The previous post about solutions for risk mitigation in the renewable energy sector briefly touched upon the possibility of using the Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM), which has been used in the road sector in India. This post will examine this theme in some more detail. The renewable energy power plant model entails high capital costs […]
An earlier post discussed the poor financial health of utilities in India, and some of the problems faced in the renewable energy sector as a result. This post will be a discussion of potential measures that could be considered to mitigate the risks faced by renewable energy power producers, and better protect their financial interests. […]
The latest support for a tax on meat comes from a modelling study led by Marco Springmann of the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food, University of Oxford. The results and conclusions of the modelling exercise were recently published in PLOS ONE. This study is important for highlighting the health benefits of taxing meat, […]
I wrote about the Supreme Court’s directions on firecrackers here. Some of the Constitutional aspects of the judgment have been discussed here. This is the final post in the series of posts on the Supreme Court’s firecracker ban. Here I will discuss some concerns arising out of the timing of the judgment, and the potential […]
The de-carbonization of the energy sector, through an increased share of renewable energy, is an urgent need. India has set itself a target of increasing its renewable energy capacity to 175 GW by 2022, and increasing the share of electricity from non-fossil fuel based energy sources to 40% by 2030, as part of its Nationally […]
Ride-hailing apps offer a certain ease of transportation, but this convenience imposes an externality on the environment and the roads, which are public goods. A negative externality is a situation where a commercial activity imposes a cost on third parties, and where this social cost is not accounted for in the price of the good […]
The Task and Finish Group on Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Licensing in the United Kingdom released a report recently, which contained recommendations on regulating the taxi industry. One of the recommendations of the Group pertained to a potential upper limit on the number of taxis licensed to operate: “Government should legislate to allow local […]
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