Urea Policy 2013 The new urea policy being unleashed in 2013 was expected to help the government reduce its fertilizer subsidy. However, the expectation did not hold true. The government of India’s subsidy is unlikely to reduce, despite setting up of new urea plants as governed by the new urea investment policy of 2013. One [...]
Energy security Energy security is one of the areas where the government needs to work. The lack in the reforms, governance is doing no good to the state. Policy needs to be formulated so that investment in Oil overseas could be supported and also embargoes could be secured. Videocon Industries recently announced the selling of [...]
Adanis, Ambanis and Tatas fail to build Thermal Power Plants in India The Indian government has sold the common Indian consumer short, to pander to the interest of the big business groups in India. The government will increase the electricity tariffs to be paid by state utilities to power producers, despite fixed PPAs having been signed. The [...]
Until recently, the US Department of Energy (DOE) was planning to raise the minimum efficiency rating of natural gas furnaces from 80% to 90% in the 30 northernmost states (the other states are set to have increase in air conditioner efficiencies mandated). This would increase the cost of furnace installations substantially. However, the DOE argued that the [...]
Power is one of the most widely used resources used in every sphere of life, business, etc. If we talk about the Indian economy, we find that the total Installed Capacity of Power is nearly 2 Lakh MW. Thermal generation accounts for almost 2/3rd (66%) of the production. India’s electricity generation for the fiscal year [...]
An Introduction to India’s Perform-Achieve and Trade (PAT) mechanism Image Source:http://www.climate-connect.co.uk The National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC), released by the Prime Minister on 30th June 2008, recognizes the need to maintain a high growth rate for increasing the living standards of the vast majority of people and reducing their vulnerability to adverse impacts [...]