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Towards tariff policy for central power sector utilities (CPSUs)
(2010-01-18)
There can not be a tariff policy for Central Power Sector Utilities(CPSUs) that is market creating without a strategy for transmission access and pricing. Similarly, the policy has to be derived from a more general policy ...
Introducing Competition in Container Movement by Rail
(2011-05-26)
Container movement by rail was a monopoly of Indian Railways (IR) until recently and its subsidiary, Container Corporation (CONCOR), was the sole operator of container trains. Entry of other entities has been driven by ...
Reform of the Fiscal and Subsidy Regime for the Petroleum Sector (Based on a Report Commissioned by the Petroleum Federation of India)
(2011-05-26)
Problems in the oil sector emanate from the structure of central taxes and the system of subsidization through prices. Solutions to the problems necessarily have to address both tax and subsidy simultaneously. The social ...
The Question of Land and Infrastructure Development in India: Urgently Required Reforms for Fairness and Infrastructural Development
(2011-05-26)
Land in India is problematic largely because of archaic and perverse provisions in the practice and the law. The new Land Acquisition Amendment Bill does go some way to correct the anti-democratic and imperial provisions ...
FDI Outflows from India: An Examination of the Underlying Economics, Policies, and their Impacts
(2011-05-27)
This paper discusses the trends in India's outward FDI over the last decade and then attempts to identify the driving factors. The aim is to provide policy makers with insights regarding levers which would help in encouraging ...
Issues in Water Rights, Institutional Design and Pricing that Need Resolution
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014-12-03)
The R & P seminar held at Wing 11 IIM Ahmedabad on Dec 3, 2014 by Prof. Sebastian Morris, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
Technology export from the Indian public sector: case study of BHEL
(1996-10-08)
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, a large Indian public enterprise in the
power sector, has been successful in judiciously blending technology
imports and indigenisation. Through the mid-1970s and 1980s, it has
progressively ...
Towards reform of land acquisition framework in India
(2010-11-08)
Current land prices are highly distorted owing largely to regulatory constraints and the
process of compulsory acquisition. This paper brings out the core elements of the reform –
the need to define “public purpose” ex ...
Regulatory strategy and restructuring - model for Gujarat power sector
(2000-10-14)
True reform and restructuring of any state electricity board in India would have to
address the enormous leakage of revenue from the system. This would call for
privatisation of distribution, and change in the institutional ...