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Need for reviewing NELP policies |
| Experts have suggested that there is a need for reviewing the NELP (National Exploration Licensing Policy) to accommodate signals being sent to the energy market on pricing and regulatory aspects. |
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Funding solar projects needs Govt. push: Experts
18 January 2012 |
| According to experts, captive power generation offers immense potential for converting into solar based power consumer. However, this change requires a mandatory push from the government through regulations or incentives. |
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Small Hydro: Too Small for a National Mission?
28 November 2011 |
| As India braces itself for an over-ambitious Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, it also has to deliberate the prospects of developing other renewable energy resources. Of all the non-conventional renewable energy sources, small hydro represents the highest density resource. |
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BLUE REVOLUTION: Charting South Asia’s Water Future
September, 2011 |
| Water is a scarce natural resource with multifaceted uses cutting across class, economic and political boundaries. Evaluating and recognizing the importance of water in different spheres of life is where the trouble begins. |
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Water Security in South Asia: Issues and Policy Recommendations
09 February 2011 |
| This brief is largely based on several discussions organised at Observer Research Foundation over a period of time. These discussions were enriched by the presence of some of the well-known experts on water issues in the country. |
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Sour notes at the nuclear high table
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| 18 April 2013 |
| Seema Sirohi and Abhijit Iyer-Mitra |
| India appears to have successfully climbed into the category of a nuclear "have," overcoming the divisions enshrined in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and enforced fervently by its adherents. |
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Do nothing Delhi
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| 16 April 2013 |
| C. Raja Mohan |
| Delhi must focus on realising the full potential of bilateral cooperation with both the US and China, instead of precluding beneficial bilateral engagement with one in the name of avoiding conflict with the other. |
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| A blueprint to evaluate digital governance |
| 18 April 2013 |
| R. Swaminathan |
| Sooner than later, India will have to start evaluating its e-governance projects. And in the near future, the focus will shift to the outcomes of e-governance initiatives. |
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| India's Demographic Dividend: Where are the jobs? |
| 11 April 2013 |
| Rohit Sinha |
| With the labour force participation rate expected to rise significantly in the coming years in India, it is imperative that the government formulates a common policy on business development and regulation. |
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| North Korean imbroglio: Who can do what? |
16 April 2013
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| Dr. Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan |
| While on the surface, both the US (and South Korea and Japan) and China appear to have the goal of seeing a stable Korean Peninsula, there appear to be serious differences about what regional stability means. |
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| ATT implementation remains questionable |
06 April 2013
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| Rahul Prakash |
| The ATT has finally been adopted. But it remains to be seen if the treaty could really be implemented as major players like China, India, Russia have not favoured it. |
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| Boston bombings: The end of complacency |
20 April 2013
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| Arvind John |
| With the US already having made a strong base to deal with terrorist activities from external sources, it is time the US, and other countries develop mechanisms that tackle home-grown groups with vigour, but without endangering the principles of 'rule of law'. |
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