Axes of Sustainable Development and Growth in India: Essays in Honour of Professor Jyoti K. Parikh

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Contents
A Many Faceted History—Story of Professor Jyoti Parikh’s life
Honours, Awards and Recognition
Many International Recognitions
Many National Recognitions
Created Capacity for Multi-disciplinary Research and Analysis Integrating Energy, Environment and Economics Through
Notes on Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introduction
Part I Energy Transition and Security
2 Indian Energy Transition: Need for a More Balanced and Market-Oriented Approach
2.1 Prelude: Questions
2.2 Where Does the Economics of Coal Stand Today Relative to Solar and Wind?
2.3 450 GW Renewables by 2030: Too Much, Too Fast for India?
2.4 Market Orientation of Renewable Power
2.4.1 Wholesale Spot Prices Already Support Solar and Wind Projects
2.5 Hydropower with Some Storage Can Earn a Premium
2.6 Role of Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)—Indicative Complementarities with Hydropower
2.7 In LIEU of a Conclusion
References
3 Projection of Water Demand in India in a Macroeconomic Consistency Framework Incorporating the Food, Water and Energy Nexus
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Methodology
3.2.1 Model Assumptions
3.2.2 Calculation of Water Demand Coefficients
3.2.2.1 Power Generation
3.2.3 Scenarios
3.3 Impact of Growth on Water Demand
3.4 Impact of Low Carbon Pathway on Water Demand
3.5 Impact of Water Conservation Policies in Power Sector on Water Demand
3.6 Conclusions
Annexure 1
Structure of the Model
Annexure 2
References
4 Greener Future Through Regional Cooperation
4.1 Introduction
4.2 History of Cross-Border Trade in South Asia
4.3 Exploiting Diversities of Peak Demand and Generation Resources in South Asia
4.4 Expanding the Geographical Areas for Balancing of Intermittency of Renewables
4.5 Conclusion
5 Regional Energy Trade in BIMSTEC Region: Facilitating Clean Energy Transition and Fostering Sustainability
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Commitment by BIMSTEC Countries to Address Climate Change
5.3 Low Per Capita CO2 Emission and Electricity Consumption
5.3.1 BIMSTEC’s Sustainability Challenges
5.3.2 Sustainable Energy Resource Potential
5.3.3 Regional Energy Trade (RET) for Clean Energy Transition (CET) and Sustainability
5.4 Concluding Remarks
Notes
6 India’s Energy Security: The Case of Oil
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Energy Challenges in India
6.3 The Global Oil Scenario
6.4 Changes in the World Oil Market
6.5 India’s Energy Security in the Context of a Volatile World Market
6.6 India’s Oil Import Risk Measure Using Diversification Index
6.7 India in the World Market of Oil
6.8 Securing Oil Security for India
6.9 Concluding Remarks
References
Part II Climate Change-Some Mitigation Measures
7 Importance of Pumped Hydro Energy Storage (PHES) System Toward Renewable Energy (RE) Integration and as an Enabler Toward Zero-Emission Concept
7.1 Objective and Background of the Study
7.2 Overview of India’s Power System and Renewable Energy Scenario
7.3 Challenges Due to Large Penetration of the RE Capacity in the Grid and Solutions Thereof
7.4 Role of PHES Toward RE Integration and as an Enabler of Zero-Emission Concept
7.5 Existing PHES Capability in India and Future Prospects
7.6 Financial Implications in Managing Renewable Generation
7.7 Techno-Economic and Financial Viability in the Case of PHES
7.8 Concluding Remarks
References
Part III Energy Access and Women Empowerment
8 Women’s Land Ownership and Household Decisions: Implications for Child Health in Rural India
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Data and Methodology
8.2.1 Data Source
8.2.2 Women Land Ownership Variable
8.2.3 Women Empowerment Index
8.2.4 Maternal Health and Child Health Variable
8.2.5 Empirical Framework
8.2.6 Child Health Equation
8.2.7 Women Empowerment (WEI) Equation
8.2.8 Women Health Equation
8.3 Results and Discussions
8.3.1 Descriptive Statistics
8.3.2 Intra-Household Decision-Making and Women Empowerment
8.4 Regression Results
8.4.1 Determinants of Women Empowerment (WEI)
8.4.2 Factors Affecting Women’s Health (BMI)
8.4.3 Determinants of Child Health
8.4.4 Limitations of the Study
8.5 Conclusions
References
9 Gender Aspects of Transition to Clean Cooking Energy: Evidence from Two States of India
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Data Sources and Methods
9.2.1 Description of Location
9.2.2 Method
9.2.3 Sampling Method
9.2.4 Results and Discussion
9.3 Household Energy Consumption Pattern
9.4 Sources of Cooking Energy and Expenditure
9.5 Gender Roles in Cooking
9.6 Relevance For LPG Policy: Preliminary Findings Regarding PMUY
9.7 Policy Discussion and Concluding Remarks
References
Part IV Efficiency of firms
10 Structural Efficiency of the Indian Petroleum Industry: Restructuring Options for Indian National Oil Companies
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Restructuring of the Indian National oil companies—A Historical Review
10.3 Methodology
10.4 Data and Variables
10.5 Results
10.5.1 Individual Learning Potential
10.5.2 Merger Decomposition
10.6 Conclusion
References
Part V Sustainable Urban Development
11 Benchmarking Urban Sustainability: An Indicator-Based Assessment of Selected Indian and Global Megacities
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Methodology
11.2.1 Conceptual Framework
11.2.2 Analytical Framework
11.2.3 Benchmarking Urban Sustainability—A Gap Analysis Approach
11.3 A Comparative Analysis of Mumbai and Bangalore
11.3.1 Demographic Profile
11.3.2 Comparing Sustainability Indicators: Mumbai and Bangalore
11.3.3 Categories and Dimensions of Composite Sustainability Indices: Mumbai and Bangalore
11.4 Urban Sustainability—Comparison with Benchmark Cities
11.4.1 Profile of Selected Cities
11.4.2 Composite Index Values for Different Categories and Dimensions of Sustainability
11.4.3 Benchmarking Urban Sustainability—Comparing Five Cities
11.5 Discussion
11.6 Conclusions
References
12 Are PPP Arrangements Different in Green Infrastructure Sectors? an Exploratory Analysis of Indian PPP Projects
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Context
12.3 Main Discussion
12.4 Conclusions and Recommendations
References
Part VI Quality of Growth, Human Development and Raising Resources
13 What Drives the Quality of Growth? An Empirical Analysis
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Measuring the Quality of Growth
13.3 Quality of Growth in Different Regions of the World
13.4 Drivers of and Policy Choices for Higher Quality Growth-An Empirical Analysis
13.4.1 Explanatory Variables
13.4.1.1 Phases of Growth
13.4.1.2 Institutional quality
13.4.1.3 Macroeconomic Instability
13.4.1.4 Financial Development and Financial Openness
13.4.1.5 Public Spending on Social and Physical Infrastructure
13.4.2 Findings from the Regression Analysis
13.4.2.1 Growth Phases
13.4.2.2 Institutional Quality
13.4.2.3 Macroeconomic Instability
13.4.2.4 Financial Development and Financial Openness
13.4.2.5 Social and Physical Infrastructure Spending by the Government
13.5 Concluding Remarks
References
14 Human Development of India: Why Does It Always Look Challenged?
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Education
14.3 Learning
14.4 Causes of Deficient Learning
14.5 Private Versus Public Schools
14.6 Teacher Incentives and Other Issues
14.7 New Education Policy and Concluding Remarks
References
15 Auctions in Kautilya’s Arthasastra
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Background
15.3 Auctions
15.3.1 Auctions of Goods
15.3.2 Auctions of Immoveable Property
15.3.3 Comparison
15.3.4 An Exegetical Detour
15.4 Concluding Remarks
References
16 Professor (Dr.) Jyoti K. Parikh
16.1 Detailed C.V. of Dr. Jyoti Parikh
16.1.1 Past and Present Interests, Projects and Activities
16.1.2 Academic Qualifications
16.1.3 Honours and Awards
16.1.4 International Appointments
16.1.5 National Appointments
16.1.6 National Project Coordinator
16.1.7 Experience
16.2 Books and Monographs
16.2.1 Environment
16.2.2 Energy
16.2.3 Urban Development and Climate Change
16.3 Articles in Journals and Books
16.3.1 Environment: Local and Global Issues
16.3.1.1 Poverty and Environment
16.3.1.2 Land Resources
16.3.1.3 Gender, Pollution and Health
16.3.1.4 Sustainable Energy Development
16.3.1.5 Soild Waste Management
16.3.2 Global Environmental Issues: Climate Change
16.3.2.1 Climate Convention and Policy Instruments
16.3.2.2 IPCC Related Issues
16.3.2.3 GEF Related Issues
16.3.2.4 National Studies in Climate Change
16.3.2.5 Sectoral Studies in Climate Change, Mitigation
16.3.2.6 Climate and Gender
16.3.2.7 Climate and Adaptation
16.3.3 Other Long-Term Issues
16.3.3.1 Sustainable Development
16.3.3.2 Consumption Patterns
16.3.3.3 Environmental Accounting and Valuation
16.3.3.4 Trade and Environment
16.3.4 National Studies in Energy and Development
16.3.5 Energy Efficiency and Demand Side Management
16.3.6 Energy Technology
16.3.7 Energy Policy
16.3.8 Rural Energy, Environment, Health and Gender
16.3.8.1 Rural Development
16.3.8.2 Rural Energy
16.3.8.3 Rural Energy and Gender Issues
16.3.9 Power Systems: Policy and Modelling
16.3.9.1 Economic Operations of Power Systems
16.3.9.2 Power System Planning
16.3.9.3 Inter-Regional Power Transfer
16.3.9.4 Power Pricing
16.3.9.5 Demand Side Management
16.3.9.6 Power and Environment
16.3.9.7 New Technologies
16.3.10 Theoretical Physics
16.3.11 Newspaper Articles
16.3.12 International Energy Issues
16.3.13 Air Pollution
16.3.14 Sustainable Urban Development, Biodiversity and Natural Resources, Climate Change in South Asia
16.3.14.1 Biodiversity and Natural Resources
16.3.14.2 South Asia
16.3.14.3 Climate and Urban Development
16.3.14.4 Sustainable Development
16.3.14.5 Gender and Sustainable Energy-Energia News Article
16.4 List of Projects
16.5 Projects in Local and Global Environment Issues and Sustainable Development
16.6 Projects in Energy Systems
16.7 Ph.D./M.Phil. Thesis Guided in Energy, Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development
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