July
2014: Vol 3 (2): 109-201
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1. Editorial
Pati, Rupesh Kumar
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1. Editorial
Pati, Rupesh Kumar
The evidences of the impact of global warming in the recent years have been significant. Increase in the number of natural disasters like severe drought on one part of the world to devastating flood in the other part of the world clearly indicates the unintended side effects of rapid economic growth for human development. One of the reasons for these incidences have been attributed by the scientific community to the over exploitation of the natural resources for the benefit of mankind. Hence, the academic community as well as practitioners are exploring new ways to save our earth using various environment-friendly techniques and technologies. Energy sector in most of the developing countries is among the top ranked polluting sectors, primarily because of the over-reliance on coal-based thermal power plants. Given that the
economic viability of cleaner sources of energy are still in question, especially in the developing world, a proper management of the production as well as distribution of energy has become very important. Decentralized energy management is one
such attempt where energy is produced close to the point of consumption, rather than at a large plant elsewhere and sent through the power grid. This local generation reduces transmission losses and lowers carbon emissions....
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2. Electricity Governance in India
Shankar Sharma
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2. Electricity Governance in India
Shankar Sharma
Electricity governance and planning ought to have been two important areas of administration in India right since Independence, but unabated growth in demand, chronic power cuts, nature’s limits and global warming implications all have now made them critical to the all-round development of our communities on a sustainable basis. A rational analysis at how the Electricity sector in the country has performed since independence provides a disappointing picture: there is indifference to the consumers’ needs, inequity of access, financial mismanagement, lack of professionalism and frequent non-compliance with relevant laws. These conditions indicate the need for a paradigm shift in the way the sector is governed. Electricity planning seems to be based on archaic principles, insensitive to changing customer needs and the global warming context. This article recommends that both in governance and planning, effective stakeholder participation and regular consultations with the domain experts will help to address the major issues. System-wide measures such as efficiency improvement, demand side management (DSM), energy conservation and effective use of distributed renewable energy sources (REs), supported by micro grids and smart grids, should be the way forward. A number of national and international reports focusing on Power sector reforms have advocated this approach.
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3. Energy Consumption Response to Climate Change: Policy Options for India
Narayanan, K
Santosh K. Sahu
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3. Energy Consumption Response to Climate Change: Policy Options for India
Narayanan, K; Santosh K. Sahu
In this article, the contributions of energy use to the climate variation debates are explored. Analyses based on secondary data depict that global fossil fuel use has increased and dominated world energy consumption and supply which is quite similar to the Indian case. This increase in the global energy use has resulted in higher emissions. To account for the changes in carbon dioxide (CO2) emission, this article follows an index decomposition analysis using data from PROWESS database of the Center for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE). Two factors are considered to account for the changes in emission intensity of Indian economy: (i) shift in output among three sectors of the India economy (Agriculture, Service and Manufacturing) and (ii) structural change due to change in aggregate output with respect to emissions change. Based on the estimates, we conclude that structural changes in the Indian economy from 1991 to 2007 played important major driving factor in reducing emissions compared to output shifts across sectors. Based on the findings and international
experiences, few policy options for Indian economy, such as, energy pricing reforms, promoting investment in renewable energy technologies and creating public environmental awareness, are further suggested.
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4. An Empirical Analysis of Sustainability Disclosure Practices: Evidence from India and China
Aparna Bhatia
Siya Tuli
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4. An Empirical Analysis of Sustainability Disclosure Practices: Evidence from India and China
Aparna Bhatia; Siya Tuli
The present study seeks to access and compare the sustainability reporting practices in two major economies, that is, India and China. Index developed under global reporting initiative (GRI) guidelines is used. Content analysis is employed as a data collection tool. A total of 17 companies from BSE-30 (India) and 19 companies from SSE 50 (China), producing sustainability reports within the time period 2006–2007 to 2010–2011, comprise the sample set. Independent sample t test is used to compare the disclosure practices of India and China. Also, Kruskal–Wallis H test is applied for intercategory and inter-industry comparison of both countries. The results reveal that the sustainability disclosure scores are higher with respect to Indian companies as compared to Chinese companies. The results of independent sample t test are
also significant at 1 per cent level of significance. However, Kruskal–Wallis H test suggests insignificant differences in the category-wise and industry-wise disclosure scores of both countries, that is, India and China. It is strongly recommended
that China should strive more for sustainability practices in order to keep pace with its counterpart, that is, India.
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