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    • Will CIL’s IPO lead to revolutionary transformation of the coal sector?

    The long awaited IPO of India’s largest coal producer, Coal India Limited, is finally ready to issue on Dalal Street next week. It is hoped that it will herald a significant transformation of the sector and usher in much needed restructuring and reform to make it more efficient and productive and ensure India’s long term energy security.

    Shahana Joshi
    October 28, 2010

    Arnab Dasgupta asked: What are the latest books on India's energy security (oil and natural gas)?

    G. C. K. Rai replies:
    Ligia Noronha and Anant Sudarshan, eds., India's Energy Security (Routledge, 2009).

    Bhupendra Kumar Singh, India's Energy Security: The Changing Dynamics (Pentagon Press, 2010).

    Lakshman Prasad, Energy Security for India: Some Perspectives (LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2009).

    Prashant Agrawal, China and India: A Comparative Analysis of Approaches to Energy Security (Vij Books, 2009).

    Shebonti Ray Dadwal, Rethinking Energy Security in India (Knowledge World International, 2008).

    Arnab Dasgupta asked: What I can read about India's energy security ventures in Latin America?

    Sreeradha Datta replies: Suggested readings for this would include the website of India's Ministry of External Affairs www.mea.gov.in. You can also look up the published reports of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, www.ongcindia.com and of ONGC Videsh Limited www.ongcvidesh.com. Not much has otherwise been written on this except for media reports which are all accessible on the internet.

    Why Coal Matters in India?

    Issues pertaining to coal mafias, coal unions and its politics ought to be addressed if any meaningful reforms or cuts in coal consumption are to be made.

    Prashant Hosur
    June 01, 2010

    Earth Hour 2010 and India

    India has to not only fight over-consumption of resources in metropolitan cities but also make sure that the resources saved percolate down to its rural areas.

    Sarita Azad
    April 05, 2010

    The Iran–Pakistan–India Natural Gas Pipeline: Implications and Challenges for Regional Security

    This research article examines the rationale for Iran, Pakistan, and India entering into a trade agreement to meet their economic, political, and strategic needs as well as the constraints and challenges that still hamper such an agreement from realizing its full potential. Using the gas pipeline project as a case study, the issues of energy security (as the independent variable) and of economic interdependence (as the dependent variable) highlight the importance of cooperation among these countries.

    Anjali Sahay and Jalil Roshandel
    January 2010

    India's Renewable Energy Challenge

    India is being subjected to increasing pressure from the developed countries to cut down on its carbon emissions on the grounds that it is the fifth largest consumer of energy. This comes even as there are forecasts that India's energy consumption will increase incrementally as it tries to address the challenges of its social and development goals by increasing and sustaining economic growth at around 8–10 per cent of its GDP.

    Shebonti Ray Dadwal
    January 2010

    Is Energy Security the Main Driver for the West's Debate on Climate Change?

    Though global warming and climate change is a real concern and needs to be addressed, it is concerns over energy security that are driving the West's policy and debate on climate change. With the traditional oil and gas market changing in favour of the developing countries, the developed countries are concerned about retaining their preferential access to energy resources.

    Shebonti Ray Dadwal
    November 2009

    The Why and What of Water Security

    That there is a freshwater crisis today is an irrefutable fact. That there is also a water policy that is in perpetual crisis is an equally undeniable fact. Continued population growth and the impact of global warming along with over-consumption, inadequate conservation, and wastage are putting enormous pressure on water resources. Water covers most of the planet but only 3 per cent is fresh water, of which a mere 1 per cent is readily accessible for human consumption. What it means is that less than 0.007 per cent of all the water on earth is available to drink.

    Uttam Kumar Sinha
    July 2009

    Food Price Rise: An Ethanol Twist

    The recent food price inflation leading to food insecurity has been one of the immediate and striking outcomes of the recent oil price spikes and the global financial meltdown. This has triggered a chain reaction leading to the diversion of arable land in the form of overseas land grabs, and agreements between commercial food and finance industry. For instance, corns and scare economic resources are being diverted to the production of green bio-fuels such as ethanol and bio-diesel.

    Zakir Hussain
    May 14, 2009

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