Photo: Prasad Repairing dangerously entwined electricity cables in Mysore
Abstract: The signing of Paris agreement by India, concomitant with its submission for Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC), has charted out the path that India plans to adopt for energy security. While India’s plan in the past has always looked good on the paper, how far India would be able to meet the target leaves a big question mark. In addition, India’s submission to INDC fails to address how India would meet its energy security in the transportation sector.
The author is a Senior Fellow, National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi. spohit@ncaer.org, spohit@gmail.com
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