away from fossil fuels and shifts towards a greater share of renewables and greater electrification, these tax revenues will come under strain. While this transformation away
Ashok Sreenivas
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Urban transport planning: Lessons from the proposed Pune Metro Rail
<p>This article critically analyses the decision-making systems behind the proposed Pune metro rail system and its detailed project report, exposing several weaknesses in both. The decision-making system is seen to be ad hoc, and not sufficiently transparent or participative.
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Lessons in urban transport planning and governance: based on the proposed metro rail system in Pune
<p>This paper critically analyzes the decision making systems behind the proposed Pune metro rail system and its detailed project report, and exposes many weaknesses in both. The decision making system is seen to be ad?hoc, and not sufficiently transparent or participative. The detailed project report suffers from many serious methodological and analytical errors.
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Climate Change: Separating the wheat from the chaff
This article compares the future trajectory of carbon emissions of the Annex I countries under the Kyoto Protocol with the emission reduction targets being discussed in the US and the European Union. If the Annex I countries follow these trajectories, they would meet the Kyoto Protocol commitment in terms of the stock of emissions since 2008, only in 2021 or 2024.
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Developed Countries Response to Climate Change: Separating the Wheat from the Chaff
The paper examines the extent to which the developed countries are shouldering their responsibility for mitigating climate change. Developed countries have a responsibility to reduce the threat of climate change in two ways: (1) by reducing their own emissions and (2) by facilitating the mitigation efforts of developing countries by providing financial support.
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Unravelling myths about subsidies in urban transport
Is urban public transport subsidised more than its private counterpart? Through a case study of urban transport in Pune, this article demonstrates that car and two-wheeler users receive larger subsidies than bus users when all costs imposed by transport modes are considered.
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Unravelling myths about subsidies in urban transport: a case study of Pune
This paper by Prayas Energy Group exposes the hidden subsidies enjoyed by users of cars and two wheelers, thus marginalizing the needier sections. It uses a case study of urban transport in Pune to show that a bus user is much less subsidized than a car or a two-wheeler user.
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Shortcomings in governance of the natural gas sector
There has been a consistent lack of transparency and several governance lapses in the natural gas sector which have led to various kinds of concerns in important areas such as investment levels in blocks, availability of information regarding gas finds, content and process of arriving at pricing and utilisation policy, regulatory weaknesses and emerging market concentration.
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A response
We would like to respond to some of the points raised in the company by Ratan Watal on behalf of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) and provide some suggestions that we believe will help improve the functioning of the board.