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Policy Brief

Himachal Pradesh

Arunachal Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

Bihar

Madhya Pradesh Jharkhand
West Bengal

Chhatisgarh

Odisha

Maharashtra

Telangana

Karnataka Andhra Pradesh Legend
States with TERI–DFID
Programmes intervention (A)

States where specific capacity
needs assessment workshops
have been conducted (B)

Both A and B

Map of states where TERI-DFID programme intervened and capacity needs assessment workshops were conducted

awareness of the interlinkages between energy and resources, human resources, and time frame of projects
human development. At the level of the state and are some of the pressing concerns that determine the
district administration, line departments play the role of level of convergence of energy and human development
implementing the policy determined at the national and goals. Integration of energy and human development
state levels. Even if the policy takes an integrated view is also limited by the distribution of responsibilities
of energy and human development, it is important for related to these two spheres over several ministries and
the line functionaries of the government to appreciate departments. In many areas policies relevant for energy
these linkages. Without an understanding of how energy are in the hands of State government. These policies also
access and efficiency can directly contribute to human need to be made consistent with the overall mandate
development, one of the goals may be sidelined at the of energy access to attain the objective of sustainable
cost of the other at the time of policy implementation. energy for all.
Political priorities, level of awareness and skills, financial

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