At present India’s per capita consumption of electricity is the lowest in the world. Annually it is about 1200 kwh (kilowatt hours)—in contrast to Qatar which logs the highest per capita electricity consumption of over 180,000 kwh. All this is about to change as India readies to dramatically grow its economy over the next 25 […]Read More
When Aadhaar—the 12-digit identity accorded to 1.3 billion Indians–was launched in 2009, none would have imagined the landscape a decade later. India took the idea of Digital Public Goods (Aadhaar) to completely reinvent its development policy—especially in enabling empowerment. If Aadhaar monetized identity, then Unified Payments Interface (UPI) completely disrupted the payments business. In fact, […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Last week Parliament passed amendments to the Energy Conservation law, when Rajya Sabha approved it. The Lok Sabha had signed off on the amendments in August. Once, the President gives her assent India will have a new law promoting energy conservation. Two key takeaways are the introduction of carbon trading and making large […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On 1 December India formally took over the leadership of the G20—the influential global high table for managing economic cooperation. About two months ago, India also assumed the Presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), the multilateral body which seeks to ensure stability and security across EuroAsia. Finally, India is also the serving […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Three recent reports have put the spotlight on India’s growth prospects in the future. First, a study released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), reported that India had successfully lifted 415 million reports between 2005-21. Second, Morgan Stanley put out what is probably the most optimistic report yet by a global investor. […]Read More
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