Independent regulators were established in the hope that decision-making would be depoliticised. The ambiguities of the Electricity Act make this difficult.
If the idea that regulatory reform is critical has been accepted, the next step lies in arriving at a consensus on what constitutes meaningful regulatory reform.
The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.
Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
Isn’t what is most important that whoever is/are chosen as part of a regulatory body discharge his/her/their regulatory functions in an open, transparent, fair, and, most importantly, competent fashion rather than whether the person or persons chosen has/have been part of the civil service earlier or come from outside (private sector, academia, etc.)?
Isn’t what is most important that whoever is/are chosen as part of a regulatory body discharge his/her/their regulatory functions in an open, transparent, fair, and, most importantly, competent fashion rather than whether the person or persons chosen has/have been part of the civil service earlier or come from outside (private sector, academia, etc.)?