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Eliminating subsidies on petro-products shall improve the condition of oil marketing companies', says Dr R K Pachauri, Director General, TERI.
For long-term benefits and sustainable growth, more focus should be on promoting green investment, even if it has adverse growth impacts in the initial phases, says Dr G Mini, Fellow, Social Transformation, TERI.
With all the ongoing discussions on the topic of 'green economy', what do we really mean by the term and how different its implications could be for the developing and developed world in the context of sustainable development needs to be thought about, says Dr Shilpi Kapur, Associate Fellow, Resources, Regulation & Global Security, TERI.
Ad-hocism has replaced administered pricing mechanism in deciding prices of petroleum products, says Mr P K Agarwal, Director, Human Resources, TERI.
A critical prerequisite to fuel subsidy reforms is a high degree of awareness among people about issues surrounding them, says Anomitro Chatterjee and Anmol Soni, Research Associates, Green Growth and Development, TERI.
The issue of coal imports needs a longer term vision which takes cognisance of political considerations in exporting countries, international price trends, import infrastructure and the like.
Amit Kumar, Director, Energy Environment Technology Development, TERI talks about the application of hybrid renewable energy technologies in rural applications.
Energy efficiency and energy modesty are no longer a national issue but a global responsibility of every country says Shahid Hasan, Associate Director, Knowledge Management, TERI.
Our inability to generate common interest could prove to be a major stumbling block in moving towards sustainable pathways in future, says Mr Shahid Hasan, Associate Director, Knowledge Management, TERI.
The world needs better international dialogue, information sharing and concerted actions in addressing speculative oil price rise related issues, but their unified implementation will be a challenge, says Souvik Bhattacharjya, Associate Fellow, Resources, Regulation & Global Security, TERI.