Policy Brief

Full value chain solar PV manufacturing in India - TERI's recommendations

13 Aug 2019
| TERI Web Desk

The paper recommends development of 15 GW full value chain solar manufacturing capacity in India by 2024

Critical policy interventions to fast forward micro irrigation in India

01 Aug 2019
| Mr Qazi Syed Wamiq Ali
| Mr Nathaniel B Dkhar

The increasing demand of water in agriculture, along with inefficient methods of irrigation, has aggravated the problems of water scarcity in India. There is a huge potential for micro irrigation systems (drip and sprinkler) to improve water efficiency in agriculture.

G20: Use finance, technical solutions to build climate resilient infrastructure

25 Jun 2019
| Ms Riya Rahiman

TERI's policy proposal on building climate resilient infrastructure to inform the discussions at G20 summit 2019

G20: Enable business models for a circular economy

24 Jun 2019
| Dr Shilpi Kapur
| Ms Joyita Ghose

TERI's policy proposal on resource efficiency and circular economy to inform the discussions at G20 summit 2019

G20: Aid developing economies to decarbonise hard-to-abate sectors

24 Jun 2019
| Dr Ajay Mathur
| Mr Thomas Spencer

TERI's policy proposal on energy transitions to inform the discussions at G20 summit 2019

Bulk procurement in room air conditioning: A critical analysis of the EESL programme

30 May 2019
| Mr Manjeet Singh
| Mr G Gurprasad

Bulk-procurement programmes can help the next generation energy efficient technologies penetrate the market by aggregating demand for the technology and establishing a demand market for participating manufacturers, thereby leading to rapid reduction in prices.

Discussion Paper: Rural Roads and the SDGs

08 May 2019
| Mr S Vijay Kumar

All the trends and patterns put together in this paper have long-term implications for incomes and new livelihood opportunities not merely for the farm and off-farm sector but also for a range of people who directly or indirectly depend on the rural road network, and constitute new classes of stakeholders in the network, including industry, service sector, those who access local labour markets, primary producers including mining and quarrying; as well as manufacturers of consumer durables and consumer products.

An implementation plan for a kerosene-to-solar subsidy swap

25 Apr 2019
| Mr Martand Shardul
| Ms Bigsna Gill
| Dr Debajit Palit
| Ms Tara Laan
| Mr Balasubramanian Viswanathan
| Mr Chris Beaton

A new report provides a six-step implementation plan for governments to switch kerosene subsidies to solar and ensure clean energy for all

Making Indian Cities Energy Smart

29 Mar 2019
| Ms Riya Rahiman
| Ms Adishree Panda
| UNSW Sydney

Managing the energy footprint of cities is one of the most challenging goals, and with the evolution and transformation of existing cities into smart cities, smart energy management (SEM) becomes an integral component of this urban transformation.

Drought Proofing India: Key Learnings from Bundelkhand Drought Mitigation Package

28 Feb 2019
| Dr J P Mishra, Adviser (Agriculture), NITI Aayog
| Dr Shresth Tayal, Fellow, TERI

Bundelkhand Drought Mitigation Package was implemented by erstwhile Planning Commission and now NITI Aayog in the 13 drought-prone districts of Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh for reducing the adverse impacts of drought to the communities in the region. Bundelkhand package evolved with the consultation workshops held with the local stakeholders organised at village panchayat and district level. These workshops identified the key needs and shortlisted the key areas of interventions as expressed by the stakeholders.