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India Needs To Unify Its Energy Departments
In recent times, India has woken up to the problem of trying to manage an array of different ministries and departments when it comes to the energy sector. What is the issue? India has five different ministries, along with a ..
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Creating a healthy power sector
A healthy power sector is the need of the country to help India realise the dream of being amongst the developed countries. Though all the three segments of the power sector which includes generation, transmission and distribution are important, it ..
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Hydropower & South Asia
South Asia which houses 24% of the global population is one of the most underdeveloped regions of the world. Mutual cooperation is linked with development of the region and for the optimal utilisation of natural resources. The global average of ..
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How the policy flip-flops will adversely affect the renewable energy targets?
A report by Crisil makes the following observations: India is likely to miss the renewable energy target of 175 GW by 2022 owing to regulatory challenges, policy flip-flops and steep fall in tariffs. India is set to miss the targets ..
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Outline the salient features of India’s nuclear policy and explain the reasons for India’s refusal to sign the C.T.B.T.
In August 1999, India declared its nuclear policy which follows ‘no first use’ doctrine and assures that only in case of any nuclear attack, the nuclear weapons will be used. India will acquire minimum nuclear capacity to counter attack in ..
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Why India needs to bring structural changes in its energy sector? How to address challenges to bring those changes?
As India is emerging as the fastest growing economy of the world, the energy security is of immense importance. Hence, bringing a structural change in the sector becomes a pre-requisite. Why India needs to bring structural changes in the sector? ..