By Jennifer Richhmond & Kartikeya Singh — We present results below from a survey of shop owners who are part of the Indian government’s Akshay Urja Solar Shops program. To our knowledge, the Akshay Urja program has not previously been…
Interstate transmission of solar power will be free until 2019; Karnataka plans to set prices in private hospitals; Delhi opens registration for rooftop solar; Gorkhaland protests intensify in West Bengal; Kerala gets a ‘green’ metro system; and more. Center–State relations…
By Shannon Hayden — Members of the Asia-Pacific security community, and particularly those from Southeast Asia, wanted to be reassured by U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis’s remarks at the June 2-3 annual Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, but odds are…
Bihar unveils an ambitious renewable power policy; Haryana builds a unified policing database; West Bengal drags its feet on the GST; Odisha finds a buyer for the Posco steel plot; and more. Center–State relations The GST Council set tax rates…
By Tushar Madan — Spurring innovation in India is a top priority for the Modi administration, and many of the government’s schemes — such as the Atal Innovation Mission, Start-Up India, and Make in India — focus on reigniting the…
By Sarah Watson — What enables a company — foreign or domestic — to break ground on a new investment in India? While macroeconomic factors such as the health of world trade and the growth of India’s economy undoubtedly affect…
GST rates are set for more than 1,000 products; Andhra is building an industrial park in Sri Lanka; Odisha nearly doubles tariffs on captive power plants; Uttar Pradesh will build a solar park — in Rajasthan; Maharashtra makes it easier…
Andhra signs agreement with Iowa on agriculture and life science; Suzuki Motors ramps its investment in Gujarat to over $2 billion; India’s lowest solar tariff at 3 cents/unit in Rajasthan; underground stretch of Chennai Metro Rail starts operations; new Uttar…
By Kartikeya Singh — India’s state power ministers convened in Delhi recently for an unusual group meeting. The event had a dual purpose: partly to celebrate how far India has come in rebuilding its power sector, and partly to lay…
By Shefali Dhar — Significant items on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s legislative agenda — such as the Coal Mines (Special Provision) Bill, and the Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill, have been passed by India’s Parliament despite the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP)…
