This report summarizes the findings of a review aimed at understanding emerging approaches to energy subsidy reform, discerning trends, and identifying major strands of thinking and research in the field, as reflected in major policy and academic journals relevant to the subject. The review was initiated in early 2020 as …
A Rajya Sabha Committee on Petitions has urged the government to review meat export policy and recommended not to grant permission for any new slaughter house until a critical analysis by a dedicated commission is complete. It also advocated a review of policy of giving subsidies to meat exporters. The …
Dues to equipment makers swell to . 1,000 crore on back of rising demand The government is reviewing the subsidy scheme under its flagship programme aimed at promoting off-grid solar applications such as irrigation pumps, home lights and solar lanterns after its dues to solar equipment makers swelled to . …
Delhiites who have benefitted from the Aam Aadmi Party government’s free-water scheme may continue to get the subsidy if the State Government responds to the Delhi Jal Board’s plea for funds before the first billing cycle in April. At a meeting of the Board on Tuesday, members brought up the …
With the Delhi Government deciding to merge the Anna Shree Yojna with the Food Security Scheme launched by the UPA Government in September last year, officials said around 7.5 lakh more people would start getting their entitlements under the scheme from April. At present, around 32 lakh people are receiving …
New Delhi: The water subsidy promised by the Aam Aadmi Party is most likely to come to an end on March 31, 2014. At the budget meeting of Delhi Jal Board, the matter came up for discussion and the members decided to refer the matter to lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung …
Agriculture Minister S. Damodaran recently inaugurated a solar power generation unit at Thalakarai, near Pollachi. According to a release from the district administration, the Thalakarai Panchayat Union had spent Rs. 19.05 lakh to erect the solar power panels. The panchayat union had commissioned the unit in keeping with the Chief …
This paper outlines India’s achievements in the area of food and nutrition security, and explores what lessons India has to offer to other South countries, and the institutions through which such knowledge sharing may be accomplished.
Although a rapidly growing developing country, India has a larger food-insecure population than all of Sub-Saharan Africa. Given the prevalence of chronic malnutrition, the Government of India spent nearly 1 percent of the gross domestic product in the past year on the Public Distribution System (PDS), its system of subsidies …
The Government of India has set ambitious targets for renewable energy — a doubling of existing renew- able energy capacity to 55,000 MW by 2017. However, unsubsidized renewable energy is still 52-129% more expensive than conventional power, and requires policy support. This policy support is currently provided through a combination …
Fuel subsidies are a significant fiscal burden in India, costing on average 1.4 per cent of GDP since fiscal year 2008. This paper provides a concise overview of subsidies for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), which is widely used as a cooking fuel, particularly in urban areas. The paper also describes …
The Government of Bangladesh has committed to ensuring access to affordable and reliable electricity for all citizens by 2021. At present, however, only about half of the population has access to electricity, while supply is hardly reliable for those with access. To improve the situation, the government has adopted a …
Europe's 10 biggest utilities, produce more than half of Europe's power, but only a tiny percentage is from the new green energy sources that could revive their profits, a report from campaign group Greenpeace said on Thursday. Traditionally profitable utility companies have been hurt by an EU-wide shift towards renewable …
In what seems to be curtains for the much-appreciated green initiative of KSRTC, the State-run corporation is no longer able to run its buses on biofuel, thanks to the Ministry of Petroleum changing its policy on the price of bulk fuel being provided at subsidised rates to state transport undertakings …
The Congress may be banking heavily on the Food Security Act to help it garner votes in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, but the Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) under the Planning Commission has given the ruling UPA a reality check in its interim report to the government. The report, a …
Why uptake of Improved Cook Stoves and Biogas plants has been slow in rural India? - a presentation by Priyadarshini Karve, Samuchit Enviro Tech at Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2014: Energy Access and Renewable Energy, February 27-28, 2014, New Delhi.
Electricity Access- Financing Issues and Mechanism - a presentation by B V Rao (IREDA) at Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2014: Energy Access and Renewable Energy, February 27-28, 2014, New Delhi.
Indicates Rs 184 cr revenue surplus budget, turn defict of Rs 3,017.22 cr for 2013-14 due to subsidy & other expenses The Maharashtra government, in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections, on Tuesday presented a Rs 5,417 crore revenue-deficit Budget for 2014-15. The government refrained from making any populist …
With a draft industrial policy for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) being fine-tuned and the Centre extending a capital subsidy scheme, the Uttarakhand government is getting ready to set up a new industrial estate exclusively for the MSME sector at Lal Kuan in the Kumaon region. An announcement to …
The State government has decided to supply 5-HP solar-powered irrigation pumpsets to farmers at 80 per cent subsidy during the year 2013-14. This is aimed at increasing the use of solar energy for agricultural activities and creating awareness of it among farmers. The scheme will be implemented through the Department …
26,500 cr to be spent on managing costs and losses of the public distribution system Implementation of food security law will cost . 88,500 crore in 2014-15 almost same as the total food subsidy last year, giving a push to the UPA government’s ambitious plan to meet the basic food …
