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| June 2013 |
| Vol. IX Issue. 52; 14 June 2013 |
| $ 150 Oil Comes Back by the Backdoor - 14 June 2013 |
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The rise in oil imports led to a sharp deterioration of the trade account which was already under pressure on account of the fall of the Soviet Union which was India's important trading partners.
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| May 2013 |
| Vol. IX Issue. 50; 31 May 2013 |
| Is Carbon the Next Sub-Prime Asset? - 31 May 2013 |
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Which companies will be allowed to burn their assets and which will be penalised eventually is an open question. Most of the companies filling the top slots are rich international companies headquartered in developed countries.
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| Vol. IX Issue. 48; 17 May 2013 |
| India's Dash for Cheap Gas - 17 May 2013 |
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The dash to cheap gas in the Atlantic basin by Indian buyers was not based on considered analysis of future Indian market conditions. Nor was it based on a deep understanding of current and future changes in overseas gas markets.
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| Vol. IX Issue. 46; 03 May 2013 |
| The Camouflaged Political Economy of the Coal sector - 03 May 2013 |
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Any reform of the Indian coal mining sector can only begin when there is realisation that that there are historic problems and that they require the adoption of coherent approach to correct historic grievances.
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| April 2013 |
| Vol. IX Issue. 45; 26 April 2013 |
| Shell Scenarios: Insights for India? - 26 April 2013 |
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Under the 'oceans' scenario, supply-demand tightens and the price of energy increases. This in turn unleashes exploitation of technologically complex and expensive resources.
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| Vol. IX Issue. 44; 19 April 2013 |
| Is India on a Sustainable Path? - 19 April 2013 |
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The 12th plan does not go into these issues nor does it openly accept that India's comprehensive sustainability is precarious. It merely observes that 'there is an impression that India is consuming more than what its ecosystem can sustain'.
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| Vol. IX Issue. 43; 12 April 2013 |
| Renewable Energy: The Late-mover Advantage - 12 April 2013 |
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Energy poor developing countries such as India need to re-think their hurried 'me-too' approaches to renewable energy. Just as there is a late mover advantage for companies there is a late mover advantage for countries as well as far as renewable energy is concerned.
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| Vol. IX Issue. 42; 05 April 2013 |
| The Green Growth Discourse - 05 April 2013 |
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Developing nations have only raised feeble objections to the green growth paradigm seeking its subordination to the concept of sustainable development which supposedly addresses social and ethical issues.
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