Umashankar S

Umashankar S is a senior researcher with CSE. He works on concerns relating to slow progress of energy and environmental policies

Energy Policy Industry Iron And Steel Industry Energy Efficiency Climate Change Wind Energy Paper and Pulp Industry Renewable Energy Legislation Solid Waste

Is REC an albatross for power distribution utilities?

Only two states have achieved their renewable energy targets so far. Others scaled down their commitments

Where SAIL's profits come from

State-owned steel giant’s profits are increasingly from raw material subsidies, not real economic value addition

Norwegian pension fund, banks invest in polluting Indian steel mill

Foreign investors in India ignore green performance of industries

Stained steel

The iron and steel sector is regarded as the core of Indian economy. Its players are big and powerful. It is extremely resource-intensive and …

Energy market glitch

Why new renewable energy trading policy could be a win-lose rather than a win-win instrument

IFC’s green claims ring hollow

Analysis of media reports on Indian projects financed by the World Bank arm

‘Energy conservation is a moving target’

A decade has passed since the Energy Conservation Act was enacted in 2001. Most provisions of the law are yet to be implemented properly. Ajay …

Realising low carbon infrastructure dream

IDFC report puts forth an assortment of diverse solutions

New national steel policy in the offing

Policy to propose 14 rail projects, seven road projects and four ports for transportation of minerals

Look who's invested in ITC

Insurance companies, Indian government are the mainstay of the tobacco-driven company

An unsteady first step

Trading in energy-efficiency certificates faces major hurdles

Rs 3,300 crore omission

Subsidies given annually to industries for pollution control are unmonitored

Pollution glorified

World Bank arm finances polluting steel mill in Jharkhand

Blame bankers, not oil, for climate impasse

Durban turning futile as EU buries head in sand

With the carbon market in doldrums, emerging economies like India will have to announce bolder schemes for a low carbon future

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