Archive - Second Opinion

Enabling conditions for nuclear energy: Five key tasks for policymakers

Indian energy policy should create conditions where private firms may consider whether it is optimal for them to buy such equipment, By Ajay Shah and…

Nov 12, 2024 •

October 2024

Economic Reform and the Rule of Law

(From the 75th anniversary edition of the Quarterly Bar Review of the Delhi High Court Bar Association, published in 2023.)

Oct 30, 2024 •

December 2022

A fork in the road for state electricity reforms

From the Seminar Annual Issue.

Dec 29, 2022 •

Discoms and State Regulators

Good decisions but bad incentives remain

Dec 5, 2022 •

May 2022

Two pieces - Using the SPV model for PPP projects + Root cause analysis for the power crisis

What happened to the SPV model in PPP projects?

May 20, 2022 •

April 2022

Equity lock-ins and various

How restrictions on share transfers hinder M&A in Indian infrastructure projects (and other updates)

Apr 11, 2022 •

December 2021

LEPC 4.3 Seminar

The Path to India's Climate Transition

Dec 8, 2021 •

November 2021

The path to India's climate transition

Over the last year, Ajay Shah and I have worked on the path to India’s climate transition.

Nov 19, 2021 •

October 2021

Carbon Border Taxes: An Unfair Threat For India Or An Opportunity To Decarbonise?

In this piece, I suggest that while the developed world's climate equity claims are valid and must be pursued, India could take additional steps to…

Oct 14, 2021 •

June 2021

Capital And Capitals Are Calling Time on Coal - Implications for India

The global retreat from fossil fuels - implications for Indian coal-fired power projects

Jun 12, 2021 •

May 2021

Two Solar Articles

Solar Manufacturing Policy, Covid, Soft Power, the International Solar Alliance

May 25, 2021 •

March 2021

Dear Governments, Your Lawyers are not Lightbulbs

In this fortnight's piece, I argue that the state needs to have higher standards when it hires lawyers.

Mar 23, 2021 •

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