rahulsidhu

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   by rahulsidhu 10y ago

   I am afraid this picture is far from accurate. Power plants on the whole are running at a very low PLF for some time. Very cheap power is available in the short term markets[1]. The transmission system has also improved in the last two year
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   by rahulsidhu 10y ago

   I can distinctly remember the air quality in Delhi improving drastically when the public transportation moved to CNG and the metro started operating in the early 00s. Over time though, the policy of building more roads rather than focussing
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   by rahulsidhu 10y ago

   Seeing a lot of neo-liberal economics dogma here in the comments, and so would like to recommend this excellent book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Asia-Works-Success-Failure/dp/1... . It has an excellent account of
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   by rahulsidhu 10y ago

   On the contrary, my guess would be that this decision was taken at the highest political levels, and I applaud this decision. I read that the govt. set up a small committee of bureaucrats which recommended a waiver and I was hoping for this
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   by rahulsidhu 12y ago

   That's an interesting thought. Any papers you'd recommend in particular?