The Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI) recommends a three-step process to define, measure and evaluate subsidies; this process starts with a broad, crosssectoral application that narrows throughout the process. The benefits of this approach are that it is flexible enough to cover different national priorities and

The report presents data on level of consumption and its break-up by commodity group. The level of living of an individual is measured by his or her household

Brazil, China, India and South Africa have each worked to improve access to electricity services. While many of the challenges faced by these countries are similar, the means of addressing them varied in their application and effectiveness. This report analyses the four country profiles, determining the pre-requisites to successful rural electrification policies.

Understanding the complex trade-offs between the economic, environmental and social impacts of subsidy reform is a challenge for any government considering phasing out fossil-fuel subsidies. Jennifer Ellis provides a detailed literature review, focusing on the six modelling studies in the last 20 years that have attempted to analyze global impacts for all fuels.

In order to give a thrust to rooftop PV and other small solar power plants connected at distribution network at voltage levels below 33 KV envisaged under Phase I of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM), the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) proposes to launch a programme on generation based incentives.

The objective of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) under the brand `Solar India' is to create conditions, through rapid scale-up of capacity and technological innovation to driver down costs towards grid parity and establish India as a global leader in solar energy.